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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, November 22, 2021, Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG), a leading telecommunications services corporation, delivered a return of +27.0% per share for the trading day. Why? The key catalyst here was an announcement from Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC), more commonly known as Ericsson. Over the weekend, Ericsson stated that it would …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, U.S. Supreme Court rulings (on Collins vs. Yellen, 19-422; Yellen vs. Collins, 19-563; and Mnuchin vs. Yellen, 19-563) led to Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae, FNMA) having a -32.1% loss and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, FMCC) having a -36.8% loss. Fannie Mae …

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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 Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) of Oklahoma City, OK was in the news this week. The company was founded by Tom L. Ward (currently the Chairman and CEO of privately held MACH Resources) and the now-late Aubrey K. McClendon in 1989 with an initial funding of $50,000. Robert D. Lawler (aka: Doug …

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