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NIO Stock: One Big Catalyst to Watch Before Nio Reports Earnings on 4/29
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With an upcoming earnings report and a big investment in the company, NIO stock is looking like it could turn things around from the consecutive drops it has suffered through April.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/aa6c7393feb63f26696c1c19e935d8b1\" tg-width=\"300\" tg-height=\"169\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><span>Source: xiaorui / Shutterstock.com</span></p><p>The company is catching buzz today thanks to its most recent news.</p><p>German reinsurer<b>Meag Munich Ergo’s</b>investment division is going big on electric vehicles today. A 13F filed by the companyshows it is increasing its holdings in the sector by the thousands. Its stake in<b>Tesla</b>(NASDAQ:<b><u>TSLA</u></b>) increased from just under 5,900 shares to just over 24,000 in Q1. Meanwhile, it bulked up its Nio holdings as well. The company increased its 83,800 shares in 2020 to 107,800 in the first quarter.</p><p>The Meag Munich Ergo purchase has big implications for Nio. 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With an upcoming earnings report and a big investment in the company, NIO stock is looking like it could turn things ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://investorplace.com/2021/04/nio-stock-one-big-catalyst-to-watch-before-nio-reports-earnings-on-4-29/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"NIO":"蔚来"},"source_url":"https://investorplace.com/2021/04/nio-stock-one-big-catalyst-to-watch-before-nio-reports-earnings-on-4-29/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1157971960","content_text":"Nio(NYSE:NIO) is one of the most polarizing EV stocks in the world right now. With an upcoming earnings report and a big investment in the company, NIO stock is looking like it could turn things around from the consecutive drops it has suffered through April.Source: xiaorui / Shutterstock.comThe company is catching buzz today thanks to its most recent news.German reinsurerMeag Munich Ergo’sinvestment division is going big on electric vehicles today. A 13F filed by the companyshows it is increasing its holdings in the sector by the thousands. Its stake inTesla(NASDAQ:TSLA) increased from just under 5,900 shares to just over 24,000 in Q1. Meanwhile, it bulked up its Nio holdings as well. The company increased its 83,800 shares in 2020 to 107,800 in the first quarter.The Meag Munich Ergo purchase has big implications for Nio. While it has reliable support from retail investors, the bullishness of institutions on Nio is showing just how strong a play it can be. 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This indicates that earnings could be right where NIO stock bulls want them to be.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":384,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":371837754,"gmtCreate":1618926295878,"gmtModify":1704716989559,"author":{"id":"3581995181839462","authorId":"3581995181839462","name":"Pq8","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581995181839462","authorIdStr":"3581995181839462"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"High risk high return?","listText":"High risk high return?","text":"High risk high return?","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/371837754","repostId":"2128784652","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2128784652","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1618919700,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2128784652?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-04-20 19:55","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Coinbase: It's All Downhill From Here","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2128784652","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"So many things have to go exactly right for the cryptocurrency pioneer to succeed in the long run.","content":"<p>Cryptocurrency trading platform <b>Coinbase</b> (NASDAQ:COIN) went public last week. After a few volatile days of trading, Coinbase was valued at around $65 billion as it started its first full week as a publicly traded company.</p><p>Coinbase generates revenue almost entirely from transaction fees. Revenue totaled about $1.3 billion in 2020, up 140% from the previous year. These transaction fees are quite lucrative: Coinbase generated net income $322 million last year.</p><p>Coinbase stock trades for a price-to-sales ratio of roughly 50 and a price-to-earnings ratio of 200. If the company were, say, a subscription software provider that was expected to grow at a quick and steady pace for many years, those ratios <i>might</i> make sense. But given Coinbase's business model, they're just about impossible to justify.</p><p><img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F622025%2Ffragile.jpg&w=700&op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"419\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p>Image source: Getty Images.</p><h2>If cryptocurrencies go mainstream, it's bad for Coinbase</h2><p>Prices for cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile. That extreme volatility makes them mostly useless as real-world currencies. A business that accepts bitcoin as payment, for example, is almost certainly converting that bitcoin into dollars or another real currency immediately.</p><p>For cryptocurrency to have any real utility, the volatility needs to cool off. If that were to happen, there would be little reason for masses of people to speculate on cryptocurrency prices, given that there would no longer be the potential for quick and massive returns. If speculation dies down, so does trading volume. And if trading volume drops, Coinbase's revenue craters.</p><p>One reason people are willing to pay excessive fees to buy and sell cryptocurrencies are the massive price swings. Paying $2.99 to buy $100 worth of Bitcoin, which is what Coinbase charges, doesn't make any sense if you don't expect the value of Bitcoin to rise.