Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Alex Wong | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Amazon —Shares of the retailer were up 1% in after-hours trading on the back of quarterly results that beat analyst expectations. Amazon reported earnings per share of $14.09 on revenue of $125.56 billion. Analysts polled by Refinitiv
American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) is the latest stock to begin feeling the now infamous effect of retail investors from Reddit this month. Despite posting its largest annual loss ever for 2020, AAL stock popped on Jan. 27 and again the next day. Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com This was not due to the company’s performance. Instead, traders from the
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The market seems to hit new highs every week, if not each day. Yet it seems time and again, the same stocks are the ones in the winners’ circle. But there are plenty of quality stocks that don’t make the headlines every week that will continue to run, as long as the fight against the
Prior to the onset of the novel coronavirus, drugmaker Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) wasn’t really a household name. Today, the company is quite famous and Moderna stock is heavily traded on Wall Street. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com You, or someone you know, might already have been administered a dose or two of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, known as mRNA-1273.
Many investors are hesitant to buy individual commodities, but exchange-traded funds (ETFs) make this area accessible to a broader range of investors. Commodities can be a useful hedge against inflation, and they help diversify investment portfolios beyond more traditional stocks and bonds. Commodities such as silver and palladium also are seen as safe havens in
A sign hangs in front of an AMC theater on January 27, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Shares of AMC Entertainment more than quadrupled today as investors continue their buying spree on heavily shorted stocks. Scott Olson | Getty Images Besides GameStop, other popular short squeeze targets among the Reddit crowd were taking big hits on
Peak GameStop? GameStop’s volume and volatility has been much lower this week than in the prior six days. This is also true of other heavily shorted names like Bed Bath and Beyond, Express and AMC. What’s going on? Chris Murphy, co-head of derivative strategy at Susquehanna Financial Group, ticked off the signs that the endgame
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: United Parcel Service (UPS) – UPS reported quarterly earnings of $2.66 per share, beating a consensus estimate of $2.14 a share. The revenue also came in above estimates for the holiday quarter. Among the factors boosting the bottom line: a 7.8% increase in
FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) is up an amazing 87% so far this year and 92% plus in the last month. FCEL stock continues to move up based on rampant speculation. I wrote about this on Dec. 31 and earlier in December and how FCEL stock spiked over 1,128% in the last year. Source: Kaca Skokanova/Shutterstock The company
The EV Revolution arrived on Wall Street with a bang in 2020. All EV stocks — from the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) mothership down — soared. One of the biggest winners was solid-state EV battery maker QuantumScape (NYSE:QS). QS stock, once a $10 stock in late 2020, soared as high as $130 just before Christmas 2020. Source:
This weekend, as the #silversqueeze hashtag made its way across the internet, silver prices forebodingly edged past the $30 mark – the highest it’s been since the beginning of 2013. With a physical metal shortage on the horizon, Redditors and Wall Street pros alike are starting to ask themselves: can another $SLV short squeeze happen?
Electric vehicle (EV) companies are succeeding by turning existing transportation models upside down. Moreover, the public is finally buying into the EV vision in a big way. As a result, EV stocks had a banner year in 2020. For instance, Canoo (NASDAQ:GOEV) closed it out with a massive surge in price. However, that was followed
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Monday that he’s not worried about the U.S. economy overheating, though he does think growth could happen faster than many expect. In an estimate well ahead of most of his colleagues, Bostic, a voting member of the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, recently drew attention for saying that
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images GameStop stock has defied gravity in the past and it could again, but there are some signs its stock may be topping out, some strategists say. GameStop was down sharply Monday, off more than 30% at $225. It has been the poster child of a group of stocks
I know what it’s like to be aligned with the latest phenomenon in the market: r/WallStreetBets, the subreddit on social media platform Reddit that has driven failing video game retailer GameStop (NYSE:GME) to the moon. But when it comes to WSB’s latest target Naked Brand (NASDAQ:NAKD), I’ve got to reassess whether I’m an advocate of
After a volatile decade, clean energy stocks have surged in the past few months.
Markets are running on borrowed time. That’s the prevailing sense on Wall Street. This is different than saying it’s time to short the indices. What makes sense is to shore up current positions and get ready to add long-term investments on dips. When the current conditions are risky and confusing, that’s when it’s wise to
Shares of solid-state battery maker QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) grew by a mammoth 259% in 2020. However, so far this year, QS stock is down roughly 58%. It appears investors are now taking note of the commercialization and development hurdles associated with the technology along with its weaknesses. Despite the drop in price, though, QS stock is
Visa Inc. (V) is one of the dominant digital payments brands globally, providing services in more than 200 countries and territories to individual consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments. The company provides a broad range of services, which include authorization, clearing, and settlement services for financial institutions and merchants. Additionally, while Visa does not issue