What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 3-7, 2022

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 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 3-6, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, January 5, 2023, the stock of NovoCure Limited (NVCR), an oncology company, rose by +68.5% for the trading day. The LUNAR study has shown that a medical device developed by NovoCure is able to improve, in a statistically significant way, the prospect of survival for people with late-stage lung …

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 July 25-29, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the stock of global pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA) rose in price by +28.4% per share. Teva is the world’s largest generic medicine producer, and has been struggling for the last five years because of weakness in the American generic medicine sector plus intense …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 6-10, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha In the past trading week, BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD), an online / digital media, news, and entertainment company, went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) of 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. (ENFA, ENFAU, ENFAW). Other media companies, especially in the digital media arena, have been watching BuzzFeed stock closely to …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 13-17, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha During this past trading week, stocks in the casino sector suffered greatly. After positive daily returns on Monday, September 13, negative daily returns were mostly seen for the rest of the trading week for Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS) and Wynn Resorts, Limited (WYNN) per the table seen above (except for …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of March 22-26, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Sunday, March 21, 2021, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) announced that it would be buying Kansas City Southern (KSU), for $29 billion ($25 billion in cash and equity, along with $4 billion in outstanding Kansas City Southern debt). The surprise announcement resulted in a +11.1% return for Kansas City Southern …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 19-22, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha BlackBerry Limited (BB) is a well-known Canadian multinational company which had been named Research In Motion (RIM) initially. The technology (tech) company initially became famous for its BlackBerry line of pagers, smartphones, and tablets. Its current focus is on enterprise software and the Internet of Things (IoT). On Tuesday, January 19, …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of May 18 – 22, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The American stock exchanges list a variety of companies from all over the world. Restrictions may be soon rolled out for Chinese (and other non-U.S.) companies listed on American stock exchanges, due to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable (HFCA) Act already passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, May 20, …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of February 10-14, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Monday, February 10, 2020, Taubman Centers, Inc. (TCO) was a star performer for the day with its return of 53.2%. A combination of strong quarterly and annual results plus an acquisition offer from Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) led to this impressive return. 4Q2019 adjusted funds …