Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DCPH) is a biotech company that develops drugs mainly for the treatment of cancer. Right now, DCPH stock shares are down nearly 85% year-to-date (YTD), at $7.70 as of the close of Nov. 29. Source: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com Of course, with Thanksgiving just over, it’s probably appropriate to note that I’m thankful for
Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in March 2010, the words pre-existing condition and experimental procedure were often bad news for patients in the United States. In many cases, health insurance providers were not required to cover associated costs or would even deny coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. However, under the ACA,
If you bought shares of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) at or near its peak in mid-November, it’s been a bad couple of weeks for you. RIVN stock is 34% off its high of $179.47, made days after the electric vehicle maker went public. And, unfortunately, I don’t see RIVN stock making a comeback any time soon.
Before the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged, global supply chains were hanging by a thread due to labor shortages, factory shutdowns and elevated demand for goods, especially leading up to the holiday season. Now omicron, which the World Health Organization has deemed a “variant of concern,” is making that thread even thinner.
In this article AMZN GS David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co., listens during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is getting into the cloud computing business. The bank is opening up access to
In this article NCLH AAL BYND BNTX An American Airlines plane lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport November 23, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. American Airlines, Norwegian Cruise Line — Travel stocks retreated, as investors continued to weigh the risks
For quite a while, Naked Brand Group (NASDAQ:NAKD) was known as an intimate apparel and swimwear retailer. This wasn’t an ideal business model during the spread of Covid-19, and as a result, NAKD stock investors have struggled throughout much of 2021. Source: Shutterstock Sure, there was the meme-stock rally in January but Reddit traders seem to
Sometimes there isn’t actually any light at the end of the tunnel. For AT&T (NYSE:T) shareholders, that certainly seems to be the case this year. T stock continues its unrelenting slump, and there’s little cause for optimism even now. Source: Lester Balajadia / Shutterstock.com After falling from $33 per share this spring to less than
When you chase after a stock that has gone too far without justification, you’re likely to get punished. That’s a lesson learned by many of Jumia Technologies’ (NYSE:JMIA) shareholders, as JMIA stock has been taking a beating lately. Source: farzand01 / Shutterstock.com As the old saying goes, the trend is your friend. There’s nothing friendly about
The Russell 1000 Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. It represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of all listed stocks in the U.S. equity market. For this reason, it is considered a bellwether for large-cap investing. Some of the largest companies in the index
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE:PSTH) announced a new proposal in an 8-K filing on Nov. 26 that would issue a new kind of warrant to its shareholders. The warrant would be free and would have the short form name SPARs (Special Purpose Acquisition Rights). As a result PSTH stock is now trading above
Gas Prices Pressure Drivers’ Finances Many Americans are paying higher prices at the pump this holiday driving season, putting strain on their budgets. Gasoline prices have climbed about 50% in a year, and this year’s rise is on pace to be the largest percenta… Nov. 30, 2021 at 3:49 p.m. ET by Hardika Singh
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stands at the base of a Starship rocket prototype at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Steve Jurvetson on flickr Elon Musk is angry with the lack of progress SpaceX has made in developing the Raptor engines that power its Starship rocket. He described a dire situation the day after
GameStop (NYSE:GME) shot “to the moon” during the meme stock trading frenzy of early 2021. However, the gravity of the company’s weak business growth outlook and persistently poor earnings could continue to pull GME stock back to Earth. Source: Emil O / Shutterstock.com Interestingly, though, a new vision could also rescue GME stock from this imminent
In this article MRNA RCL CCL AAL DAL UAL Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Moderna — Shares of the vaccine maker continued their rally, jumping more than 11% in early morning trading Monday after gaining 20% on Friday. On Sunday the company’s chief medical officer said Moderna could roll out a reformulated
Everyone’s always on the lookout for the next Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Lately, people have been drawing parallels between Amazon and South Korea’s Coupang (NYSE:CPNG), both in terms of the companies’ e-commerce businesses and in the potential of CPNG stock. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com AMZN stock has skyrocketed more than 1,700% in the past 10 years
The popular misconception that 90% of all options expire worthless frightens investors into mistakenly believing that if they buy options, they’ll lose money 90% of the time. But in actuality, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) estimates that only about 30% of options expire worthless, while 10% are exercised, and the remaining 60% are traded out
European stocks skidded on Tuesday on nervousness around the new omicron variant of coronavirus. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -1.45% fell 1.4% to 460.73, after the chief executive of vaccine maker Moderna MRNA, +11.80% was quoted as saying existing vaccines would be much less effective against the new variant. Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times
Charging Bull Statue is seen at the Financial District as snowfall in New York City, United States on December 16, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Investors are about to be besieged with financial soothsayers predicting returns for 2022. My guess is after the more than 16% in annualized gains from
In this article TSLA MRK TWTR Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Monday: Moderna — Moderna shares surged more than