St. Bernard Parish residents fill up their cars and gas cans as the Louisiana coast prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Ida on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 in New Orleans. Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate via AP Hurricane Ida temporarily shut down a critical swath of U.S. oil production and
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Shares of telecommunications giant Nokia (NYSE:NOK) are finally on the move. Its stellar earnings and quarterly guidance hike has boosted its shares significantly. Moreover, it continues to win over new clients who have solidified its position in the 5G race. NOK stock gained a healthy 16% in the past three months. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com NOK
The U.S. public and the market are belatedly realizing that the Delta variant of the coronavirus is not very dangerous, especially to those who are vaccinated and won’t stay in the U.S. for many months. Consequently, now is not a good time to buy highly valued stocks that thrive when consumers stay at home more.
Trending slightly up once again, should you dive into former Reddit favorite Atossa Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ATOS) stock? Not so fast. Sure, it may still have high short-interest (18.7% of float as of Aug 12). The biotech company may still have not just a timely Covid-19 catalyst, but another possible big winner in its candidate pipeline as
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) is a video streaming giant that provides more than 167 million users with syndicated as well as original TV shows and movies. Since its humble beginnings as a mail-order movie and TV show delivery service in 1997, the company has come a long way, effectively killing its biggest competitor, Blockbuster Entertainment. Netflix went public
In this article SPRT The Reddit logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a displayed Wall Street Bets logo in this illustration taken January 28, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Shares of Support.com are poised to extend their massive GameStop-style rally as Reddit-obsessed retail investors zoned in on the heavily shorted software name. The
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Affirm (AFRM) – Affirm rocketed 41.2% in premarket trading after the digital payments specialist announced a partnership with Amazon.com (AMZN) that will allow Amazon customers to pay over time for purchases of $50 or more. Moderna (MRNA) – Moderna fell 2.7% in the
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) stock is looking well-positioned because of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus. That should surprise NVAX stock bears who viewed it as an “also-ran” Covid-19 vaccine play. Source: Ascannio/Shutterstock.com And can you blame them? Earlier this month, Novavax said it would delay applying for emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373,
This is certainly an odd economy. On one hand, the delta variant is a dark shadow over how long economic expansion lasts. On the other, the economy is booming and oil stocks have gone from zeros to heroes in the past year. The S&P Global Oil Index, which measures the performance of 120 of the
The meme stock wave that sent Senseonics (NYSEMKT:SENS) stock higher has come and gone. Yet so far, it hasn’t pulled back in the way other stocks popular with Reddit traders have done. After its slide in July to under $2 per share, the medical technology play has partially bounced back, and today trades for around
Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM) was one of the beneficiaries of the 2020 bull run. I remember last year when NNDM stock was very popular among retail investors. The stock shot up nearly 10x from below $2 in September last year to a high of approximately $18. Source: Spyro the Dragon / Shutterstock.com This massive run-up was
DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDI) could easily fall quite significantly to the value of just its non-China operations, plus its net cash (as long as that cash is not in China). This is because Chinese regulators have placed the company under dire restrictions. If that happens, I estimate that DIDI stock would be worth no more than
Over the next 20 years, electric vehicles are going to take over the world. We all know this. Every investor, analyst, and financial media personality understands the enormous disruption coming to the multi-trillion-dollar mobility industry – and they all see it as the “investment opportunity of a lifetime.” Make no mistake. It is – but
There are distinct benefits to grandparents paying for early education for their grandchildren. Most nanas and pop-pops have probably heard about the benefits of funding a 529 account. This type of account helps pay off those formidable education costs by allowing their issue’s issue to draw from it tax-free to pay for tuition, books, and
In this article MSFT TGT AMAT WOOF NVDA A shopping cart is seen in a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 14, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters As the year progresses, the vast majority of companies have already posted their latest quarterly results. The economic recovery ramped up throughout the
In this article PLNT LVS BABA PANW BBY Employees bring a television to Steve Steward’s car at a Best Buy store on Black Friday, traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Crowds are smaller this year due to the increasing popularity of on-line shopping amid concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Hennessy
Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN), the digital platform for residential real estate, turned the corner with its second-quarter results released on Aug. 11. Its adjusted net income and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) both turned positive from negative results last quarter. As a result, using simple measures of its valuation, OPEN stock is worth
Right now everyone loves Square (NASDAQ:SQ) stock. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com The company only came public in 2015, at a market cap of $2.9 billion. Today that number is right around $124 billion. At its current value Square is the third most valuable payment outfit, behind only MasterCard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V). But it
Investors in electric vehicle battery hopeful QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) stock are not having a good year so far in 2021. QS stock now is near $22, down close to 75% year-to-date (YTD). The record high of $132.73 hit in late December 2020 seems far away in the rearview window. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Leading automakers
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), July 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s late August, so the market is supposed to be on vacation like so many of us. However, considering that since the pandemic started, no one really keeps track of what month it is – how