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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 …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of RH (RH), a luxury lifestyle retailer perhaps better known by its former name of Restoration Hardware, had four negative return days and one positive return day in this past trading week. The worst day’s return was -10.6% per share, as seen on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The company …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock price of Unity Software Inc. (U), a videogame software development company, fell by -37.0% per share on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. In Unity Software’s latest quarterly conference call, company leaders disclosed impressive 1Q2022 results, but also noted disappointing 2Q2022 and 2022 full-year guidance. Wall Street was displeased with the …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Rivian Automotive, Inc. (RIVN), an American electric vehicle and automotive technology company, was founded in 2009 and went public in 2021. The company’s stock has been volatile since going public, delivering many negative and positive return swings from one trading day to the next. Over the course of the past trading …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha DiDi Global Inc. (DIDI) is a Chinese vehicle for hire company, with corporate headquarters in Beijing. The company went public on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the stock had a significant -19.6% decline for the day. The Cyberspace Administration of …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) had two impressive trading day returns in the past trading week. On Monday, May 24, 2021, the stock had a +27.6% return. Over the past weekend, the company had its first successful test flight to space in over two years. Also, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The Trade Desk, Inc. (TTD) is a global technology company in the digital advertising campaigns space. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in California. Its stock went public in 2016. On Monday, May 10, 2021, the company’s stock saw a dramatic -26.0% loss for the trading day. Though …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) is a company in the electric vehicle (EV) space, focused on operating and providing EVs, charging equipment, and networked EV charging services. On Thursday, April 8, 2021, the company’s stock returned +12.9% for the trading day. Blink’s large stock gain on this trading day was driven by …

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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Quidel Corporation (QDEL) is an American company in the diagnostic healthcare product space. Its offerings are sold worldwide. On Friday, May 8, 2020, the company received emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 antigen test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Emergency use authorization is a new public health testing category …

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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 …

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