Has the retail investor thrown up the white flag? On Monday, they certainly did. According to Peng Cheng, a markets strategist at JPMorgan, retail investors aggressively dumped stocks at the beginning of the day. By noon, there was a retail order imbalance of $1.36 billion. Retail investors sold companies including Apple AAPL, -0.49%, Nvidia NVDA,
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Among the stocks that underperformed the worst in 2021 were Chinese growth stocks. Indeed, a range of headwinds materialized that saw some of 2020’s best-performing stocks head right back down to earth. That’s perhaps putting the selloff mildly. Starting at the end of 2020, Chinese regulators saw fit to put their foot down, hard, on
Given the stock market’s volatility of late — on Monday the Dow clawed back from a 1,000-point drop — there’s a good chance many of us are seeking a stiff drink. As it turns out, the booze industry has plenty to offer on that front. In recent years, spirits producers have increasingly been touting bottles
Digital payments, financial services, and Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) company Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) has started off 2022 the way it spent the final three months of 2021: watching its shares slump. After closing at an all-time high in August, SQ stock continued the volatility that has become one of its defining characteristics. Source: Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com A
President Joe Biden may reportedly sent thousands of U.S. troops, along with warships and aircraft, to Eastern Europe and the Balkans over fears of a Russian invasion. The option was one of several presented by Pentagon officials to Biden at a weekend Camp David meeting, the New York Times reported, citing administration officials. A meeting
Do you like to ride on the backs of cryptocurrency whales? If so, then you’ll definitely want to check out Fantom (CCC:FTM-USD). Apparently, large-scale traders may be showing interest in Fantom in early 2022. Source: Wit Olszewski / Shutterstock.com Reportedly, one crypto whale recently purchased 500,000 FTM. That order was valued at $1,110,000 – clearly, somebody’s
The Federal Reserve is reversing course to fight inflation, but interest rates remain low, which means bond prices remain high. Meanwhile, stock valuations are high relative to earnings, in part because so much new money has flowed in during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a chart showing the aggregate forward price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500
With the growth of online retail, I can understand the attraction retail investors have to ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH). However, WISH stock is down about 90% from its 52-week high. And the chart hasn’t given bulls much to be encouraged about since early summer. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com That was when I first wrote about WISH stock.
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Bakkt Holdings (NYSE:BKKT) stock has had a mystifying run over the past six months or so. The company launched via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and almost immediately skyrocketed from $10 to $40. Source: iQoncept/ShutterStock.com These gains would not last, however. BKKT stock hit $40 in October. By December, it was back down to
In 2021, the enhanced Child Tax Credit gave millions of families some financial cushion through monthly payments. In 2022, the same tax credit might take away from the size of many income tax refunds — or even give some unanticipated tax bills — according to tax professionals who are bracing for agitated clients. “There’s going
We finally have more clarity regarding when DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDI) will list in Hong Kong. According to a South China Morning Post report, shares could list as early as the second quarter of this year. The company is set to delist in the U.S. and offer a one-for-one exchange for their shares. It caps a
A consortium backed by activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has offered roughly $9 billion to buy department store Kohl’s Corp. KSS, -2.60%, according to people familiar with the matter. A group led by Acacia Research Corp. ACTG, -0.69%, which Starboard controls, offered to buy the department-store chain for $64 a share in cash Friday, the people
If Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) is going to improve in 2022, it will have to find new ways to attract users. But how it will manage to do that is still up in the air. And that’s why TWTR stock is bleeding these days. Twitter currently trades at $35.10, down more than 18% since the beginning of
Amazon.com, DHL and other fast-delivery names who know they’ll need electric vehicles for their shipping demands in coming years want charging speed, battery technology, and ease in jumping from one charger to another, they’re telling automakers in a new report. And they will be willing to dump one manufacturer for another to get what they
Investors in Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) can’t catch a break — whether the news is positive or negative. One month ago, NVAX stock was trading for above $200 per share. Since then, it’s plummeted 55% to around $90 a share. Despite my longstanding bullishness on the Covid-19 vaccine play, I’ll admit it’s debatable whether NVAX stock is
China’s Ministry of Transport has summoned four leading freight-delivery platform operators and warned four internet ride-hailing companies over recent driver complaints, in a sign of Beijing’s continued scrutiny of the country’s massive tech sector after a year-long crackdown. The ministry on Friday said it has summoned four internet freight delivery firms, including the cargo businesses
At first glance, diversified energy and power solutions company Camber Energy (NYSEAMERICAN:CEI) might seem like a great business in which to invest. After all, CEI stock is cheap, and value hunters might think that it could turn itself around. Source: bht2000 / Shutterstock.com Yet it’s important to temper our fantasies with a healthy dose of realism.
Walmart Inc. was downgraded to sector weight from overweight at KeyBanc Capital Markets with concerns that the retail giant could be hurt alongside its key middle-class customers and feel wage pressure. “Since our initiation, Walmart has undergone a transformation into arguably one of the strongest omnichannel U.S. retailers,” wrote KeyBanc analysts in a report looking
Canadian cannabis grower, retailer and investment firm Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) had its 15 minutes of meme stock fame a little less than a year ago. Shares rocketed 725% higher between the start of 2021 and its high of nearly $4 in February. But since then, SNDL stock has plummeted to around 52 cents a share