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Don’t let the title fool you, I am not a fan of QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) stock prospects. I think the company’s goals are noble, but they are not likely to succeed. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Making a solid state battery work in any condition on an electric vehicle is a tall order. It may work

Ocugen Inc (NASDAQ:OCGN) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. A penny stock in 2020, shares neared the $16 level in early February. At that point, OCGN stock had posted an eye-popping gain of 5,352% between then and mid-December 2020. Source: shutterstock.com/PhotobyTawat As you’ve no doubt guessed, that massive stock growth is all about a Covid-19 vaccine

MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) stock is more compelling now as a short squeeze target than as a lidar-focused company. The truth is that there are multiple other lidar stocks equally worthy of consideration at this point. Source: temp-64GTX/Shutterstock.com MicroVision was much more attractive in the first half of the year. Back then MVIS stock reached highs approaching

Cold warriors seem to want Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) to fail. They’re spinning the company’s problems and the nearly 50% drop in BABA stock as a personal story, as the fall of founder Jack Ma. He defied the political leadership and paid the price.  To hear them tell it, President Xi Jinping is just Mao Zedong in

Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) stock has few friends on the “buy” side today. Source: Shutterstock According to the Wall Street Journal, five analysts give shares in the Medicare Advantage provider either a “hold” or “sell” rating, with none of them willing to give it a “buy” rating. Worse yet, retail traders haven’t been so keen on it

After taking investors on a miserable ride for several years, General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares are showing promise. Over the course of just three and a half years, the struggling multinational saw its stock lose over 80% of its value. Once the world’s most valuable company, GE stock collapsed in an epic fashion. However, the turnaround

Interestingly enough, most U.S. stock traders probably didn’t think much about Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global (NYSE:DIDI) until DIDI stock tanked recently. Both the company and the stock have been in the headlines lately, but not with positive news. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com Some dabblers in Chinese stocks have learned the hard way that China’s

The market is hot right now for meme stocks. Over the last 12 months, we have seen the rise of innumerable novel investment strategies. Whether it is the rise of SPACs, special-purpose acquisition companies, or electric vehicle stocks, it has been unprecedented for the markets. But none of the new investment themes is as astounding

North America’s largest supplier of flat rolled steel, Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF), saw its shares pop on Monday. CLF stock closed on Oct. 8 at $20.63, but ended Monday’s session at $21.46 for a 4% pop. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com The catalyst? On Monday, the company announced it is acquiring Detroit-based Ferrous Processing and Trading Company

QuantumScape (NASDAQ:QS) has had a difficult 2021. After topping out just below $133 per share in December, QS stock has lost more than 80% of its value. It’s been tripped up by a number of things recently, including insider stock sales, a devastating short-seller report and a washout within the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is reportedly expanding access to its Full Self-Driving Beta 10.2 software. Many TSLA stock investors are hoping autonomy will eventually be a big business for Tesla. Source: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock.com The controversial FSD software has generated plenty of criticism on social media. After reading some of the comments and watching some videos,

Stocks can be many things, but they surely include elements of risk as investors’ seek to build wealth. Camber Energy (NYSE:CEI) stock has been making headlines for its very volatile price action – and it appears to have room for further volatility. Source: Shutterstock The real questions related to the volatility of CEI stock are whether

If you enjoy betting on volatile biotech names, then check out Progenity (NASDAQ:PROG).  PROG stock is unsafe, unstable, and undeniably exciting. Source: Shutterstock Progenity fits just about any definition of a penny stock: it has a low share price, a low market cap, and it’s as volatile as it gets. Catch it at the right time,

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) combined two of 2021’s hottest trends — electric vehicle startups and special-purpose acquisition companies. The problem was that by the time the company completed its reverse merger with Churchill Capital Corp. IV in late July, investor interest in both trends was significantly diminished. Still, LCID stock shot up as much as 20%

Did you see solar stocks on Monday? This particular green sector went parabolic! While the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%, the entire Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) posted a very impressive 3.6% gain (plus a 0.7% after-hours pop), paced by a 10% gain in Daqo Energy (NYSE:DQ) and a 9% gain in SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR). The catalyst?

DatChat (NASDAQ:DATS) is a private messaging application company with little going for it — aside from the cash it raised at its Aug. 13 initial public offering (IPO). DatChat raised $11.04 million according to its most recent prospectus. Somehow, DATS stock now has a market value of about $220 million, according to Yahoo! Finance. Source:

I don’t usually get stunned that often. But when my InvestorPlace colleague Dana Blankenhorn stated that Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) is nothing but hot air until it gets regulatory approval for its business, it made me rethink my own take on JOBY stock. Source: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com Referenced from the Book of Ecclesiastes, people through

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) saw its shares close at a high of $27.96 in early February. Since then, the story has been much less impressive, with the stock in a long slide. At this point, FCEL stock is trading for $6.71, down 76% from its February high. Shares are also down 40% for the year. So,

“This time is different” — If you ever catch yourself saying those words in the stock market, double-check your analysis – because, very often, this time is not different. This is exactly why Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock has fared so well in the face of what seems like a confluence of business-ending sociopolitical headwinds over the

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) used to pay a consistent dividend and also buy back its own shares. However, for the past year and a half, since the end of 2019, it stopped returning capital to its shareholders. It’s now clear that DIS stock has not done very well as a result of this decision.