What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of April 18-22, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the stock price of Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), a subscription streaming service and production company, dropped by -35.1% per share. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 15-19, 2019; By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 29-December 3, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Twitter, Inc. (TWTR), a microblogging and social networking technology (tech) platform, delivered negative returns for each day of this past trading week, as the table here shows. On Monday, November 29, 2021, Jack Dorsey announced that he would step down as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter. …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 15-19, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha In the last few years, cryptocurrencies (and their associated blockchain technology usages) have attracted the attention of many investors. During the past trading week, the first-ever North American exchange-traded fund (ETF) for Bitcoin was launched. Purpose Bitcoin ETF (BTCC-B.TO) saw strong interest from investors and heavy daily trading volumes. Though cryptocurrencies …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 1-5, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha During this past trading week, retail investors focused on the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV). The silver market is huge in market size, highly liquid, and worldwide (trading can happen for 23 hours of any given trading day). During the last trading week (What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 30-October 4, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha On September 26, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) announced a new IBKR Lite service effective from October that will feature unlimited, commission-free trades of U.S.-listed stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) along with no account minimum or inactivity fee. This news caused only a mild reaction on September 26 …

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 …