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2022-05-23

3 Reasons to Buy Shopify Now

The e-commerce growth stock is on sale. Few growth stocks have been hit as hard in the market sell-off as Shopify. Shares of the e-commerce software leader have plunged 80% in just six months as a combination of shifting market sentiment, slowing growth in e-commerce, and declining valuations in the software-as-a-service sector have all shredded the stock. Even after that plunge, it's still hard to call Shopify cheap. It trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 7 based on trailing results, and its price-to-earnings ratio is well into the triple digits. But buying Shopify could prove to be a smart move down the road. Here are three reasons you should take advantage of the discount. 1. The stock is below pre-pandemic levels Anchoring in the stock market (when you use a previous price to put the c
3 Reasons to Buy Shopify Now
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2022-05-13
looking at TSA figures, 1st 9 days of May is up 17% from last mth! Sentiment negative, fear & liquidity/margin calls causing lots of downside.. If travel growth continues at this rate $V will benefit greatly$Visa(V)$
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2022-05-12

Is Palantir Stock’s 20% Drop An Opportunity To Buy?

Big data and analytics player Palantir Technologies $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ stock fell by over 20% in Monday’s trading after the company published a mixed set of Q1 2022 results, with its outlook for Q2 also falling short of estimates. While quarterly revenues were better than expected, rising 31% versus last year to $446 million, adjusted earnings came in at $0.02 per share, missing estimates. While the commercial business continued to fare well, with revenue rising 54% to $205 million, driven by growth in the U.S., investors appear to be concerned about a slowdown in Palantir’s government business, which saw sales rise just about 16% year-over-year to $242 million, marking a slowdown from 80% plus growth levels in Q1 2021. For Q2, the co
Is Palantir Stock’s 20% Drop An Opportunity To Buy?
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2022-05-05
Still buying up dips. I expect the earnings to be exactly what we expect; High growth in sales, and R&D spend that's in line. If you want to put your money in dying companies with zero growth that's your choice, I prefer to invest in companies that will actually grow sales...$Unity Software Inc.(U)$
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2022-04-29

Starbucks (SBUX) to Post Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?

$Starbucks(SBUX)$ Starbucks Corporation SBUX is scheduled to report second-quarter fiscal 2022 results on May 3, after the closing bell. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered an earnings miss of 10%. Q2 Estimates The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal second-quarter earnings is pegged at 60 cents per share, indicating a decline of 3.2% year over year. In the past seven days, earnings estimates for the current quarter have remained stable. The consensus mark for revenues stands at $7.61 billion, suggesting growth of 14.1% from the year-ago quarter. The company’s fiscal second-quarter performance is likely to have benefited from robust comps growth and digitalization. Increase in transaction and average ticket growth might have favored c
Starbucks (SBUX) to Post Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
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2022-04-28

DBS crypto reversal hurts OSL, but only a little

$DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD(D05.SI)$ DBS’s about-face decision on a retail crypto exchange – canceling its plans to open one by the end of 2022 – leaves us with two questions: Is this another chapter in Singapore’s continued tightening of crypto regulations? And will this stymie OSL, the Hong Kong-based institutional exchange that provides DBS with exchange software? The answer to both is, not really. It’s not a secret that authorities in Singapore aren’t fans of retail crypto trading. Earlier this year, regulators banned direct-to-consumer marketing for exchanges and told crypto ATM operators to turn off their machines. It also put DeFiance Capital, one of the larger crypto funds in the city-state, on an investor alert list because it was “wrongly pe
DBS crypto reversal hurts OSL, but only a little
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2022-04-24

