What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 21-24, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Friday, February 24, 2023, the stock price of Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK), a software corporation, fell by -12.9% per share. While Autodesk’s latest quarterly results were relatively strong, its future guidance on earnings and free cash flow worried Wall Street. Autodesk is moving from offering multi-year contracts (with cash all paid …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 6-10, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of February 9, 2023, the stock price of Credit Suisse Group AG (CS), a Swiss financial institution, fell by -15.6% per share. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of October 24-28, 2022; By Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) Credit Suisse’s …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 9-13, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Friday, January 13, 2023, the stock price of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE), a space flight company, rose by +12.3% for the trading day. The company is considered to be a high-risk, high-reward investment offering, with an ambitious aim to bring commercial space flight to the masses. Its first commercial …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 7-11, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha YETI Holdings, Inc. (YETI), an outdoor products company, had its stock price shoot up by +31.6% per share on Thursday, November 10, 2022, followed by another +10.0% per share on Friday, November 11, 2022. The company announced strong performance results in 3Q2022, and this information drove the increase in the stock …

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

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, October 27, 2022, the stock of Credit Suisse Group AG (CS), a prominent Swiss financial institution with operations around the world, had a steep price drop of -20.0% per share for the trading day. Credit Suisse Group in the recent past has had troubles linked to the scandals around …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of October 17-21, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, October 21, 2022, the stock price of The Allstate Corporation (ALL), an insurance provider operating in the USA plus Canada, dropped by -12.9% per share, with a mix of various factors leading to the stock of The Allstate Corporation having troubles on this trading day. On a high level, …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 26-30, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the stock price of CarMax, Inc. (KMX), a used vehicle retailer, dropped by -24.6% per share. The American company’s latest quarterly performance results disappointed Wall Street, especially from the perspective of earnings per share (EPS). The current landscape of high inflation, higher interest rates (making for …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 6-9, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), a biotechnology company with a portfolio of medicines for individuals with serious diseases, increased in price by +18.8% per share on the trading day of Thursday, September 8, 2022. Eylea (aka: aflibercept), an anti-blindness eye medication, was the cause of this price run-up, because …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 15-19, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of Friday, August 19, 2022, the stock price of Foot Locker, Inc. (FL), a multi-channel athletic shoe and apparel retailer, rose by +20.0% per share. For 2Q2022, the company reported a $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) figure, which surpassed expectations. That said, the company also disclosed a …