Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Eastman Kodak (KODK) surprised weary longtime investors this week with a deal from the government that sent the shares of the iconic film processor skyward. The company reported it had received a loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (IDF) of $765 million to finance the production of generic drug ingredients. The loan was […]
The big earnings loser last week was Intel (INTC), the semiconductor giant. INTC badly missed earnings with a delay in production of their next-gen chip. The stock price dropped over 16% on the day after earnings were announced. As you’d expect, options volume was very high during the move, with a surprising amount of action […]
Last week, when Virgin Galactic (SPCE) announced it would be replacing its CEO, the company sent a clear signal that it will be moving from a novel “spaceship company” to a company focused on making money. The Sir Richard Branson-backed Virgin Galactic is scheduled to launch its first paying passengers into space later this year, […]
Since bottoming out at $1.92 in March 2020, shares of Lithium Americas (LAC) rocketed to a recent high of $5.78. All because there’s a potential lithium supply shortage. According to Reuters, “A new demand surge is already looming in the form of the multiple ‘green stimulus’ packages as governments try and kick-start locked-down economies. You don’t […]
Outside of a personal residence, real estate is an asset class that often is underrepresented in investor portfolios. One reason is that it takes a lot of capital or taking on a lot of debt to buy an apartment building, office building, or a farm. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer a stock exchange-traded way […]
With two current themes impacting school safety, one the COVID-19 pandemic and a call in some school districts to remove police officers from schools, Motorola Solutions (MSI) is working to improve school safety. MSI has teamed with SaferWatch to implement a security system that provides schools with a “mobile panic button” that can be used […]
The S&P 500, and its ETF analogue SPY, is roughly breakeven for the year, which is crazy if you think about it. We had a full market crash in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the most part, the concerns that arose in March haven’t come close to being resolved; yet the stock market […]
For nearly two years, gold’s been on quite a run. In fact, the precious metal is getting close to an all-time high. That hasn’t happened in nearly a decade. Investing in gold is a tricky business. Historically it seems that gold likes to run one of two ways: it’s either very hot or very cold, […]
Pfizer (PFE) just announced the U.S. government will pay $1.95 billion for PFE to produce and deliver 100 million doses of its COVID vaccine once the U.S. declares it’s safe and effective. Under the agreement, the U.S. can acquire an additional 500 million doses from PFE. “Through Operation Warp Speed, we are assembling a portfolio of vaccines […]
The 2020 second-quarter earnings season promises to be full of surprises – both positive and negative. Shareholders of stocks in index funds like SPY, DIA, and QQQ may be in for a rougher ride than they’d normally expect. With a large portion of the U.S. economy, including companies in SPY, DIA, and QQQ, shut down […]
