What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 18-22, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha Karuna Therapeutics Inc. (KRTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. The company is focused on developing innovative therapies for individuals suffering from disabilities, disorders, and pain. Karuna Therapeutics Inc. has announced that its schizophrenia treatment’s Phase 2 clinical trial …

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 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 23-27, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha BlackBerry Limited (BB) is a prominent Canadian company, previously known as “Research In Motion.” The general public knows BlackBerry Limited best as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of phones and tablets, but in more recent years the company now provides enterprise software and services. From 2001 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 8-12, 2019

By Anil K. Ambastha and Kuldip K. Ambastha After testimony of the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the U.S. Congress where he indicated the possibility that the central bank may cut interest rates during its meeting later this month, some of the major stock market indices reached their all-time highs. The S&P 500, …