NIO Stock Price Up Five-Fold Year to Date

NIO Stock Price Up Five-Fold Year to Date

The Nio Inc. (NIO) boom continues. Over the last two months, the NIO stock price soared from $11 to a recent high of $18. From here, NIO stock could see higher highs after reporting another record month of deliveries. For August 2020, NIO completed 3,965 – a year over year increase of just over 104%. […]

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3 Big-Name Funds Suspending Dividends

Investors with interest in yields soon find their way into the world of closed-end funds (CEFs). During this period in history, when fixed income investments often yield less than one percent, the high single-digit or low double-digit yields on many CEFs are compelling. Yet the aftermath of the pandemic-triggered crash early in 2020 will start […]

Do You Have Wealth or Just the Illusion of Wealth?

Do You Have Wealth or Just the Illusion of Wealth?

Anyone remember the commercials for “Friendly Bob Adams” of Household Finance? They advertised “debt consolidation loans”. Bring all your payment booklets, pay off your debts and consolidate them into one loan with a lower monthly payment. Theoretically it took the pressure off those living from paycheck to paycheck, up to their eyeballs in debt. A […]

OXFORD, UK - DECEMBER 5th 2016: Snapchat logos printed onto paper. Snapchat is a popular social media application for sharing messages, images and videos

Here’s How Much Upside Is Left In SNAP

Despite the major stock indexes hitting record highs, this hasn’t been the easiest market to trade for many investors. For starters, value investors have been left in the dust. This is certainly a growth market; however, even growth stock investors may be struggling if they aren’t in the handful of outperforming industries. Most of the […]

KONSKIE, POLAND - August 18, 2019: WeChat logo displayed on mobile phone

AAPL is Being Replaced With This Company in China

After crippling Huawei and throwing cold water on ByteDance’s global business, the Trump Administration has turned its sights on a third Chinese technology giant, Tencent (TCEHY). Tencent was the only Chinese company to feature in the world’s ten largest providers of both apps and games by download volumes last year, according to the mobile platform […]

ZM Stock Price Jumps 40% After Crushing Q2 Earnings

ZM Stock Price Jumps 40% After Crushing Q2 Earnings

Shares of Zoom Video Communications (ZM) exploded from $317 to a high of $462.80 on earnings. ZM Revenue soared 355% to $663.5 million, topping analyst expectations for $500.5 million. Adjusted EPS came in at 92 cents, which was more than double expectations for 45 cents. ZM also raised its guidance for the full 2021 fiscal […]

Trade of the Week: Salesforce

Trade of the Week: Salesforce

One of the hottest stocks this past week was Salesforce.com (CRM). The software company recently posted huge earnings and was also added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Being added to the DJIA is a big deal for a stock because index tracking funds have to buy it to add it to their portfolios. This […]

LAC Stock Price Moves on Argentina Partnership Announcement

LAC Stock Price Moves on Argentina Partnership Announcement

Since bottoming out at $1.92 in March 2020, shares of Lithium Americas (LAC) rocketed to a recent high of $7.75. All on news of a potential lithium supply shortage. According to Reuters, “A new demand surge is already looming in the form of the multiple ‘green stimulus’ packages as governments try and kick-start locked-down economies. You […]

AAPL and TSLA Stock Splits Attract Low Information Investors

AAPL and TSLA Stock Splits Attract Low Information Investors

Recent stock split announcements by Apple and Tesla have lit a fire under the companies’ share prices. I suspect that many investors scooping up the shares are not aware of exactly how the splits will work. I am curious about how new-to-the-stock market investors will react when they discover that post-split their holdings are not […]