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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Until recently, Eastman Kodak Company (KODK) had been best known for its famous camera and photography offerings from the past. The company was founded in 1888, in Rochester, New York. With the rise of new technology offerings such as sophisticated smartphone cameras, Eastman Kodak Company was not in the press as …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a volatile ride this past week, due to several factors. Comments from Jerome Powell (the Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve), GDP forecasting, unemployment rate (and jobless claims) data, and coronavirus pandemic data all played their own significant parts in the DJIA activity. The …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The airline sector caught our attention this week, due to strong returns seen by various companies. In this piece, American Airlines Group (AAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and United Airlines Holdings (UAL) will be focused on. On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, Southwest Airlines delivered …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The Dow Jones had three down and two up days this week. The coronavirus pandemic has continued to wreak havoc all around the world, and the American capital markets were affected. During 1Q2020, the USA’s GDP (gross domestic product) annualized contraction rate was 4.8%. This figure was announced on Wednesday, April …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha This past week was a volatile one in the investment markets, worldwide. “May you live in interesting times” was a quote popularized during the global financial crisis (GFC) era. This same quote applies now as well, in terms of the wild roller coaster ride seen for March 16-20. On a daily …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha It is always easy to assume either that things today are not as good as they were in the past or that they aren’t going to be as good in the future. The first is irrelevant, and the second is usually not a good bet. Mankind is pretty amazing at doing …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Monday, February 10, 2020, Taubman Centers, Inc. (TCO) was a star performer for the day with its return of 53.2%. A combination of strong quarterly and annual results plus an acquisition offer from Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) led to this impressive return. 4Q2019 adjusted funds …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) stock rose by 9.6% for the day because, as per market research firm eMarketer, Pinterest had 82.4 million American users in 2019. With this data point, Pinterest is now the third-largest American social media platform behind Facebook (FB) and …

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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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