Which stock presents the most volatility after earnings? Is it a buy or sell after the surge or plunge?1. $Affirm Holdings, Inc.(AFRM)$, the buy-now-pay-later startup, rocketed more than 32% Thursday after the earnings beats and announced a target to achieve GAAP operating profitability by the fiscal fourth quarter of 2025.Loss per share: 14 cents adjusted vs. 51 cents expectedRevenue: $659 million vs. $604 million expectedJason Kupferberg, a Bank of America analyst, boosts his price objective for Affirm to $42 from $36.2. $Nutanix Inc.(NTNX)$, a cloud computing company that provides enterprise cloud platform solution, jumped 20.31% after beating both top and bottom line.EPS: $0.34, $0.14 better than the

Overview of the Markets:  The global markets are currently navigating a landscape of mixed signals, with technology and AI-driven sectors showing strong performance while traditional sectors face headwinds. Inflation concerns and interest rate sensitivities continue to influence investor sentiment, particularly in the technology sector, which has seen significant gains despite these challenges. Dell Technologies $Dell Technologies Inc.(DELL)$  has emerged as a noteworthy player, particularly with its AI-optimized servers contributing to a robust earnings report. Dell's AI-Driven Growth: A Strong Quarter  Dell Technologies reported better-than-expected revenue for its second fiscal quarter, driven by a surge in sales of its servers d

Investors nowadays are demanding more from their stocks—they want stable income alongside growth potential. This has led to the emergence of stocks that not only offer generous dividends, with yields no less than 2.4%, but also show promising revenue and profit growth in the coming years.Let's introduce you to nine such U.S. growth stocks. These aren't like $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and $Apple(AAPL)$ , which offer dividends below 1% and are often seen as tech giants with less growth potential. Instead, these stocks are active, not dormant, and their dividend yields are about a percentage point higher than the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ .1.

Interest rates are expected to be lowered in September. If rates decrease, will this be beneficial for growth stocks?Many growth stocks have not yet returned to their peak levels from the pandemic, but they have shown significant gains during the recent two-year rebound. $Affirm Holdings, Inc.(AFRM)$ surge 16% after better-than-expected results and strong guidanceLoss per share: 14 cents adjusted vs. 51 cents expectedRevenue: $659 million vs. $604 million expected, surged by 48% compared to the previous year.The company’s net loss decreased significantly to $45.1 million from $206 million a year earlier. CEO Max Levchin announced a target to achieve GAAP operating profitability by the fiscal fourth quarter of 2025.In addition to Affirm's post-earn

1.Small-cap stocks continued to outperform their large-cap counterparts this week. On Tuesday, the $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM)$ outperformed the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ for the fourth straight session, while the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks posted its 5th straight day of gains, ending Tuesday up 3.5%, bringing its gain over the last five sessions to 12% and year-to-date to 11%.According to statistics, a similar situation has only been seen before in the important time nodes of Lehman Brothers (October 2008), Trump's election (November 2016) and Biden's election (November 2020).Investor enthusiasm has surged, driving a spike in demand for Russell 2000 Index-related call options.On last Thursday, ca

$Affirm Holdings, Inc.(AFRM)$ $Block(SQ)$ $PayPal(PYPL)$ $SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  Fintech stocks are catching a bid currently. The prospect of rate cuts and lower interest rates coupled with a strong US consumer confidence and spending (but with higher levels of personal debt) seem to be propelling sentiment for these fintech companies that depend on people spending and borrowing.  Even the traditional payment processors of Visa Mastercard Amex are seeing positive price action in the market.  Personally, i would trade fintech based on momentum, but only invest long term in the Visa and Mastercard.&nbs

$Affirm Holdings, Inc.(AFRM)$   Affirm has broken its 8-month downtrend since peaking on December 25, 2023. In recent weeks, trading volume has surged significantly, culminating today with a sixfold increase over the average volume, driven by outstanding Q4 results. A similar pattern is emerging, positioning the stock to potentially challenge its 1-year high of $52.48. Affirm announced a partnership with Apple, set to launch later this year, which will integrate Affirm’s Buy Now, Pay Later products into Apple Pay for U.S. users. This partnership is expected to be a strong catalyst for Affirm’s performance in upcoming quarters.

Affirm's recent 30% jump after better-than-expected results highlights the potential in growth stocks, especially when they surprise on earnings. If a rate cut does occur in September, it could create a more favorable environment for growth stocks by lowering borrowing costs and boosting consumer spending. Growth stocks often benefit from lower interest rates because their future earnings become more valuable in a low-rate environment. This could make companies like Affirm, which are focused on growth and have a strong business model, more attractive.

Large Cap Companies Strength Trend Meter Bar Chart: $Alnylam Pharmaceuticals(ALNY)$ $Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$ $Support.com(SPRT)$ $MongoDB Inc.(MDB)$ $Samsara, Inc.(IOT)$ $Carvana Co.(CVNA)$ $FedEx(FDX)$ $Anglogold Ashanti(AU)$ $Argenx SE(ARGX)$ $Cloudflare, Inc.(NET)$ Image $Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$ : Morgan Stanley ra

Initial Investment: Date: 5 July 2024 Price: USD 79.06 per share Rationale: Despite the downgrade by Barclays to Equal Weight with an $86 price target due to weak consumer demand and overly optimistic EPS estimates, there were positive indicators: Dominance in the Tools & Outdoor segment with a significant margin increase to 7.8% YoY. Slight revenue decline by 1% in the segment, but still demonstrating resilience. Q1 2024 results exceeded analysts' expectations with an EPS of $0.56 and revenue of $3.87 billion, beating consensus by $0.01 and $35.7 million respectively. Focus on reducing supply chain costs to enhance margins and drive earnings growth. Investments in growth initiatives to foster innovation and capitalize on long-term opportunities. Sale: Date: 15 July 2024 Price: USD 86.

$ Asmax (ASML) $ in the European market before the release of earnings, because of a "guidance is less than expected", a chain reaction, with the collapse of the Asian market of Japanese and Korean semiconductor companies, but also their own stock prices to collapse.More importantly, the U.S. semiconductor companies will also be "sold"?The question is, what percentage of investors will believe "it's just ASML"?TSMC (TSM) reports on Thursday, but because ASML reports first, TSM shares were dragged down by more than 3%, which is kind of a big swing before earnings.But there are a couple differences between TSM and ASML.TSM's earnings estimates can be extrapolated more from the chip

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Dow Futures (YM) shows incomplete Elliott Wave bullish sequence from 4.19.2024 low favoring further upside. Rally from 4.19.2024 low is unfolding as a 5 waves impulse. Up from there, wave 1 ended at 40213 and pullback in wave 2 ended at 38111. Wave 3 higher is now in progress with internal subdivision as another impulse. Up from wave 2, wave (i) ended at 39174 and pullback in wave (ii) ended at 38436. Wave (iii) higher ended at 39999 and pullback in wave (iv) ended at 39488. Last leg wave (v) ended at 40006 where it also completed wave ((i)) in higher degree. Pullback in wave ((ii)) unfolded as a zigzag structure. Down from wave ((i)), wave (a) ended at 39595 and wave (b) ended at 39730. Wave (c) lower ended at 39448 which completed wave ((ii)) in higher degree. The Index has extended high

$Apple(AAPL)$   Current situation: 1. Tech stocks are falling like we are entering a bear market 2. Small cap stocks are rising like the bull market just began 3. Gold prices are rising like we are entering a recession 4. Bond prices are falling like the economy is strong 5. Oil prices are falling like rate cuts are cancelled 6. The S&P 500 is rising like rate cuts already began Nothing adds up here.