Robinhood stocks have generally been associated with speculative buys or meme trades. That’s not inherently bad — it’s a good idea to set aside some space in your portfolio for speculative plays. Even if only one or two stocks provide multi-fold returns, those gains can positively impact the health of your overall portfolio. At the
When it comes to selecting dividend stocks to buy, investors can take their pick: high yield stocks, blue chip stocks with safe payouts, stocks with high dividend growth rates, value stocks; the list goes on. But selecting undervalued dividend stocks is particularly advantageous for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that
As I write this, you couldn’t craft a more dichotomous circumstance for Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), the popular — and to some circles, infamous — online marketplace for lodgings. Following a strong earnings report for the second quarter of 2021, ABNB stock should be flying high instead of Monday’s 2.74% decline. Source: AngieYeoh / Shutterstock.com What gives?
It hasn’t been a fun ride for Workhorse (NASDAQ:WHKS) stock. Source: rblfmr / Shutterstock.com In fact, most start-up EV, low-quality special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and high-growth stocks have struggled over the past few months. In the case of WKHS stock, shares remain 76% below the all-time high set in February. Unfortunately for Workhorse, earnings aren’t
Atossa Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ATOS) is a clinical-stage biotech company whose surge in 2021 soon proved to be unsustainable. It underwent a meteoric rise from $1.52 in April to a 52-week high of $9.80 in June. But now it’s back down to the $3.20 area. And looking at key financial metrics it is enough for me to
Stocks have made a good run so far this year, yet we’re running into a familiar space in the past 18 months: uncertainty. Some investors look to dividend stocks now, for safety and value. That can be a good strategy, since many investors have bid up growth stocks to crazy levels and dividend stocks have
For several reasons, investors should avoid Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT) stock. Source: Yuriy Golub / Shutterstock.com Although MMAT stock does appear to have a great deal of potential, its technology is too unproven and its valuation is too high to makes its shares a worthwhile holding at this point. Additionally, Meta’s status as a meme stock also
The best words to describe my view on the markets is cautiously optimistic. Over the medium to long term, it’s likely that equities will trend higher. However, the markets seem too frothy at this point of time, leaving investors to consider which stocks to avoid. Because the S&P 500 index trading at a cyclically adjusted
“The pill that moves the needle.” This is the statement highlighted on Vaxart’s (NASDAQ:VXRT) website, and it is written to make a bold impression. Recently, the company has been in the spotlight for its Covid-19 vaccine that is notably in pill form. Its inoculation isn’t ready yet, but some investors have already picked up shares
76 The latest reading of the New York City Recovery Index out of a possible score of 100. New York City’s economic recovery index made slight progress as of August 7, bringing its score back to 76 from 75, effectively where it was two weeks ago. A reduction in unemployment claims was primarily responsible for
The EBITDA margin is considered to be a good indicator of a company’s financial condition because it evaluates a company’s performance without needing to take into account financial decisions, accounting decisions or various tax environments. EBITDA Margin The EBITDA margin measures a company’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization as a percentage of the company’s
Investment Banking vs. Investment Management: An Overview Plenty of undergraduate finance majors and master of business administration (MBA) students consider pursuing a career in investment banking or investment management, two intensely competitive fields in the finance industry, after receiving their degrees. These professions offer some of the highest starting salaries in the field, and there’s
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is leaning even harder into its cloud offerings with its latest announcement. Investors hope the company’s exciting new tech improvements can help push ORCL stock over the top. Source: Jer123 / Shutterstock.com That would be a neat trick considering how quickly Oracle has grown in recent months. It’s been a good growth
Go ahead and browse any investment-related social media forum and you’ll quickly discover that Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) stock has a very strong following. Source: Shutterstock I’m not suggesting it’s a meme trade (which has become a controversial term), but CLOV stock certainly has meme-ish attributes. Is that alone enough to justify more than a
Originally, when the novel coronavirus first became a thing, Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) showed great promise. While other vaccine developers were experimenting with pioneering nucleic-acid-based technologies, Novavax went with a subunit mechanism, a proven approach used in the hepatitis B vaccine. Theoretically, that should have been great news for NVAX stock and it was, at least for
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock started its life as a public company on July 29 at an initial price of $38. After hitting a high of $85 during its first few days of trading, HOOD stock has swiftly plunged back to the $50 territory. It currently hovers at $47, around 25% above its initial public offering
If there’s a stock perfect for the “Bro Investor” who likes risk, action, and (potentially) a big pay-off, it’s DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG). Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com DraftKings began as a fantasy sports game manager. It took advantage of the 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing the legalization of sports gambling to build an empire. On August
Web security and content delivery company Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) has been a darling of the market during the past year, and particularly since May of 2021. Folks who bought and held NET stock during this time frame have enjoyed solid profits. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com The billion-dollar question is: can the company and the stock maintain
Redmond, Washington-headquartered Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) is known for providing a technology known as lidar, or light detection and ranging. MVIS stock is among just a small handful of tradable pure lidar plays on the market right now. Source: Oskari Porkka/ShutterStock.com Lidar systems, just to give you a quick primer, use laser beams to form a three-dimensional image
Listen to Preston’s podcast about studying billionaires here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investors-podcast/id928933489 Peter Thiel is an American venture capitalist, author, and entrepreneur with a net worth of $2.6 billion, according to Forbes. In 2014, he was included in the Forbes Midas List at No. 4. In 2017, he was featured on the Forbes 400 list. Thiel co-founded PayPal