Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Snap – Shares of the Snapchat parent plunged 19.5% in the premarket after the company warned of slowing growth due to the recent changes in Apple’s iOS privacy rules. Those rules make it more difficult to gather information from users and target ads. Snap did beat estimates by
Fuel cell specialist Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) has enjoyed a healthy run-up in its value recently. PLUG stock has grown over 24% in value in the past one month, spurred by management’s lofty claims at the recent Plug Symposium. However, though some seem to be buying into the company’s narrative, to me things just don’t add
Faced with rapidly plummeting revenues and a persistent loss-making marijuana business, cannabis producer Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) has subsequently pivoted to an investing game that former industry giant Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ:ACB) gave up on last year. Could fortunes be different for SNDL stock investors? Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com In a new business strategy that meme
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) continues to be a wild ride for investors. NVAX stock has lost some 35% of its value since the end of September. In general, vaccine stocks have dropped upon the news of Merck’s (NYSE:MRK) Covid-19 pill. Source: Ascannio/Shutterstock.com Further weighing down on NVAX stock is large insider selling. The company’s CEO, Stanley Erck,
In this article FB DWAC MRNA SNAP Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Snap – Snap shares plummeted by more than 24% after it reported its quarterly results, which included a revenue miss as well as an earnings beat. The social media company said its advertising business declined due to Apple’s
Some investors don’t focus on dividends, but over many years, dividend stocks can be great wealth generators. For this reason, many investors do focus on these stocks. In particular, many investors take advantage of the income that dividends provide. Not to mention that many high-quality dividends happen to come from high-quality companies, giving dividend stock
Cannabis company Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) is undeniably a disappointment. Meme traders sent TLRY stock to an unsustainable high of $67 in February. Since then, the stock has fallen steadily. Source: Jarretera / Shutterstock.com As this Canadian cannabis firm aims to expand to the U.S., should the owners of its stock hold onto their shares? The Bearish
Twitch may be Amazon’s best-kept secret. Acquired in a 2014 bidding war with Google for $1 billion in cash, it is now the leading live video streaming service for gamers and game viewers. Twitch is a platform for broadcasting, observing, and playing video games while interacting in real-time with players, game creators, and audience members. As such,
Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) has been one of the most fascinating corporate turnarounds of the past year. A little over a year ago, SNDL stock was trading for less than 14 cents and the company seemed to be on the brink of bankruptcy. Then the Reddit WallStreetBets phenomenon happened. SNDL stock exploded in a massive short
Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) just may be one of the most controversial tech stocks in the world, founded by Peter Thiel in 2003. However, in 2020, the company went public in shining a light on many of its previously secretive operations. Palantir and its data analysis technology has been connected to Donald Trump, Cambridge Analytica, and the tracking
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC on Wednesday he views cryptocurrencies right now as a better hedge against inflation than gold. “It would be my preferred one over gold at the moment,” Jones said in a “Squawk Box” interview. He added, “Clearly, there’s a place for crypto. Clearly, it’s winning the race against gold
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images An earnings avalanche is coming in the week ahead that could put the stock market’s recent gains to the test. Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon — the biggest
AT&T (NYSE:T) produced its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 21. But as might have been expected, the wireless company gave no further news on the closing of its upcoming structural changes. More importantly, T stock shareholders also received nothing new about the company’s proposed dividend cut, which might come sometime next year. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky /
MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) is a company seeking to commercialize light detection and ranging (lidar) technology. The company has been in business since the 1990s and has little to show for it. MVIS stock peaked around $500/share during the 2000 dot-com bubble, and trades at a tiny fraction of that today. Source: temp-64GTX/Shutterstock.com That said, MicroVision has
When I last looked at Jumia Technologies (NYSE:JMIA) stock a few days ago, I dissed it. Source: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com But it would be wrong to dismiss it. Bargain hunters have been creeping into the name recently, hopeful that the company has learned important lessons. Some were mentioned in my piece. Calling yourself the
My latest gallery of stocks to buy are investments that investors might want to consider holding for years to come. However, there’s a catch. I won’t necessarily be suggesting stocks like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) or Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). But don’t be alarmed. All seven names are excellent businesses. Let me explain. On, the Swiss apparel and footwear
In this article GSBD A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, Sept. 20, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs just closed its second billion-dollar blank-check deal ever as the Wall Street firm seeks to change the struggling SPAC market by building a
In this article SIVB CMG SAM People walk past Snap Inc. Snapchat signage displayed in downtown Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Snap — Snap shares sunk roughly 23% in extended trading after the company missed revenue
ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) has been hammered from its highs, but WISH stock has shown promise lately. On Oct. 19, it rallied 5.5% and on Oct. 20, it followed it up with a rally of 14%. Granted, the stock remains more than 80% below its all-time high from earlier this year. However, it’s making strides at recovering
Trading volatility is nothing new for options traders. After all, most of them rely heavily on volatility information to choose their trades. Volatility represents the extent of changes in the price of a stock, security, commodity, or index over a defined time period. Volatility also helps provide a metric for the magnitude of a price