I like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock. I don’t think a week goes by when there’s not an Amazon delivery coming to my house, and I know my neighbors seem to be just as eager to shop on Amazon than I do. The delivery drivers know our street like the back of their hands at this point.
With its massive price decline so far this year, is now the time to follow the crowd’s changing diagnosis on Teladoc (NYSE:TDOC)? Not so fast. TDOC stock may be down more than 25% year-to-date, and down about 50% from its all-time high of $308 per share. But despite this drop, and the fact it’s been trending
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) While much of the world has been focused on environmental, social, and governance issues over the past few years, more recently, cracks are starting to show in the way companies are working to solve ESG challenges. Eileen Murray is the chairperson at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and
In this article QCOM QRVO Medical syringe is seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Moderna — Moderna shares tumbled 19% after a weaker-than-expected quarterly report. The drug
QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) stock may very well start soaring on the development of solid-state batteries and the company’s underlying innovation. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Electric vehicles are the future. A commonly repeated mantra, it’s become such a meme that expressing a contrarian argument is sure to generate heat. However, some components of EVs are challenging,
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market is red-hot, and related stocks are reaping the benefits or doubling down. Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) exploded from $50 to over $160 since May. Paidy was just acquired by PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) for $2.7 billion. Afterpay was acquired by Square (NYSE:SQ) in a $29 billion deal. Even Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Target (NYSE:TGT)
Listen to Preston’s podcast about studying billionaires here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investors-podcast/id928933489 Elon Musk is a widely renowned investor, inventor, innovator, and engineer with a net worth of $20.2 billion, according to the latest report from Forbes. He is the founder and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), where he is also the company’s chief product designer.
Purchasing a stock that’s being pumped up by hype is going to give you a recipe for disaster. Pump & Dump Concept What does the Pump & Dump concept mean to you when it comes to your trades? More importantly, what does Pump & Dump mean? It means that a group, entity, or person is
By a vote of 69 to 30, including 19 Republicans and all 50 Democrats, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, on Tues., Aug. 10, 2021. Following passage, the proposed legislation was sent to the House of Representatives where further adjustments are expected. Should the
Todd Bunton, CFA, Growth & Income Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research, discusses a stock that might be worth a closer look by investors: Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI). This healthcare REIT is a dominate player in the skilled nursing facility space. It recently delivered a solid ‘beat and raise’, prompting analysts to revise their estimates
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) has been on a bad downward spiral. From a recent peak of $55.91 on June 25, SPCE stock is now near a low point of $19.55. However, despite this, don’t act on the urge just yet to bargain hunt in this stock. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com I forewarned investors that this could
In this article F CZR SHOO Ford CEO Jim Farley poses with the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, May 19, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters It seems each passing trading session brings a torrent of quarterly earnings and sharp swings for the stocks of the companies reporting results. Positive prints can have
A worker wields hinges to the company’s largest commercial asphalt paver at the Calder Brothers’ facility in Taylors, South Carolina, U.S., July 19, 2021. Brandon Granger | Calder Brothers Corporation | Reuters Hiring is expected to have picked up at a solid pace and wages likely continued to climb in October, as Covid receded and
The renewable energy industry is booming. While it only supplies less than a quarter of the power generated today, this will change drastically by 2040. Its share is expected to grow in excess of 40% by 2040, as new technologies are developed for wind and solar energy production. Therefore, in line with the fast-changing energy
Although all eyes have been on the searing path that benchmark equity indices have blazed in 2021, initial public offerings (IPOs) have had their own impressive bull market. In fact, Reuters reported in mid-June that U.S. IPOs hit an annual record in less than six months. So if 2020 was the year of the novel
Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) is a stock that I continue to be wrong about. Over the past month, OCGN stock has gained more than 80%, greatly testing my patience. The stock has fallen from the $17 mark it reached this morning, but is still higher than I expected last month. Source: shutterstock.com/PhotobyTawat In my last article about
Jeff Bezos, left, and Elon Musk Getty Images; Reuters The U.S. Federal Court of Claims ruled against Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in the company’s lawsuit versus NASA over a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year. Federal judge Richard Hertling sided with the defense in his ruling, completing a
In this article GOOS-CA DKNG PFE LYV WEED-CA PTON Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer (PFE) – The drug maker’s shares surged 9.4% in premarket trading after a study showed that its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by nearly 90%. Pfizer said it will ask
It has been an excellent third-quarter earnings season so far. Of the S&P 500 stocks that have reported earnings, a majority have beaten analyst estimates. According to Factset Insight, 56% of the index companies have reported earnings so far in Q3 2021. Of those, 82% beat the consensus earnings per share (EPS). That’s higher than
I first came in contact with Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) stock earlier this year and immediately knew it was something special. The underlying bullish thesis was clear, so I traded it successfully in the past few months. The easiest opportunities came when it fell in sympathy to other small-cap stocks. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com The problem with