What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 11-15, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK) is an online retailer which offers a wide variety of products. Its stock fell by 17.4% on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 due to disappointing 3Q2019 results plus an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Specifically, a $0.89 loss per share was …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 4-8, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK) is an American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in New York, NY. The company announced its latest quarterly earnings and other key figures during this week. Same-store sales grew by 2.0% in 3Q2019, which was less than the 2.5% figure expected. The company …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 9-13, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD) is a biopharmaceutical company which has Nuplazid (aka: pimavanserin) in its product pipeline. Nuplazid has been used by individuals suffering from Parkinson’s disease-linked psychosis. Acadia has now analyzed Nuplazid in relation to individuals suffering from dementia-related psychosis. Currently, no approved drugs exist in …