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By Kuldip K. Ambastha During the past trading week, inflation was seen as a key concern of investors all over the world. In the USA, the January 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report disclosed a massive annualized inflation rate of 7.5%, the highest reading seen since 1982. For a variety of perspectives on inflation from …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Accenture plc (ACN), a multinational professional services company which is strong in information technology (IT) services and consulting, was up by +6.7% for the trading day of Thursday, December 16, 2021. Accenture delivered impressive quarterly results for the past quarter, with earnings and revenues both surpassing estimates by …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, November 15, 2021, the stock of Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR), a prominent and popular discount variety store chain operator in North America, had a gain of +14.3% per share for the trading day. (See What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 27-October 1, 2021; …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, October 18, 2021, real estate e-commerce websites were in the public eye through Zillow Group, Inc. (ZG) falling (-9.4%) and Opendoor Technologies Inc. (OPEN) rising (+3.1%) for the trading day. This bifurcated path occurred because of starkly different perspectives voiced by the leadership teams of the two companies. Specifically, …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, October 11, 2021, the stock of SoFi Technologies, Inc. (SOFI), an American online personal finance company, rose by +13.4% for the trading day. The company has a strong set of offerings across student loan refinancing, credit cards, investing, banking, and other units. The SoFi online platform is accessible both …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR), a prominent discount variety store chain operator in North America, had an impressive gain of +16.5% for the trading day of Wednesday, September 29, 2021. As dollar store chains have faced rising inflationary, raw material cost, freight shipping cost, and labor cost pressures, store …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha During this past trading week, stocks in the casino sector suffered greatly. After positive daily returns on Monday, September 13, negative daily returns were mostly seen for the rest of the trading week for Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS) and Wynn Resorts, Limited (WYNN) per the table seen above (except for …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 9, 2021, the stock of Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) had a gain of +10.5%. Lululemon Athletica is a prominent company in the athletic apparel and accessories sector, focused on product offerings for yoga, running, and other physical pursuits. A strongly positive 2Q2021 earnings announcement drove the gain in …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) is a leading cybersecurity company with a worldwide client list. On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, the company’s stock had a +18.6% gain for the trading day. This return was the best trading day return ever seen for the stock of Palo Alto Networks. An impressive earnings …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Friday, July 16, 2021, the stock of Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) was up by +10.3% for the trading day. Moderna, a biotechnology company, has been highly successful in its efforts to develop a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Late on Thursday, July 15, 2021, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Moderna will become …
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