Sunday, December 29, 2024
The financial news focuses on the major stock market indexes. These are the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the S&P 500, and the NASDAQ Composite Index (NASDAQ). However, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on different sectors of the economy has these indexes painting an incomplete picture of what’s happening in the U.S. stock market. […]
In a year of unpredictable market action, perhaps the most eye-opening moves are occurring in electric vehicle (EV) stocks. EV companies like TSLA are all the rage right now. Just about any stock that has some relationship to electric vehicles sees a ton of action (in the stock and the options). Just look at what […]
It’s a puzzle that’s haunted Wall Street for a few years now: what the heck happened to value investing? Value investing was the strategy that long occupied the minds of Wall Street’s best stock-pickers. From Warren Buffett to Ben Graham to Peter Lynch, the focus was always on value investing. All prudent investors needed to […]
All after the company said its potential COVID-19 vaccine produced a “robust” immune response in all 45 patients in an early stage human trial. “These Phase 1 data demonstrate that vaccination with mRNA-1273 elicits a robust immune response across all dose levels and clearly support the choice of 100 µg in a prime and boost […]
If you are an income-focused investor, you likely feel that your investments have been left behind. The financial news covers the hot stocks such as Amazon and Tesla, which seem to set new record highs every day. Outside of the handful of top tech stocks, most investments have not recovered from the February and March […]
Vaxart, Inc. (VXRT) has moved substantially higher recently based on high hopes for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. VXRT was chosen by the U.S. government for inclusion in Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the government’s national program with a goal of providing safe and effective vaccine doses by January of 2021. VXRT is one of a number […]
Another week, another record high for Tesla (TSLA), which continues to be on a tear. Electric vehicle companies have been the most popular picks for investors lately, led by TSLA. The electric vehicle powerhouse has gone from $1,000 per share to over $1,500 in just a few weeks. The euphoria surrounding the industry is partly […]
Before the pandemic, the U.S. was already on a path to becoming a cashless society. Each year, more and more Americans come to rely solely on credit cards or smartphones to make payments. But, there is always that one place: the small store that is “cash only,” the gas station that charges less if you […]
Fate Therapeutics (FATE) has seen an incredible amount of momentum. Since March, the stock rocketed from a low of $19.92 to $38, as it moves progresses with cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders. FATE could see even further momentum on news the U.S. FDA cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for FT819, […]
My investment and analysis services focus on dividend stocks, value stocks, and high-yield investments. However, I keep an eye on investment assets of all types, and when something unusual happens, I will dig into the facts to develop my understanding of what is happening. A few days ago, one news headline caught my attention. The […]
