In any other circumstance, Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) stock may have been a no-brainer investment. Source: PREMIO STOCK/Shutterstock.com As you probably know, owning real estate is the epitome of the American Dream — but the paperwork to seal the deal is a veritable nightmare. Opendoor’s digitalization of the buying and selling process is the answer we’ve
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Small biotech companies such as Denmark’s Orphazyme (NASDAQ:ORPH) usually have one major product, which pushes them into the spotlight. For ORPH stock, that one product is Arimoclomol. Source: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com Arimoclomol is a drug that could treat the rare progressive genetic disorder called Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC). Investors looking for a breakthrough
Compared to the gigantic valuation of Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE:CCIV) stock, the performance of Lucid Motors — with whom Churchill is expected to merge next week — remains subpar. Source: gg5795 / Shutterstock.com Meanwhile, CCIV stock has been badly hurt by the retreat of meme stocks in the last month, and I expect that trend
The Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) story is well recognized among investors today as the company that invented a travel and lodging category that did not formally exist before. ABNB stock has had a storied time since the company went public. Source: AlesiaKan / Shutterstock.com Airbnb is a so-called two-sided online marketplace (meaning both hosts and guests are
The timing of DiDi Global’s (NYSE:DIDI) initial public offering could not have been any better. Insiders and early investors probably knew about the Chinese regulatory crackdown days after its IPO. They lost the least after DIDI stock plunged. Speculators who bought the stock are in for a rough ride next. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com
I first invested in Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) stock back in late 2015 at a price of $68 per share. Source: Nopparat Khokthong / Shutterstock.com At the time, my thesis was extremely simple. E-commerce is the future of retail. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is the e-commerce leader in the U.S. market. AMZN stock has been an incredible long-term investment.
For a few weeks, Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets kept the buying pressure strong on AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) stock. But when the Nasdaq started to lose momentum late last week, AMC stock started to lose its hold on the $60 level. Source: QualityHD / Shutterstock.com Short interest, an indicator of bearishness, is at 16.6%. The more shares fall,
The most famous expression in advertising is probably, “Advertisers go where the eyeballs are.” The evidence suggests that this principle remains as true in 2021 as it was in 2001, 1981 and 1961. And that’s bad news for the owners of Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) stock. Source: NYCStock / Shutterstock.com That’s because Skillz, a platform that enables
Nio (NYSE:NIO) has had one of the most incredible turnarounds in recent memory. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) was priced at $6 per share, and NIO stock stayed in the single digits following the IPO. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com While Nio made a decent case about being able to beat Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) in
Call them sucker stocks, stocks to avoid or whatever you’d like. Regardless of how they’re categorized, there are some companies investors should stay far away from right now. A few of the companies on this list look bad because of the pandemic. Some weak electric vehicle (EV) companies also make an appearance, along with some
Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) stock may not be in the hands of a hedge fund, but that doesn’t make it a safe bet. Source: Shutterstock Hedge funds buy companies, take them private, load them with debt, then take them semi-public again, retaining control. But anything a hedge fund can do a family can do if it
It’s rare that questions about where employees are when they’re working can put stocks at risk, but returning to work after the pandemic has become a hot-button issue in corporate America. According to a survey by Morning Consult, nearly half (40%) of workers in the U.S. say they would consider quitting their current job if
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock is one of the great positions in my retirement account. I got in about two years ago at $150/share. It opened on July 14 at $816.02. Source: Antonio Baccardi / Shutterstock.com Nvidia is due to split 4:1 on July 20. Shares are up 35% since the split was announced although we all
With meme stocks starting to tumble and Wall Street becoming much more skeptical about Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV), the outlook of CLOV stock has deteriorated meaningfully in recent weeks. Source: Shutterstock Meanwhile, Clover’s claims to be a high-tech disruptor are questionable, and the company continues to face Securites and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice probes,
The debate around cryptocurrency is always hot. Opinions are binary between haters and absolute lovers. But there is a giant portion of the population apathetic about the whole thing. Those are the future upside feeders to Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and COIN stock. Source: Primakov / Shutterstock.com Many of my family members are in that group. They
With the stock-trading paradigm supposedly having shifted because of the novel coronavirus, fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) specialist Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) looks awfully enticing. From its peak 2021 closing price of $73.18, PLUG stock is now down more than 60%. Of course, in this day and age of social media, such a decline represents about as
Just 18 months ago, Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) was a struggling tech unicorn. Its revenue growth was decelerating, and its valuation was rumored to be declining on the private market. All the signs pointed to Palantir not living up to its long-running hype. However, PLTR stock came public via a direct listing last fall, and soon the meme-trading
If you took a look at the price chart for Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN), you can’t help but come away with the impression that its shares have traded strangely in line with new novel coronavirus infections. You’ll recall that public health officials recommended people avoid Super Bowl parties due to the threat of dramatically rising
They say fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and so it is that I am once again writing about Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) stock. Source: Shutterstock And once again, at the risk of sounding like a fool, I simply don’t understand the bull case for OCGN stock based on a potential Covid-19 vaccine. Ocugen is
Despite a decline of nearly 10% from June 21 through June 25, MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) remains a Reddit stock winner in 2021. As I write this article, MVIS stock is up over 178% for the year. It’s hard to argue that retail investors haven’t been successful. Their conviction — and short interest that sits around 17%