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What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 20-23, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the stock of Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL), a leisure travel company, delivered an +8.7% gain for the trading day. Investors cheered on the company’s plan to return to profitability, which includes an anticipated profit in the second half of 2022. The company expects that COVID-19’s …

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What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of June 29 – July 2, 2020

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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What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of October 19-23, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha During this past trading week, the energy sector saw announcements of industry consolidation. ConocoPhillips (COP) will be buying Concho Resources Inc. (CXO) while Pioneer Natural Resources Company (PXD) will be buying Parsley Energy, Inc. (PE). ConocoPhillips will buy Concho Resources Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $9.7 billion. Pioneer Natural …

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