What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 21-24, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Friday, February 24, 2023, the stock price of Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK), a software corporation, fell by -12.9% per share. While Autodesk’s latest quarterly results were relatively strong, its future guidance on earnings and free cash flow worried Wall Street. Autodesk is moving from offering multi-year contracts (with cash all paid …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 22-25, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Rivian Automotive, Inc. (RIVN), an American electric vehicle and automotive technology company, was founded in 2009 and went public in 2021. The company’s stock has been volatile since going public, delivering many negative and positive return swings from one trading day to the next. Over the course of the past trading …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 10-14, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, January 10, 2022, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) shares dropped by -13.1% for the trading day, while Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) shares increased by +40.7% instead. Take-Two Interactive will be buying Zynga at a 64% premium, for $12.7 billion. Take-Two Interactive is well-known for the console-based Grand Theft Auto series …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 2-6, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, General Motors Company (GM), a prominent automotive company, had a -8.9% loss for the trading day. While General Motors posted impressive numbers as part of its earnings announcement on that day, investors were nonetheless concerned about corporate management emphasizing caution for the second half of 2021. …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of April 19-23, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha UiPath Inc. (PATH) was founded in Romania, is now headquartered in New York City, and is a global software platform company focused on robotic process automation. The company’s IPO date was Wednesday, April 21, 2021, during this past trading week. The IPO reference price was $56.00 per share, for 23,890,777 Class …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 17 – 21, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) had strong returns for four of the five trading days of this past week, as seen in the table above. In advance of its upcoming 5-to-1 stock split (announced last week on Tuesday, August 11, 2020) which will occur on Monday, August 31, 2020, Tesla closed at an …

Retail Sales and Factory Output – Week of April 13-17, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc all around the world. In the USA, retail sales declined by 8.7%, making for a record decline. The previous record was 3.9% in November 2008, during the Great Recession / global financial crisis (GFC) era. Clothing and accessories sales declined 50.5%. Food services and …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 30, 2019 – January 3, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Friday, January 3, 2020, Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) delivered a gain of 3.0% closing at an all-time high of $443.01 per share due to positive news. Intra-day, the share price reached as high as $454.00 per share. Tesla beat Wall Street estimates for both car production and …

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

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Monday, December 9, 2019, big news emerged in the mergers & acquisitions field in terms of Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) buying ArQule, Inc. (ARQL) and Sanofi SA (SNY) buying Synthorx Inc. (THOR). Both Merck and Sanofi bought the smaller companies to enhance their capabilities in …