Most of the market attention remains with the technology sector today, where all of 2024 has been centered around every stock related to artificial intelligence, particularly those in the chip and semiconductor space. When reading this, most investors probably thought of NVIDIA Co. NASDAQ: NVDA and other names in that space, but that wave could … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) data cloud provider Snowflake Inc. NYSE: SNOW has had a series of misfortunate events, ranging from an earnings miss to data breaches, that caused its stock to tumble to 52-week lows at $122.60 on June 25, 2024. However, the shares have been able to rally for four consecutive days following the low … Read more
High volume can indicate market strength, but volume is relative. Thirty million in traded shares doesn’t mean much if the average daily volume is higher. However, a volume spike to thirty million is a different story. Volume spikes are a sign of piqued market interest, but their impact can be fleeting. Take GameStop, for example. … Read more
$27.89 -0.16 (-0.57%) (As of 02:28 PM ET) 52-Week Range $25.20 ▼ $37.80 Dividend Yield 6.02% Price Target $35.54 Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. NYSE: PFE has been trying to enter the weight-loss treatment trend dominated by GLP-1 drug makers like Ozempic and Wegovy makers Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE: NVO and Mounjaro and Zepbound makers Eli Lilly … Read more
Analysts’ sentiment has Workday NASDAQ: WDAY and SolarEdge NASDAQ: SEDG down, but the takeaways differ for each. On the one hand, a struggling business continues to lose money while its competitors fare better. On the other hand, a leading company that failed to meet inflated expectations has had its market reset. The share price will … Read more
$60.11 -0.98 (-1.60%) (As of 07/8/2024 ET) 52-Week Range $44.12 ▼ $81.24 P/E Ratio 39.29 Price Target $70.03 Leading cybersecurity provider Fortinet Inc. NASDAQ: FTNT stock has been lagging behind its peers and the benchmark indexes, trading up just 3.8% year-to-date (YTD). The company offers security-as-a-service (SaaS) through the cloud, primarily billing through a subscription model. … Read more
AI is here to stay, and it is a problem for some because of the massive increase in power consumption associated with the rise of AI. AI lives in data centers and uses the exact (often more powerful) GPUs and accelerators as Bitcoin mining, making it an unfriendly business for the planet. Dominion Energy NYSE: … Read more
The homebuilders industry and construction stocks have been in the spotlight recently, and the XHB SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF NYSE: XHB is currently at a pivotal support level. As the ETF hovers near this critical point, investors might be questioning whether the sector can sustain its momentum or if a significant pullback is imminent. Adding … Read more
After taking my family on a nine-day vacation to Honolulu, Hawaii, my plan to relocate there is back in the cards! Since 2014, two years after retiring from my finance job, I’ve been contemplating moving back to Honolulu to spend more time with my parents. However, actually making the move has been much harder than … Read more
Every once in a while, the Federal Reserve has to step aside from its primary function of keeping markets safe and employment running strong – without too much inflation – to ensure banks are doing okay. What’s called the Fed’s “stress test” ended last week, and despite some concerns about the state of consumer credit, … Read more