What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 6-9, 2022

By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), a biotechnology company with a portfolio of medicines for individuals with serious diseases, increased in price by +18.8% per share on the trading day of Thursday, September 8, 2022. Eylea (aka: aflibercept), an anti-blindness eye medication, was the cause of this price run-up, because …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 15-19, 2021

By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Monday, November 15, 2021, the stock of Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR), a prominent and popular discount variety store chain operator in North America, had a gain of +14.3% per share for the trading day. (See What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of September 27-October 1, 2021; …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 9-13, 2020

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 …

What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of November 4-8, 2019

By Kuldip K. Ambastha and Anil K. Ambastha Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK) is an American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in New York, NY. The company announced its latest quarterly earnings and other key figures during this week. Same-store sales grew by 2.0% in 3Q2019, which was less than the 2.5% figure expected. The company …