What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of October 4-8, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha

On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the stock of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (AFRM), a digital and mobile commerce platform financial technology (fintech) company in the “buy now, pay later” payments arena, rose by +20.0% for the trading day. The catalyst here was a partnership announced between Affirm Holdings and Target Corporation (TGT), a leading American retailer. Ahead of the American winter holiday shopping season, Target has decided that customer-friendly payment option plans of an easy and affordable nature are needed. American family household budgets will potentially be less strained with big holiday spending amounts in the short-term with this Affirm / Target partnership. By allowing customers to make purchases during the holiday shopping season and then pay them off in installments, this partnership is in-line with other fintech / retail partnerships being announced. It remains to be seen if these various partnerships will last beyond the upcoming holiday shopping season.

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Disclosure – The principals and clients of Ambastha Financial LLC have no positions in AFRM or TGT.

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