Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ:MARA)has climbed nearly 200% in 2021. And going back to Dec. 2020, MARA stock is up approximately 400%. The reason for the mania surrounding this crytocurrency mining stock is Bitcoin (CCC:BTC:USD) which is up nearly 150% in the last three months. Source: Useacoin / Shutterstock.com Another catalyst for Marathon is that it
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Over the weekend, I was doing research on large-cap stocks and noticed an important detail: buying pressure is dissipating on otherwise good stocks with positive sales and earnings. Source: madamF / Shutterstock.com One example right now is Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). In its fourth-quarter announcement on January 27, the company reported earnings of $3.88 per share, which was
While Cloud Czars Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) still sell for around 35 times trailing price-to-earnings, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is currently selling for 26.72. Why? Because right now, there’s a misunderstanding about the business and power behind Facebook stock. Source: Ink Drop / Shutterstock.com Investors are told it’s a social network stealing “the
Much of the United States felt the sting of extremely cold weather this month. Perhaps no part of the country was hurt more than Texas, which saw millions go without power. This has caused energy prices to surge higher. For investors, that puts the focus on energy stocks. Consider that WTI crude increased 6.5% over
Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be treasury secretary, speaks as Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his economic policy team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a warning Monday about the dangers that bitcoin poses both
Cathy Wood Crystal Mercedes | CNBC Some called it the “Cathie Wood sell-off.” At the open Tuesday, the top names owned by Ark Investment Management were the biggest decliners in the market. Shares of Palantir, Tesla, Roku, Square, Paypal, Teladoc, Baidu, Zillow, Shopify and Spotify were all down big, in many cases by double-digits. All
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Home Depot (HD) – The home improvement retailer beat quarterly estimates by 3 cents with earnings of $2.65 per share. Revenue came in above estimates as well. Comparable store sales jumped 24.5% during the fourth quarter, more than the 19.2% consensus estimate of analysts polled by FactSet. Home
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Key Takeaways Analysts estimate adjusted EPS of $2.81 vs. $1.89 in Q4 FY 2020. Data center revenue is expected to rise YOY. Revenue is expected to show robust growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), already a major force in semiconductors, could become even more dominant and reshape the industry with its proposed $40
In theory, the rollout of the various novel coronavirus vaccines should be beneficial for Carnival (NYSE:CCL), along with rivals in the cruise-ship operator space like Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH). As you know, the pandemic has been brutal on this industry. But with light at the end of the tunnel, the narrative
New Brunswick-based cannabis company OrganiGram (NASDAQ:OGI) recently made news when it appointed Marni Wieshofer as its first U.S.-domiciled director. While it did little to move OGI stock, the appointment deserves closer scrutiny. Now before you get all accusatory about my implication, it’s not for the reason you think. While I don’t know Ms. Wieshofer, her
As seen with apps like Robinhood, it’s very easy and cheap to invest nowadays. As a result, the markets have seen a big-time return of retail investors. They have actually become a major force. But this raises a question: for new investors, what are the stocks to buy? Well, as seen with the Reddit forums,
Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Hedge funds are still licking their wounds after a retail trading frenzy forced the industry to slash its overall exposure to stocks, leading to an underperformance in 2021. Last month, an army of retail investors who coordinated on social media managed to push GameStop shares up 400% in
Julie Wainwright, CEO, The RealReal Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Monday: Palo Alto Networks – Shares of the cybersecurity company fell nearly 1% after Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter. The company reported earnings per share of $1.55, compared to a Refinitiv
Victoria’s Secret, a subsidiary of L Brands Inc. (LB), has its own branded credit card named the Victoria card. Here is a discussion of the card’s benefits, drawbacks, and the type of consumer for whom the credit card is best suited. Its chief competitors are cards from Gap and Lane Bryant. Where Can the Victoria
There’s a lot to be said about dividend stocks that’s positive. The companies they represent are shareholder friendly. They are usually issued by companies with a long-term view of the markets and growth in their sector. They offer income in a world bereft of decent traditional dividends. But there’s also another side to these stocks.
Many analysts believe the stock market is about to go lower. They cite the recent bubble characteristics that are occurring in different areas of the market as proof. These include the GameStop (GME) frenzy, the parabolic rally in penny stocks and the cryptocurrency craze. All stock market peaks have common characteristics, and one of them is
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is a chipmaker that has made the most of the pandemic. In fact, AMD stock is at some of its highest performance levels in recent memory. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Now, the company is looking to expand its market share this year. Once traded in the $2 range, AMD currently
In all the electric car hoopla that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) inspires, Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) has been ignored. TM stock continues to be a low-volume name. About 330,000 shares trade on an average day, while TSLA stock averages almost 41 million. Source: josefkubes / Shutterstock.com But Toyota is the world’s largest car company, having passed Volkswagen (OTCMKTS:VLKAY)
An image from the video taken by multiple cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA on Monday released first-of-its-kind video of a spacecraft landing on another planet, as multiple cameras captured its Perseverance rover touching down on the surface of Mars. The U.S. space agency landed Perseverance on