Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds crushed the market in January as a spike in volatility and a steep sell-off in growth stocks created an ideal environment for fast-money traders. Citadel’s multistrategy flagship fund Wellington gained 4.71% last month, according to a person familiar with
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 2, 2022. Source: NYSE Thursday is the halfway point for fourth-quarter earnings season. The good news is corporate America is flush with cash. The bad news is 2022 estimates don’t look anywhere near as robust as 2021. The highlights so far: Revenues are at record highs. Corporate America
A “now hiring” sign is posted in the window of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California on January 28, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The sudden slam to the economy from the omicron Covid variant could show up in January’s employment report as the first big loss of jobs since late
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) stock just reported excellent fourth-quarter 2021 earnings on Jan. 27 and its 2021 full-year earnings. In addition, the company also reported a huge amount of free cash flow (FCF) — $11.3 billion — for the full year. As a result, INTC stock is likely to rebound significantly from where it is presently
Last month’s rate hike-driven drop for stocks drove another big slide for GameStop (NYSE:GME). But as the market eases slghtly about higher interest rates, GME stock — the one that started the whole meme-stock phenomenon — has started to bounce back. Source: Emil O / Shutterstock.com Briefly falling below $100 per share for the first
Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) and LCID stock are facing very difficult challenges over both the short-term and the long-term. Unfortunately fans of LCID stock, there are much better stocks to buy in the electric-vehicle space. Source: Around the World Photos / Shutterstock.com Lucid’s Short-Term Challenges LCID stock has generally underperformed the EV sector since it underwent a
The recent volatility in the markets appears to be easing a bit. That’s not to say the main driver of it, the Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates, won’t continue to have an impact. But with stocks, electric vehicle (EV) and tech plays in particular knocked down so much, so fast? It may be
In this article LATGU FOUN A trader is comforted by a coworker as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 1, 2018 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The oversaturated SPAC market is continuing to get
In this article QRVO SPOT ALGN QCOM FB A smartphone with Facebook’s logo is seen in front of displayed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken October 28, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Wednesday: Meta Platforms — Shares of the Facebook parent plunged more
After a rough few weeks, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) — like other major electric vehicle (EV) stocks — has started to bounce back. Starting on Jan. 31 when it surged 15%, RIVN stock has been trending higher. After falling to a low of around $50 per share, the stock is back to the $64 mark. Source:
Will the real Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) please stand up? Six days after going public, RIVN stock charged to a closing price of $172.01. That was 128% above its initial public offering (IPO) price of $78. But as of this writing, the stock can be had for 17% below its IPO price. Source: James Yarbrough / Shutterstock.com
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In this episode of The Investor’s Podcast, Preston and Stig talk about what they learned in Tony Robbins’ book, Money: Master the Game. During their discussion, they talk about the myths of investing and they also talk about the advice of a few billionaires. This was a fun and interesting episode that you won’t want
In the 16 months that FuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) has been trading publicly, FUBO stock has posted a small gain. If you look at that without any context, you’d say the stock was a good-but-not-great performer. Source: Lori Butcher/ShutterStock.com However, if the last two years have taught investors anything, it’s that context matters a whole lot. FUBO
In this article MSTR BTC.CM= Tighter government crypto regulations would actually be a positive catalyst for bitcoin, MicroStrategy co-founder and CEO Michael Saylor told CNBC on Wednesday. “Additional regulatory clarity from the [Biden] administration is going to benefit bitcoin and accelerate institutional adoption of that asset,” Saylor said on “Squawk on the Street,” stressing as
In this article @W.1 Armored personnel carrier (APC) of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. Sergey Bobok | AFP | Getty Images The highly unpredictable nature of Russia’s threat against Ukraine has rippled across financial
AMC (NYSE:AMC) stock has been struggling for the past few months, and it is now at its lowest point in the last year. That’s a bad omen for mem stock investors. Source: viewimage / Shutterstock.com AMC is reportedly in the midst of talks to refinance debt to lower their interest burden. This would also see
Down 30% year-to-date, space tourism company Virgin Galactic’s (NYSE:SPCE) stock looks like its grounded. Source: Brian Friedman / Shutterstock.com SPCE stock is now trading at $9.40 a share, down about 70% in the last six months and 85% below its 52-week high of $62.80. What was once a promising stock has crashed and burned, and
It didn’t take long for the euphoric rally in cannabis stocks following President Joe Biden’s election to fizzle out. You can thank a renewed focus on valuations and regulatory headwinds for that. Among the stocks to crash and burn was Canadian cannabis producer Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL). SNDL stock is down nearly 90% since its post-election
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that now is the time to ditch stocks of unprofitable companies. “This is your chance to free yourself of those companies … that don’t have any revenues, don’t have any earnings, all 50 times sales,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” referring to stocks that sell at high price-to-sales