What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 25-29, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha GameStop Corporation (GME), a video game retailer, caught everyone’s attention in this past trading week. Retail investors were bullish about the stock, while institutional investors were bearish about the stock. Like many companies, GameStop has struggled due to the coronavirus pandemic, which led several institutional investors to short the stock. Retail …

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 …