2020 has not been a good year to have oil and gas stocks in your portfolio. The one-two punch of the novel coronavirus pandemic and a spring oil price war has littered the industry with bankruptcies. Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) isn’t at that stage yet — and its situation is slightly less dire than it was
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It’s not every day that you hear about a giant petroleum company making a huge bet against oil, yet that’s precisely what integrated energy major BP (NYSE:BP) is doing. It’s a wager that might or might not pan out in a decade or two, but for the time being it’s best to avoid BP stock
On its face, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock looks like a steal. After all, Intel is one of tech’s greatest and oldest companies. Yet Intel stock trades at some of the lowest multiples in the market. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Indeed, Intel is valued at just 10.8x the consensus earnings-per-share estimate for 2021. Many other chip
So far, 2020 has been a rough year for the vaping industry and vaping stocks. First, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved early this year to issue a ban on many flavored vaping products, including fruit and mind flavors. This decision was made to curb a surge in teen use of vaping products. Then
Of the four largest Cloud Czars, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock is the cheapest. Source: rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com The artists formally known as Google entered trade Oct. 1 at $1,484 per share, a market cap touching $1 trillion, a price-earnings multiple of 32. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is at 35, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) at 36, and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) at an
Disney (NYSE:DIS) has not a good year so far. In 2020 DIS stock is down 13%. The media giant has recently announced it is laying off 28,000 U.S.-based employees in its theme-park division. Source: nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com These theme parks are in California and Florida, two states where the pandemic has significantly disrupted lives. According to
What with all the trials under way to produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus these days, trials of another kind have popped up, enough to make investors ill. Shares in Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO) cratered by a third in just 48 hours, beginning on Monday Sept. 28, after news that the FDA halted a planned
It’s been a thrilling year of ups and downs for Inovio (NASDAQ:INO). INO stock rocketed as much as 1,000% earlier this year following news that Inovio had a leading candidate in the race for a novel coronavirus vaccine. Things have gotten more complicated since summer, though. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com The government left Inovio out
The stock market has been defying gravity ever since its spectacular March crash, leading some to wonder if another big fall is in store. With a contentious presidential election on the horizon and plenty of pandemic-related uncertainty hanging over equities, it’s fair to assume there are a lot of overvalued stocks out there. Just because
Facing novel coronavirus headwinds, possible product challenges, and difficult competition, Alteryx (NYSE:AYX) stock should be avoided at its current high valuation. Source: Shutterstock More specifically, the company said that, in the second quarter, the amount of time it needed to make deals increased significantly, and it relied more on shorter-term “adoption deals.” Meanwhile, Alteryx provided
We’re in the midst of what’s being called the “tech wreck.” After running higher and leading the bull market since mid-April, technology stocks have pulled back in September as investors take profits and evaluate the potential for a second wave of Covid-19 as well as the upcoming presidential election. After rising 75% from a low
Royal Caribbean’s (NYSE:RCL) ships are docked since March, but RCL stock is surprisingly up 34% in the past two months. There’s nothing to justify the increase at this point, with the company’s debt ballooning and a bleak outlook for the rest of the year. Therefore, it’s clear that RCL stock is overvalued at this point.
Is Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) topping out? Or is this stock, one of the best performers of 2020, ready for another breakout? I’m going with the former. Sure, the future may still be bright for this “green wave stock.” But, with the “EV bubble” more so than its fundamentals driving this year’s epic run, expect said
Simultaneously, Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) is both an obvious investment in terms of trajectory prediction as well as the most perplexing. When the novel coronavirus hit us earlier this year, one of the most disrupted sectors was transportation. As you can imagine, the appetite for travel – especially air travel – dropped to a staggering low
Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) stock has moved up dramatically in the last year, soaring almost 600%. In fact, WHKS stock is up 665% in 2020 and has even fallen about 10% from its peak. But there are rising concerns about the stock having rallied too far and too fast. Source: rblfmr / Shutterstock.com Since my last
Financial stocks have not fared too well in 2020. The obvious culprit is the novel coronavirus, which sent waves of disruption throughout the economy. That disruption wasn’t contained to just the domestic economy either, as the entire world suffered. But bank stocks were uniquely positioned to underperform. First, for a simple observation, they are stocks.
Chesapeake Energy (OTCMKTS:CHKAQ) is trading at dirt-cheap prices. But any investors tempted to dip their toes are forewarned. There is no profit to be made on Chesapeake Energy stock, whether it be now or after it emerges from Chapter 11. Source: IgorGolovniov / Shutterstock.com Why is that so, though? Chesapeake has been around for more
Is the wild ride over for Nio (NYSE:NIO)? The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker’s shares have gone parabolic not once, but twice so far this year. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com First, shares zoomed from low single-digits to high single-digits in early summer, as the “EV bubble” came into motion. Then, strong July delivery numbers
For a well-diversified portfolio, it always makes sense to have a mix of high and low beta stocks. When markets are in an uptrend, high beta stocks help in maximizing returns. On the other hand, when markets are bearish, low beta stocks help in capital preservation. At the same time, there might be high-risk stocks
With shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NYSE:NCLH) at just $17 right now, it’s easy to imagine investors thinking of its $53 levels from just last year and concluding there’s 210% upside as we see a once things “go back to the way they were.” Source: Roberto Sorin / Shutterstock.com There’s just one problem: NCLH stock
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