What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of May 23-27, 2022

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 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of April 20-24, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Snap Inc. (SNAP) stood out this week for positive reasons. On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, the stock had an astounding 36.7% return for the day. This return was driven by the company’s strong 1Q2020 results. Wall Street’s quarterly revenue expectations were surpassed. Snapchat has 229 million average daily active users as …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 13-17, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) stock rose by 9.6% for the day because, as per market research firm eMarketer, Pinterest had 82.4 million American users in 2019. With this data point, Pinterest is now the third-largest American social media platform behind Facebook (FB) and …