What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 30-February 3, 2023

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of Friday, February 3, 2023, the stock price of Nordstrom Inc. (JWN), an American retail company, rose by +24.8% per share. One of the biggest and most prominent non-insider shareholders decided to increase his stake in Nordstrom Inc., potentially in advance of a reformist, shareholder activist campaign. …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 10-14, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, January 10, 2022, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) shares dropped by -13.1% for the trading day, while Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) shares increased by +40.7% instead. Take-Two Interactive will be buying Zynga at a 64% premium, for $12.7 billion. Take-Two Interactive is well-known for the console-based Grand Theft Auto series …

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

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, November 22, 2021, Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG), a leading telecommunications services corporation, delivered a return of +27.0% per share for the trading day. Why? The key catalyst here was an announcement from Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC), more commonly known as Ericsson. Over the weekend, Ericsson stated that it would …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 21-24, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) delivered a +14.1% return for the day. IAC/InterActiveCorp is an American holding company, headquartered in New York City, NY. The company has a variety of underlying holdings, mainly in the media / Internet arena. The Board of Directors of IAC/InterActiveCorp approved a plan to …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 30-December 4, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, December 3, 2020, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) had a +13.6% return for the day. The company delivered a $0.08 adjusted earnings per share figure for 3Q2020, well above the expected consensus estimate of $0.00. The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings has been successful during the current global coronavirus pandemic era. …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of June 29 – July 2, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) of Oklahoma City, OK was in the news this week. The company was founded by Tom L. Ward (currently the Chairman and CEO of privately held MACH Resources) and the now-late Aubrey K. McClendon in 1989 with an initial funding of $50,000. Robert D. Lawler (aka: Doug …

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, …

Jobs, Unemployment, and the Dow Jones – Week of March 30 – April 3, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The Dow Jones was up and down this week day by day, similar to what has been seen in the past few weeks. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and its related public health concerns around the world, massive changes have been seen in the USA and these changes have been affecting …