What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 12-16, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha Following its disappointing second-quarter earnings due to deep discounting amid rising inventory levels, concern about the potential impact of China tariffs in the future, and slashed earnings guidance for the rest of the year, shares of a retailer, Macy’s (M), dropped by 13.2% on August 14. Macy’s …

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What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 5-9, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha Following its second-quarter earnings report featuring lower than expected losses, higher than expected revenues, a year-over-year 39% increase of active users to 30.5 million, and bright future guidance, shares of a TV streaming platform operator, Roku (ROKU), rose by 20.9% on August 8. The company has lifted …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 29-August 2, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha The second-quarter earnings report and guidance process parade is continuing. This week, reports from engineering and construction companies such as McDermott International (MDR) and Fluor Corporation (FLR) reflected large losses, revenue misses, and uncertain futures. Following its earnings report, shares of McDermott International (MDR) dropped 35.3% on …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 22-26, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha Food industry and restaurant industry stocks generally move in a slow and steady manner. Also, once the initial hype is over shortly after an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of a company’s stock, generally, the IPO shares start to decline and, mostly, an IPO’s shares trade for less …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 15-19, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha Second-quarter earnings season started in earnest this week and will continue for the next 3-4 weeks. This week, the S&P 500, Dow 30, and Nasdaq indices respectively dropped by 1.23%, 0.65%, and 1.18%. Thus, movement of the indices was fairly benign and insignificant. However, individual stocks can …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 8-12, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha After testimony of the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the U.S. Congress where he indicated the possibility that the central bank may cut interest rates during its meeting later this month, some of the major stock market indices reached their all-time highs. The S&P 500, …

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Ambastha Financial LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). We primarily create diversified, stock-based portfolios, with some mutual funds / exchange-traded funds (as needed) plus selected options to create extra income (as appropriate). Stock-based portfolios are customized for your goals, objectives, and risk attitudes. We collect such information via a questionnaire plus oral conversations with …

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