As you may be aware, some business combinations with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have not gone well. But one exception — at least so far — is eFFECTOR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EFTR) and EFTR stock. Source: Shutterstock This clinical-stage biotechnology firm focuses on selective translation regulation inhibitors (STRIs) in cancer. EFTR stock is currently up some
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Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock looks great again, and the company’s management responded by pushing ahead with a cryptocurrency wallet. This puts it in competition with a host of companies including Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). The company is also thinking of adding crypto assets to its balance sheet, which could boost HOOD stock. Source: OpturaDesign / Shutterstock.com Unlike Robinhood’s original
When was the last time you seriously thought about investing in a Swiss shoemaker? Probably never, but there’s a unique opportunity here as On Holding (NYSE:ONON) is no ordinary sneaker manufacturer and ONON stock is a fast mover. Source: shutterstock.com/New Africa The company’s initial public offering (IPO) just recently took place, and InvestorPlace contributor Brenden Rearick opined
In a world where investors pay for payment innovation, PaySafe (NASDAQ:PSFE) stock is unique. Source: Sulastri Sulastri / Shutterstock.com This is a global payments processor whose stock is cheap. It’s on pace to bring in $1.5 billion of revenue for 2021, operating near breakeven, but the market cap is just $5.7 billion. That’s cheaper than
The discussion today is about the opportunities that lie in Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) stock. But since it is a crypto company, we have to discuss that topic first. Source: Shutterstock I’ll start with the conclusion first and then back into why MARA. Crypto is not a currency nor does it need to be. Gold isn’t,
The last time I weighed in on DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG), I said, “…don’t count [DKNG] stock out just yet. With the sports gambling boom just getting underway, DKNG could be one of the top winners.” That was on June 2, as DKNG stock closed the day at $50.97 per share. Source: Lori Butcher / Shutterstock.com Nonetheless,
The world is constantly changing. In fact, it’s changing so fast that the world in three years will look a lot different than the world of today. So… what will the world look like in three years? Well, I just sat down with InvestorPlace CEO Brian Hunt to answer that very question in an hour-long
GameStop (NYSE:GME) is still facing threats and GME stock continues to trade at a relatively high valuation. As a result, I recommend investors refrain from taking a bullish position in the name. Source: quietbits / Shutterstock.com The retailer’s refusal to answer questions about its strategy going forward has made me more cautious about its outlook.
Joby (NYSE:JOBY) appears to have most of the ingredients necessary to enable JOBY stock to (pardon the pun) eventually take off. Source: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com Specifically, the air-taxi company has proven technology, a service that should generate strong demand, a highly accomplished CEO, impressive backers and a fairly reasonable valuation. When it comes to
The electric vehicle (EV) trade has finally cooled off, which is a good thing given how far it had run. It would be hard for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) to justify a trillion dollar market capitalization or for these revenue-less SPAC stocks to keep soaring higher. Meanwhile, Nio (NYSE:NIO) is somewhere in between, with NIO stock performing
The market has been losing momentum lately and so has BlackBerry (NYSE:BB). BB stock has become a favorite among the “Reddit traders,” the short-squeeze traders or whatever else they want to refer to it as. Source: Shutterstock It’s simple, though. With a few exceptions, stocks like GameStop (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) and
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio (NYSE:NIO) has seen its shares take another tumble as of late. On Monday, NIO stock closed down 6.2% on the day. At this point, NIO stock is down nearly 27% in 2021. For investors, that’s a gut-wrenching turn in direction for a stock that delivered a 1,110% return last year.
What would happen if a company developed a massive new product and no one cared? For Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) investors, that has been the question for the past year. Despite coming up with a blockbuster vaccine for the novel coronavirus, PFE stock did basically nothing for an extended period. Source: Manuel Esteban / Shutterstock.com That finally changed
The September slump on Wall Street took a turn for the worse yesterday, as stocks plunged on Monday in their worst sell-off since July. Even with a huge end-of-day bounce, the Dow Jones still closed down 1.7%, while the S&P 500 shed 1.6% and the Nasdaq tumbled 2.2%. Source: Shutterstock The catalyst? It wasn’t obvious.
Ready for your regular checkup? I’m no dentist, but I’m seeing something unhealthy going on with SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ:SDC). There may be signs of decay forming in SDC stock right now. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com For one, the share price has declined quite sharply year-to-date (YTD) — the stock is down 46%. Sure, you won’t have trouble
Epic Games has handed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) an epic defeat. Epic Systems, the maker of “Fortnite” and other popular games, launched a massive lawsuit against the company years ago for allegedly anticompetitive behavior. And, in a surprise to many observers, a judge largely agreed. Source: Shutterstock On Sept. 10, a judge ruled on the long-running Epic
Sentiment on Wall Street has taken a turn for the worse of late. Overall the bulls are still in control of the charts. However, the bears have recently made progress. The good news that it’s more to do with sentiment than actual fundamental deterioration in the macroeconomic conditions. This is my long way of saying
Editor’s Note: This article is regularly updated to bring you relevant, up-to-date information. After a couple of slow weeks, we now have a veritable parade of leading blue-chip company earnings to look forward to. During the week of Sept. 20, we’ll hear from leading technology, shipping, food and clothing companies, all of which could move
Will you invest with fear, or with guts and glory? That’s the billion-dollar question facing each and every Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) shareholder now as BABA stock continues to drift downward with no mercy. Source: Nopparat Khokthong / Shutterstock.com I can fully understand why some investors might want to avoid Alibaba and Chinese businesses altogether. It’s not about
If you are a contrarian investor, you may believe that Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) has underperformed the broader market in 2021 and is now an investment opportunity. In 2021, ROKU stock is down nearly 6% compared to gains of about 18% for the S&P 500. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Being a contrarian investor has