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By Kuldip K. Ambastha During this past trading week, retail investors focused on the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV). The silver market is huge in market size, highly liquid, and worldwide (trading can happen for 23 hours of any given trading day). During the last trading week (What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha GameStop Corporation (GME), a video game retailer, caught everyone’s attention in this past trading week. Retail investors were bullish about the stock, while institutional investors were bearish about the stock. Like many companies, GameStop has struggled due to the coronavirus pandemic, which led several institutional investors to short the stock. Retail …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha BlackBerry Limited (BB) is a well-known Canadian multinational company which had been named Research In Motion (RIM) initially. The technology (tech) company initially became famous for its BlackBerry line of pagers, smartphones, and tablets. Its current focus is on enterprise software and the Internet of Things (IoT). On Tuesday, January 19, …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the stock of Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) had a +12.1% daily return. Etsy is a technology platform which serves as an online marketplace. Sellers are able to easily manage and scale their businesses (mainly focused on handmade products – arts, crafts, jewelry, clothing, and so on) through …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha QuantumScape Corporation (QS) is a leading corporation in the development of lithium-metal batteries to be used in electric vehicles. The corporation seeks to change the landscape of energy storage and make a path towards sustainable energy for the world. Prominent investors in the company include Bill Gates plus Khosla Ventures. The …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Per the table shown above, FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCEL) had a trading week of three down days and one up day. FuelCell Energy focuses on fuel cell technology, and also provides ultra-clean, comprehensive power solutions to customers. While the company is not currently profitable, its forecasted earnings growth rate for the …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) delivered a +14.1% return for the day. IAC/InterActiveCorp is an American holding company, headquartered in New York City, NY. The company has a variety of underlying holdings, mainly in the media / Internet arena. The Board of Directors of IAC/InterActiveCorp approved a plan to …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, December 17, 2020, Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) had a +17.4% gain per share for the day. The corporation, best known for its retail drugstore chain operations, beat its quarterly adjusted earnings and revenues expectations, and also raised its full year outlook to expect positive earnings instead of a potential …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The past trading week was a big one for the initial public offering (IPO) market sector. Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB), C3.ai, Inc. (AI), and DoorDash Inc. (DASH) all had massive IPOs. Airbnb is an online marketplace for rental properties, C3.ai is an enterprise artificial intelligence software-as-a-service applications provider, and DoorDash is a …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, December 3, 2020, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) had a +13.6% return for the day. The company delivered a $0.08 adjusted earnings per share figure for 3Q2020, well above the expected consensus estimate of $0.00. The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings has been successful during the current global coronavirus pandemic era. …

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