Health insurance company Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) is on a mission to lower costs for Medicare patients. So far, it is spending more money than it brings in. Additionally, activist short-seller Hindenburg Research released a scathing report that criticizes its business model and the quality of its software. As a result, CLOV stock is incredibly volatile
Externalities can be both positive and negative. They exist when the actions of one person or entity affect the existence and well-being of another. In economics, there are four different types of externalities: positive consumption and positive production, and negative consumption and negative production externalities. As implied by their names, positive externalities generally have a
To make a comparison to football, IBM (NYSE:IBM) is the Dallas Cowboys of technology. How do I mean? Well, both IBM and the Cowboys are overrated. They haven’t won a title in a quarter century and they’re not going to do it this year. Their system is stale, yet somehow they still have fans. All
To market veterans, talk of a stock-market “bottom” after a mere 3% pullback might sound odd, but that’s the sort of world investors live in right now, says one chart watcher. While stocks have climbed in 2021, hitting new highs as recently as last week, fewer and fewer individual stocks have participated in the move,
Among the Electric Vehicle companies in China, Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) stock is the least followed by the bullish investors. Source: Carrie Fereday / Shutterstock.com LI stock has the highest short interest and lowest market capitalization compared to NIO (NYSE:NIO) and XPeng (NYSE:XPEV). In June, Li Auto posted 7,713 Li ONE deliveries, up 320.6% year-on-year and
An American Airlines plane lands at the Miami International Airport on June 16, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Simon Property Group — The mall operator rose 5% after Stifel upgraded the stock to buy from hold. The Wall Street firm said Simon
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) stock been on a rollercoaster ride so far this year. The r/WallStreetBets community turned the investment world upside down by joining forces to bid up AMC stock, boosting the price by nearly 3,000% at one point in the year via short squeezes. These wild swings in price have in fact become a virtual showdown
Over the past few years, commission-based financial advisors have seen a decline in new business across the wealth management sector. Why? Because the investment industry as a whole has largely shifted towards fee-based financial advice as clients are looking to only pay for the services they need. Commission-based financial advisors have seen a decline in
The last few months have been quite eventful for Chinese ride-sharing service Didi Global (NYSE:DIDI). In June, DIDI stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. At the height of its first day of trading, it boasted a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Source: zhu difeng / Shutterstock.com However, DIDI stock plunged after
People want SUVs, and as the economy thrives, so do the prospects of Americans. That’s why there are so many midsize luxury SUVs to choose from, despite prices that start in the mid-$40,000 range and rise from there. Market demand supports a wide range of choices in the segment. If you’re planning to buy one
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Defensive stocks, which typically have low market risk, are getting increased attention. And these types of shares are popular because they can help protect portfolios from rapid market declines or wild swings in returns. Today, I’ll introduce seven defensive stocks to buy for the earnings season. Despite stomach-churning volatility, especially in the early days of the
The New Shepard Blue Origin rocket prepares to lift-off from the launch pad carrying Jeff Bezos along with his brother Mark Bezos, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, and 82-year-old Wally Funk prepare to launch on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Blue Origin | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos‘ space
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE I have several friends in the restaurant business. For the past few weeks, I’ve heard the same story every weekend: business is fabulous, and we can’t get enough help. This week, several of those restaurant people asked me what was going on with these Covid
A button for launching the Netflix application is seen on a remote control in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 25, 2019. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Netflix — Shares of the streaming platform slid 2% in after hours trading after reporting
After suffering from the pandemic last year, the energy sector is by far the best-performing sector of the stock market this year making royalty trusts worth another look. Thanks to the massive rollout of vaccines and the deep production cuts of OPEC and Russia, the price of oil has rallied to a 3-year high while
A number of new positive catalysts have been added to the mix for GameStop (NYSE:GME). However, despite the potential for a boost, GME stock remains extremely overvalued. Source: Northfoto / Shutterstock.com The biggest factor in GameStop’s future is Netflix’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) reported entry into the video game sector. Many investors viewed this as a negative development
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Zomedica (NYSEAMERICAN:ZOM) is the “meme stock” that just can’t take off. Despite constant prodding from Reddit and even some positive opinions from InvestorPlace, this pet health company remains in the penny stock dungeon. In fact, ZOM stock shares haven’t traded above $1 since April. Source: didesign021 / Shutterstock.com Fortunately, though, help is on the way
“ ‘And for most people who get this delta variant, it’s going to be the most serious virus that they get in their lifetime in terms of the risk of putting them in the hospital.’ ” That’s Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who was head of the Food and Drug Administration between 2017 and 2019, on the