Friday’s trading session was a frenzy for investors of US Cellular (USM), as the stock jumped more than 93% - from around $17/share to more than $33/share. That being said, it appears the hype has died down over the weekend. The stock is gradually headed back toward earth, down 4.5% so far this morning. [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Investors dream of a reasonable portfolio return devoid of risk, but that precondition does not exist and is naive. Even investing in bonds is not without risk, as investors learned in 2022, when both stocks and bonds declined by 18.6% (S&P 500) and 13.7% (Vanguard Total Bond Index --BND), [...]
FuboTV (FUBO) reported company earnings this morning, and so far in Friday’s trading session, the market has rewarded the streaming provider with a nearly 9% bump for its efforts. The results came in well above analyst expectations. Despite taking a net loss for the second quarter of $49.9 million, or 17 cents/share, FuboTV took [...]
PayPal (PYPL) profits have been under scrutiny by analysts and shareholders alike for a few months now. And after the digital payment processing firm reported its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, it appears that concern was substantiated. Despite a strong forecast, the lackluster margins for PayPal resulted in a strong sell-off in Thursday morning’s trading session. [...]
It’s been a tough few years for Uber (UBER) investors. But, the stock has been rallying for most of 2023 and looks to be back and better than ever. The latest company earnings represent a huge milestone - the company’s first profitable quarter. After years and years of investing in the business, Uber is [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Cloudflare Inc. (NET), a NYSE-listed firm incorporated in 2009 and has headquarters in San Francisco. It has a workforce of nearly 3,400, revenues of $1.05 billion, and a market-cap of $21.5 billion. The firm provides globally integrated cloud-based web security and content delivery services to customers in the following [...]
It seems as if every day there’s a new company cashing in on AI - and Palantir Technologies (PLRT) is the latest to join the frenzy. The hype around the company’s AI offerings is mounting ahead of next week’s second-quarter earnings report. The company is known for data analytics and has been working relentlessly [...]
General Electric (GE) is one of the oldest companies currently publicly traded. But, despite being more than 130 years old, the saying that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” doesn’t apply here. As the company finally nears the end of its multi-year turnaround, things are looking positive. In fact, the stock has [...]
On Wednesday, Meta (META) delivered an impressive earnings report for the quarter that ended in June. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been calling this the “year of efficiency” since February after the company took a step backward. Since then, it’s been smooth sailing. Meta’s revenue soared to $32 billion for the quarter, which was an [...]
Yesterday in Wednesday’s trading session, Union Pacific (UNP) gained more than 12% after news of the railroad operator's new CEO taking the helm. The buzz over Jim Vena taking the reins of the company managed to steal the spotlight from what ended up being a quarter of underperformance. During the second quarter, the railroad [...]
