Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) has pulled a nice rally during the past couple weeks. Over this time, ACB stock has gained about 24% to hit $2.04. Source: Shutterstock Of course, this is little consolation for long-term holders. A year ago ACB was fetching a much more robust price of $10. No doubt, the rest of industry
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Like many of its chip peers, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has been on fire. Shares hit new 52-week highs a few trading sessions ago and Qualcomm stock remains in demand among investors. Source: testing / Shutterstock.com It helps that the company has several long-term catalysts in play, while the overall market continues to rally, rally, rally. And
Payment stocks look due for a big 2020 for a few reasons. First, U.S.-China trade tensions — which have already started easing — will continue to ease over the next few months since neither side wants to upset the egg carton ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Sustained easing of these tensions will inject stability
One of my favorite pastimes is creating outside-the-box stock portfolios for InvestorPlace readers. Recently, I read the New York-based research firm Morning Consult’s special report “Most Trusted Brands: The State of Consumer Trust.” Using its brand tracking platform, Brand Intelligence, Morning Consult conducted consumer surveys between September 2019 and December 2019, coming up with an
Earnings season is officially underway. And as is customary, bank stocks led the way. One reason for this is that bank stocks have been shown to reflect the health of the broader U.S. economy. When banks are making money from lending it means consumers and businesses are seeking loans. Borrowing can have a ripple effect
For many years following the burst of the dot-com bubble, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned a reputation as a sleepy investment. While it wouldn’t destroy your portfolio due to shoddy business practices causing volatility, Microsoft stock was hardly exciting. But in the last five years, that narrative has shifted: can this momentum continue into 2020 and beyond?
The retail sector has long been a volatile one as fickle consumers and a quickly evolving landscape keep the industry on its toes. With the market at all-time highs, it’s difficult to find bargains anywhere. But, retail stocks include a few winners that look likely to deliver in the year ahead. The holiday season is
In 2019 I pounded on the table time and time again that shares of Chinese internet giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) would soar above $200. In late 2019, Alibaba stock did just that. And as soon as it did, I told investors that the rally wasn’t over, and that $250 was the next stop. Source: Nopparat Khokthong
With shares just below their 52-week high, is now the time to buy Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock? There are risks buying at the top. But even in a runaway bull market, Qualcomm stock could go higher in 2020. Source: Akshdeep Kaur Raked / Shutterstock.com Before rallying from around $70 a share in August to $91.79 at
As an investor, I’ve closely followed the semiconductor chip market over the past few years, and have learned that of the three big stocks in the CPU and GPU worlds — Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) — INTC stock is the least loved of the group. Source: Kate Krav-Rude / Shutterstock.com
When insiders sell a stock, investors do not always get a clear signal on what that means. Automatic selling could send false bearish signals that are not there. Conversely, insiders buying shares suggests that the executive group is bullish on the company’s near-term prospects. Chances are low that insiders would buy shares if they did
Chinese e-commerce companies seem to be on a roll. Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) has been trending higher over the last few months, and JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) is not far behind. After an extended period of consolidation, JD.com stock has climbed 27% over the last three months. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com I believe that, from a technical perspective,
The past five years have not been good for buyers of value stocks. The iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) delivered a return of more than 70% between 2015 and 2019 compared to a 41% return for the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IVE). Overall, value stocks have been underperforming their growth brethren since at
Boeing (NYSE:BA) found itself grounded for most of 2019. Source: Alex JW Robinson / Shutterstock.com Even now, Boeing stock still faces plenty of headwinds. Just this week, for example, news hit that Airbus (OTCMKTS:EADSY) delivered twice as many airplanes to customers in 2019. Worse, for the first time in three decades, Boeing had a negative
January has already seen impressive gains in broader markets, and shareholders in the Atlanta-based airline Delta (NYSE:DAL) stock have also enjoyed a year-to-date gain of about 6%. Source: VanderWolf Images/Shutterstock.com In the U.S, four major carriers — American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), United Continental Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL), Delta and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) — control about 70% of the domestic market. Furthermore,
For a boring company like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), it enjoyed a solid performance in 2019. Last year, Cisco stock returned nearly 17% for stakeholders. Granted, it’s not an earth-shattering figure. As a telecommunications equipment specialist, Cisco isn’t exactly a sexy organization. However, it’s a name you may want to keep in the backburner. Source: Anucha
As the old adage puts it, the most dangerous words in investing are, “this time is different.” For years, that wisdom would have steered investors away from Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) stock. Source: Shutterstock After all, Plug Power has been one of the market’s longest-running serial disappointers. Since inception, Plug Power has accumulated a deficit over
In case you hadn’t noticed, America is having a delivery dilemma. What started out as a quaint thing called “shopping from home” has grown into perhaps the dominant industry of this generation. E-commerce is not only changing the way consumers shop, but it’s also changing how they spend their leisure time. And increasingly those consumers
I happened to see a recent article about Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg that said the 35-year-old was $5 billion richer early in 2020 thanks to Facebook stock approaching an all-time high. Source: rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Zuckerberg is now the fifth-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $83.2 billion.
It’s not every year that a tech stock like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) doubles. But in 2019 the household name returned over 80%. And in the past 12 months, the stock has doubled, with returns to the tune of 108%. Source: View Apart / Shutterstock.com There were times during the year where Apple seemed certain to fail. Analysts were