What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 29-September 2, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 1, 2022, the stock of Okta, Inc. (OKTA), a technology company providing cloud-based identity management support for businesses, fell in price by -33.7% per share for the trading day. While 2Q2022 results surpassed Wall Street expectations, areas of concern on a going forward basis drove this sharp decline …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 24-28, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Kohl’s Corporation (KSS) is an American department store retail chain, founded by Maxwell Kohl in 1962. On Monday, January 24, 2022, the company’s stock delivered a +36.0% return for the trading day. Why? The stock was in the public eye and in play due to the company receiving takeover offers through …

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 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of October 26-30, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha SAP SE (SAP) is a German software company in the enterprise software sector, focused on business operations and customer relations. The company operates in many countries around the world and has well-known enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities. SAP stands for “Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing.” On Monday, October 26, …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 21-25, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha During the past trading week, Carvana Co. (CVNA) delivered a +30.6% return on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, due to strongly positive financial results showing ongoing growth. Carvana Co. is an innovative retailer which sells cars out of huge vending machines, and during the latest quarter it showed impressive projected data related …

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 …