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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Novavax, Inc. (NVAX), a clinical-stage vaccine company, had its stock price fall by -17.2% per share on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 27-31, 2021; By Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) In 1Q2022, earnings per share plus total …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the stock price of Chewy, Inc. (CHWY) rose by +24.2% per share. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of March 29-April 1, 2021; By Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) Chewy, Inc. (CHWY), an online retailer of pet food and …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Snap Inc. (SNAP), a social media technology company with smartphone camera application Snapchat as its flagship offering, had its stock price drop by -43.1% per share on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of April 20-24, 2020; By …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Longeveron Inc. (LGVN), a biotechnology company focused on clinical stage therapies, had its stock price rise by +105.4% per share on Thursday, March 31, 2022. On this trading day, a great piece of news led to a great return. Lomecel-B has shown positive results from its Phase 1 trial testing on …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Coupa Software Incorporated (COUP) is a technology company focused on “Business Spend Management.” Coupa had a highly volatile week in the stock market, per the table seen above with two negative daily return days followed by three positive daily return days. Early in the trading week, Coupa disappointed Wall Street with …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. (Paul Samuelson; https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0511/the-top-17-investing-quotes-of-all-time.aspx) Investing is not gambling. Be thoughtful. Do research before entering into new positions and also before closing out existing positions. Think long-term, not short-term. For …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha During the past trading week, inflation was seen as a key concern of investors all over the world. In the USA, the January 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report disclosed a massive annualized inflation rate of 7.5%, the highest reading seen since 1982. For a variety of perspectives on inflation from …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Sea Limited (SE), a technology company based in Singapore with operations in digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial services, was in the news during the past trading week. The stock of Sea Limited had four negative daily returns plus one positive daily return for the trading week, with a -11.4% loss …

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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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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Accenture plc (ACN), a multinational professional services company which is strong in information technology (IT) services and consulting, was up by +6.7% for the trading day of Thursday, December 16, 2021. Accenture delivered impressive quarterly results for the past quarter, with earnings and revenues both surpassing estimates by …

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