There’s no denying it. It’s been a bumpy road for investors of electric delivery van maker Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) in 2021. After a first-quarter pop and drop, WKHS stock just can’t seem to get off the ground lately. Source: Photo from WorkHorse.com Workhorse is in a time of transition, and let’s face it — not everybody
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With almost three-quarters of S&P 500 companies having reported earnings this season, it’s time to review the winners. Below is a screen showing 20 U.S. technology companies that appear to be firing on all cylinders, with improving sales, gross margins and operating margins. This quarterly earnings season, year-over-year comparisons of results for companies in many
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns full-service upscale and upper-upscale hotel properties in the U.S. AHT stock opened on August 3 at $15.35. Source: Shutterstock All of its hotels are located across the U.S. and operate under brands including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Crowne Plaza, Sheraton and others. Ashford
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is aiming to grant full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine by Labor Day or sooner, according to a new report. Citing people involved in the effort, the New York Times reported late Tuesday that the FDA was speeding up its approval process as the country faces a new
I read an article recently that suggested the growth in Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock from 2005 to 2015 — its first 10 years as a public company — was off-the-charts good. Source: StreetVJ / Shutterstock.com However, in the six years since, BIDU stock has seriously underperformed. As The Motley Fool’s Leo Sun pointed out, a $5,000 investment in
Semiconductor stocks haven’t risen in a straight line this year, but they have recovered from their last dip in May. Now the group is expected to maintain its head of steam through 2022 with faster growth than the broader stock market. But chip makers as a group trade below the broad indexes on a price-to-earnings
Investors in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) — at least, those who came on board after 2002 — have been a pretty happy lot. When the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, ORCL stock was hammered. In just two years, investors saw their holdings drop in value by more than 80%. However, since 2002, Oracle shares have been
A federal official from the National Labor Relations Board is recommending holding a new vote and nullifying the results from a closely watched contest in which Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Alabama cast ballots overwhelmingly against unionizing, according to the union in the case. An Amazon AMZN, +0.12% spokeswoman said employees “had a chance to be heard during a
The company that catapulted the e-commerce revolution, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hardly needs any help doing what it does best: dominating whatever market it decides to disrupt next. Yet the novel coronavirus pandemic proved that at least from a shareholder’s perspective, AMZN stock is not above receiving assistance from fortuitously aligned events. Source: Julie Clopper / Shutterstock.com
Oil futures kicked off August on a softer note after weak data on activity in China and as traders assessed a reading on output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC. West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery CL00, -1.42% CLU21, -1.42% fell $1, or 1.4%, to $72.85 a barrel on the
Once considered a laggard company in the world of technology, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock has made a comeback as one of the best-performing tech names of 2021. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com It was the original champion of database technology. Now Oracle is becoming an emerging force in both backend infrastructure technologies and software-as-a-service (SaaS). In other
SYDNEY— Square Inc. has agreed to an all-stock deal worth around $29 billion to acquire Australia’s Afterpay Ltd. , an installment-payment company that positions its service as a cheaper and more responsible alternative to a credit card. Square SQ, -3.14% said it plans to integrate Afterpay APT, -5.28% into its Seller and Cash App business units, which would allow more retailers
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) just reported stellar second-quarter results, in terms of both revenue and earnings. But even more importantly, its free cash flow (FCF) grew substantially, both in absolute numbers and FCF margins. As a result, I believe that GOOG stock is now worth at least 30% more or $3,554 per share. This article will
U.S. home prices have been rising at a record annual pace in recent months, fueled in part by historically cheap credit, the absence of properties for sale, and the scramble by households for more space as families have fled to the suburbs during the pandemic. Can the good times last when the Federal Reserve finally
As SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock falls back to around $15 per share, is now the time to buy? Not really. Over a long enough timeframe, entering a position in the fintech company’s shares right now could end up being a highly profitable move. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Assuming of course, that it becomes the next
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Short squeezes have been all the rage on Wall Street in 2021. But even with its massive short interest, traders shouldn’t expect a short squeeze from Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock anytime soon. Source: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock.com GameStop (NYSE:GME) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are just two examples of stocks that skyrocketed this year thanks to short
The former “Today Show” co-host Matt Lauer is once again trying to change the channel on his Hamptons home. His compound in Sag Harbor, NY, has returned to market with a price of $43,995,000. The property had been listed in June 2019 for $44.8 million, following the former anchor’s divorce from Annette Roque. But that
Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) stock has been attempting to recover since May. Some investors dove in because it was a short-squeeze stock. Others bought it for its still-strong growth prospects. But in the past few weeks, SKLZ stock has pulled back once again. Source: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com The latest round of “meme stock madness” has dissipated, and Reddit traders
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will be looking to focus attention back onto its business Tuesday following a rough stretch for the broader Chinese internet sector. Chinese technology stocks have taken a hit in recent weeks amid concerns about a government crackdown on powerful technology companies. China has clamped down on ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc.