What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of December 19-23, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading days of Thursday, December 22, 2022 and Friday, December 23, 2022, the stock tickers of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC and APE), a holding company with movie theaters all over the world, posted daily returns which caught Wall Street’s attention. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of July 5-8, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha GameStop Corporation (GME), a video game retailer, had an up-and-down trading week for its stock with three negative daily returns and one positive daily return. (Monday, July 4, 2022 was an American holiday – Independence Day / Fourth of July – and thus not a trading day.) (See past coverage if …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of January 31-February 4, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), the parent company of Google, was a star performer on Wednesday February 2, 2022 when its stock delivered a +7.4% return for the trading day. The company’s earnings and revenue figures for the latest reporting quarter exceeded expectations. Furthermore, the company also announced a 20-for-1 stock split which …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of August 17 – 21, 2020

By Kuldip K. Ambastha Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) had strong returns for four of the five trading days of this past week, as seen in the table above. In advance of its upcoming 5-to-1 stock split (announced last week on Tuesday, August 11, 2020) which will occur on Monday, August 31, 2020, Tesla closed at an …