</p><h2>If cryptocurrencies remain speculative trading instruments, it's bad for Coinbase</h2><p>If Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies never amount to anything in terms of real-world use, Coinbase still has a serious problem. Given Coinbase's fat margins, there's a ton of room for competitors to undercut the company's fees.</p><p>Competition will ensure that facilitating cryptocurrency trades doesn't remain such a high-margin business. Just like online stock trading platforms, which now largely don't charge commissions at all, it will be a race to the bottom for cryptocurrency trading platforms.</p><p>Coinbase could make money in other ways, but options will be limited if cryptocurrency mostly remains a vehicle for gamblers and speculators.</p><h2>What Coinbase needs to happen</h2><p>Coinbase's business depends on people believing that cryptocurrency could <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> day go mainstream and have real-world utility, but for that scenario to never actually play out. That's basically the status quo today.</p><p>It's like Coinbase is sitting on top of a hill. A nudge to the left – stabilizing cryptocurrency prices and real-world utility – sends Coinbase tumbling in <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> direction as trading volume dries up. A nudge to the right – acceptance that cryptocurrency will remain a purely speculative asset – sends Coinbase tumbling in the other direction as competition forces lower fees. It seems like a very fragile situation.</p><p>And of course, cryptocurrency prices could crash, and interest from investors and speculators could vanish, without either scenario playing out. Obviously, that would also be bad for Coinbase.</p><p>If you want to invest in cryptocurrency, buy cryptocurrency. As a bet on cryptocurrency's future, Coinbase stock just doesn't make much sense.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Coinbase: It's All Downhill From Here</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nCoinbase: It's All Downhill From Here\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-04-20 19:55 GMT+8 <a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/20/coinbase-its-all-downhill-from-here/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) went public last week. After a few volatile days of trading, Coinbase was valued at around $65 billion as it started its first full week as a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/20/coinbase-its-all-downhill-from-here/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"COIN":"Coinbase Global, Inc."},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/20/coinbase-its-all-downhill-from-here/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2128784652","content_text":"Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) went public last week. After a few volatile days of trading, Coinbase was valued at around $65 billion as it started its first full week as a publicly traded company.Coinbase generates revenue almost entirely from transaction fees. Revenue totaled about $1.3 billion in 2020, up 140% from the previous year. These transaction fees are quite lucrative: Coinbase generated net income $322 million last year.Coinbase stock trades for a price-to-sales ratio of roughly 50 and a price-to-earnings ratio of 200. If the company were, say, a subscription software provider that was expected to grow at a quick and steady pace for many years, those ratios might make sense. But given Coinbase's business model, they're just about impossible to justify.Image source: Getty Images.If cryptocurrencies go mainstream, it's bad for CoinbasePrices for cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile. That extreme volatility makes them mostly useless as real-world currencies. A business that accepts bitcoin as payment, for example, is almost certainly converting that bitcoin into dollars or another real currency immediately.For cryptocurrency to have any real utility, the volatility needs to cool off. If that were to happen, there would be little reason for masses of people to speculate on cryptocurrency prices, given that there would no longer be the potential for quick and massive returns. If speculation dies down, so does trading volume. And if trading volume drops, Coinbase's revenue craters.One reason people are willing to pay excessive fees to buy and sell cryptocurrencies are the massive price swings. Paying $2.99 to buy $100 worth of Bitcoin, which is what Coinbase charges, doesn't make any sense if you don't expect the value of Bitcoin to rise.If cryptocurrencies remain speculative trading instruments, it's bad for CoinbaseIf Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies never amount to anything in terms of real-world use, Coinbase still has a serious problem. Given Coinbase's fat margins, there's a ton of room for competitors to undercut the company's fees.Competition will ensure that facilitating cryptocurrency trades doesn't remain such a high-margin business. Just like online stock trading platforms, which now largely don't charge commissions at all, it will be a race to the bottom for cryptocurrency trading platforms.Coinbase could make money in other ways, but options will be limited if cryptocurrency mostly remains a vehicle for gamblers and speculators.What Coinbase needs to happenCoinbase's business depends on people believing that cryptocurrency could one day go mainstream and have real-world utility, but for that scenario to never actually play out. That's basically the status quo today.It's like Coinbase is sitting on top of a hill. A nudge to the left – stabilizing cryptocurrency prices and real-world utility – sends Coinbase tumbling in one direction as trading volume dries up. A nudge to the right – acceptance that cryptocurrency will remain a purely speculative asset – sends Coinbase tumbling in the other direction as competition forces lower fees. It seems like a very fragile situation.And of course, cryptocurrency prices could crash, and interest from investors and speculators could vanish, without either scenario playing out. Obviously, that would also be bad for Coinbase.If you want to invest in cryptocurrency, buy cryptocurrency. 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