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Cold warriors seem to want Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) to fail. They’re spinning the company’s problems and the nearly 50% drop in BABA stock as a personal story, as the fall of founder Jack Ma. He defied the political leadership and paid the price.  To hear them tell it, President Xi Jinping is just Mao Zedong in

Although new trends are part and parcel of the current market, there is one overarching theme; you cannot go wrong with technology. Considering how dominant tech companies are on the S&P 500 index, it comes as no surprise that disruptors dominate investing conversations at the moment. SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is a tech disruptor making waves.

After taking investors on a miserable ride for several years, General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares are showing promise. Over the course of just three and a half years, the struggling multinational saw its stock lose over 80% of its value. Once the world’s most valuable company, GE stock collapsed in an epic fashion. However, the turnaround

Interestingly enough, most U.S. stock traders probably didn’t think much about Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global (NYSE:DIDI) until DIDI stock tanked recently. Both the company and the stock have been in the headlines lately, but not with positive news. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com Some dabblers in Chinese stocks have learned the hard way that China’s

The market is hot right now for meme stocks. Over the last 12 months, we have seen the rise of innumerable novel investment strategies. Whether it is the rise of SPACs, special-purpose acquisition companies, or electric vehicle stocks, it has been unprecedented for the markets. But none of the new investment themes is as astounding

North America’s largest supplier of flat rolled steel, Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF), saw its shares pop on Monday. CLF stock closed on Oct. 8 at $20.63, but ended Monday’s session at $21.46 for a 4% pop. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com The catalyst? On Monday, the company announced it is acquiring Detroit-based Ferrous Processing and Trading Company

QuantumScape (NASDAQ:QS) has had a difficult 2021. After topping out just below $133 per share in December, QS stock has lost more than 80% of its value. It’s been tripped up by a number of things recently, including insider stock sales, a devastating short-seller report and a washout within the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is reportedly expanding access to its Full Self-Driving Beta 10.2 software. Many TSLA stock investors are hoping autonomy will eventually be a big business for Tesla. Source: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock.com The controversial FSD software has generated plenty of criticism on social media. After reading some of the comments and watching some videos,

Stocks can be many things, but they surely include elements of risk as investors’ seek to build wealth. Camber Energy (NYSE:CEI) stock has been making headlines for its very volatile price action – and it appears to have room for further volatility. Source: Shutterstock The real questions related to the volatility of CEI stock are whether

ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock may still rank as one of the most talked-about stocks on Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets subreddit. But as the “meme stock” trend has continued to cool, don’t count on this giving WISH stock the momentum it needs to bounce back toward prior price levels. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com That goes for any potential it

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) combined two of 2021’s hottest trends — electric vehicle startups and special-purpose acquisition companies. The problem was that by the time the company completed its reverse merger with Churchill Capital Corp. IV in late July, investor interest in both trends was significantly diminished. Still, LCID stock shot up as much as 20%

Did you see solar stocks on Monday? This particular green sector went parabolic! While the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%, the entire Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) posted a very impressive 3.6% gain (plus a 0.7% after-hours pop), paced by a 10% gain in Daqo Energy (NYSE:DQ) and a 9% gain in SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR). The catalyst?

DatChat (NASDAQ:DATS) is a private messaging application company with little going for it — aside from the cash it raised at its Aug. 13 initial public offering (IPO). DatChat raised $11.04 million according to its most recent prospectus. Somehow, DATS stock now has a market value of about $220 million, according to Yahoo! Finance. Source:

Despite some positive news, it’s difficult to see why investors should direct their capital toward Carnival (NYSE:CCL) stock at current levels. CCL stock is down more than 14% in the last six months. The company has seen some encouraging signs regarding its business operations, but the overall picture remains negative. Further, as the pandemic wears

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) saw its shares close at a high of $27.96 in early February. Since then, the story has been much less impressive, with the stock in a long slide. At this point, FCEL stock is trading for $6.71, down 76% from its February high. Shares are also down 40% for the year. So,

As I put it in late August, Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) stock seemed to be a situation where it would continue to stay strong performance-wise, that is, until markets get volatile. Now? Said volatility has started to play out. Shares in this hot big data play have slid back in price. With this, what’s next for PLTR

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) used to pay a consistent dividend and also buy back its own shares. However, for the past year and a half, since the end of 2019, it stopped returning capital to its shareholders. It’s now clear that DIS stock has not done very well as a result of this decision.

Globalstar (NYSEAMERICAN:GSAT) has been on a roller coaster ride so far in 2021. GSAT stock, a satellite communications and internet-of-things (IoT) play, zoomed from 34 cents to just over $2.50 per share during February’s “meme stock” mania. Source: NicoElNino / Shutterstock.com Then, in the spring — as this trend cooled — shares dipped back to around

Believe it or not, the hottest hypergrowth industry in the world right now is one that not many folks on Wall Street are chatting about, and that’s the Buy Now, Pay Later market. Source: Shutterstock Buy Now, Pay Later – or BNPL – is a relatively new type of digital fintech product that allows folks

Joby Aviation (NASDAQ:JOBY) stock is down 31% since emerging from a SPAC deal with Reinvent Technology Partners on Aug. 11. That makes sense, because Joby is a “pre-revenue” company. Investors have nothing to judge JOBY stock by except plans, sponsors and a prototype. Source: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com The company intends to deliver an electric