In this article SHOP-CA FB UBER HUBS NOW People wear protective masks in front of Uber Technologies Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest bout of market volatility has been nothing short of stomach-churning for short-term investors. Indeed, a sell-off
Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Electric — Shares fell more than 6% after the company missed revenue estimates for the fiscal fourth quarter. The conglomerate reported 92 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $20.3 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were
The National Football League (NFL) is the most successful American sports league in history. For all the talk of North America’s Big Three sports (or Big Four for hockey fans), the reality is that there’s pro football, and then there’s everything else. In 2015, the NFL gave up the tax-exempt status it had held since
Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) stock is not in a good place, which is a little hard to understand. Source: PREMIO STOCK/Shutterstock.com The company is tied to a win-win platform with the iBuyer business model, the mechanism that enables it to buy homes quickly for subsequent flipping. It was essentially real estate agent-free. The iBuyer model undergirding OPEN
Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) stock surged 35% after getting a buyout offer from Starboard Value at $64/share, with other hedge fund and private equity groups reportedly circling. Source: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com Shares are trading January 28 at over $60.50, a market cap of $8.27 billion. Shares ended the previous week below $47. Analysts were going on TV to
As I write this, Groundhog’s Day isn’t for another week or so. However, the Federal Reserve certainly seemed to signal that it was business as usual. Bullish investors got about the most dovish statement they could have asked for. This means stocks are likely to head back up. So why write about mutual funds? Well
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images One hedge fund got the GameStop trade just about perfectly right last year — buying it under $10 and selling when the meme stock peaked. The sell signal it used? An Elon Musk tweet. That’s how 2021’s top-performing hedge fund Senvest Management was able to notch $700 million in
In this article DKNG MAT CLX MRNA FFIV GLW Barbie dolls for sale at a Target store. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Corning — Shares of the tech and specialty glass company rallied more than 12% in midday trading after beating on the top and bottom lines
Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) has apparently closed on the purchase of 80% of Lomotif, a Tik Tok competitor that recently launched in India. However, its holding in the 80% is through a division that in which it has just a 50% interest. In effect, it controls just 40% of Lomotif. So far that acquisition has done
I wrote about Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) in February 2021 when it was heading towards its meme-stock induced 52-week high. As a company that was, and remains, a pre-revenue company, I made a bearish call on GEVO stock. Source: Shutterstock That proved to be the right call. Since February, GEVO stock went on a steady trip lower,
Earlier in January, I suggested that the lower C3.ai (NYSE:AI) traded under $30, the more attractive AI stock became. Two weeks later, the company, whose digital twin software I like, has seen its share price fall by $5, down 84.5% over the past 52 weeks. Source: shutterstock As I write this, C3.ai’s share price is
In this article HOOD Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Robinhood clawed back its major losses on Friday as investors looked past disappointing guidance from the company and rallied around progress on new product developments. Shares of
Logo on an Apple store is seen in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Apple — Shares of the tech giant jumped more than 5% following a strong quarterly report that showed its largest single quarter in terms of revenue ever. Apple beat analyst estimates
Robinhood Markets Inc. is a financial technology (fintech) company that operates an online discount brokerage offering commission-free trading. It provides a web- and mobile-based financial services platform that allows users to invest in and trade stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), options, and American depositary receipts (ADRs). It also allows users to invest in certain cryptocurrencies based
GameStop (NYSE:GME) has taken a huge hit in the past month and a half since its earnings came out for the quarter ending Oct. 30. As of Jan. 28, GME stock is at $94.65 per share, down from $148.39 at the year-end and also from a recent peak of $247.55 on Nov. 22. Source: Shutterstock
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) made a splashy debut with its initial public offering in March. CPNG stock was priced at $35 a share. It shot up to a high of $69 on its first day of trading before closing up 40%. Since then, it’s been mostly downhill for shares. Source: Michael Vi /
The plant-based boom is just starting to sprout. In fact, with millions of people turning to plant based diets, analysts at Credit Suisse say the industry could grow 100-fold to $1.4 trillion by 2050, as noted by VegNews’ contributor Anna Starostinetskaya. Shorter-term, Bloomberg Intelligence says the plant-based industry could balloon to $162 billion by 2030
Nearly the entire stock market is under pressure at the moment. Technology, healthcare, retail — it doesn’t matter. Even the safety we find in dividend stocks is under assault. In fact, almost everything is under pressure right now, with the exception of energy stocks. Overall, dividend stocks aren’t inherently safe or dependable. You have to
The stock market needs to get worse before it can get better, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “I’m looking for a day where people to say ‘I give up,'” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” heading into another wild trading day, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 now in correction territory. “We have to
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, December 8, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The stock market’s wild gyrations this past week have been an emotional roller coaster for investors, and the ride has not come to a full stop. It feels bad right now, and