Micron Technology: Best Chip Stock As Automobile Industry Transitions To EV

$Micron Technology(MU)$ Automobile Recovery Global light vehicle unit sales are transitioning from ICE (internal combustion engine) to EV (electric vehicles). Chart 1 shows that the QoQ change in the past three quarters of 2021 of BEV (battery EV) shipments was significantly greater than overall automobile shipments. Chart 1 (The Information Network) Chart 2 shows that BEV + PHEV (plug-in hybrid vehicle) total light vehicle sales recovering by only 4.6% from the crisis year of 2020, the 108% growth of EVs means doubling their market share. (Chart 2) EV Volumes Automobile Semiconductor Growth Not only are vehicle shipments and revenue recovering, but more semiconductors are being used each year, as shown in Chart 3, according to The Information Networ
Micron Technology: Best Chip Stock As Automobile Industry Transitions To EV
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2022-04-22
If you've been sitting on the sidelines, you have a huge opportunity to buy. Machine trading is absolutely destroying the market. For the past 8 months, it has gotten worse with triggers set to dump shares across the board, no matter the sector. NFLX drops and the entire market gets sold off at the bell. This isn't retail investors, this is all triggered by algo/bots reacting. Stocks like and $NIO Inc.(NIO)$ have nothing to do with NFLX, and they were both up in premarket, but the institutions took advantage to get prices down. There's absolutely no news to cause $XPeng Inc.(XPEV)$ and NIO to drop 7% right now...only price manipulation. Longs have no choice to continue riding through this storm and others take a
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2022-04-21

Alphabet (Google): A Top Stock For A High-Inflation Environment

Sean Gallup/Getty Images News An unprecedented emphasis has been placed on outpacing inflation. The repercussions of inflation outpacing wage growth and the return on invested capital have detrimental ramifications. If earned income or the return of capital from investments doesn't keep pace with rising prices and escalated costs of living, inflation can significantly decrease purchasing power, which could correlate to depleting savings accounts, retirement portfolios, or increased debt levels. The impacts of rampant inflation can become catastrophic unless an individual is well hedged in a portfolio allocation that can outpace inflation.Today inflation has accelerated to 8.5%, which is the highest level on record since December of 1981. Energy prices increased 32%, while food prices jumpe
Alphabet (Google): A Top Stock For A High-Inflation Environment
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2022-04-19
Some shorts are drawing parallels between Sabizabulin and Lorenlimab following a recently published misleading article by Chris Sandburg in IF. It’s not even an apples to Orange comparison ! This is why.. In March, CytoDyn Leronlimab's Phase III trial, a CCR5 antagonist, failed to hit the primary endpoint of reducing symptoms and missed all secondary endpoints, including if the drug decreased mortality for COVID-19. However, the company placed a positive spin, focusing on a subgroup of 62 patients on mechanical ventilation, arguing that leronlimab caused a 24% decrease in all-cause mortality and a six-day reduction in hospitalization. They then released a second press announcement describing an “age adjustment” analysis alleging leronlimab decreased mortality in older patients. The FDA sta
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2022-04-15

Intel making 'aggressive' progress as it competes with AMD, Nvidia: Susquehanna

Intel$Intel(INTC)$ is starting to make some "aggressive" progress with its moves in server CPUs, but the company is still only sending samples for its massive multi-chip modules, leaving Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) still in the driver seat, investment firm Susquehanna said. Analyst Christopher Rolland, who rates Intel shares neutral and AMD $AMD(AMD)$ and Nvidia $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ positive, noted that the estimated product roadmaps for all three companies should not offer investors any surprises. In addition, Rolland also pointed out that AMD's Zen 4 Genoa is still on track to ship later this year, while Intel's MCM has caused concerns over its size, complexi
Intel making 'aggressive' progress as it competes with AMD, Nvidia: Susquehanna
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2022-04-14
UOB $UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED(U11.SI)$ expects 5% revenue at risk after new digital banks enter the fray UNITED Overseas Bank expects "limited" impact in the near term from competition from new digital banks - with about 5 per cent of its revenue at risk - as it believes the Singapore banking market is highly penetrated and incumbent banks are "well trusted" by consumers.
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2022-04-14

Will the lower volume of loans at banks actually have the opposite effect for UPST?

Thinking out loud here, and would love to hear from those in the banking/lending industry. I agree that the volume of loans will go down in the upcoming rising interest rate environment, simply because it becomes more and more expensive to get a loan. I continue to hear that this is a concern for UPST$Upstart Holdings, Inc.(UPST)$ , and that their loan volume will decrease and revenue and profits will suffer. What I wonder is will the lower volume of loans at banks actually have the opposite effect for UPST? I can think of two reasons why this lower overall loan volume for banks could be helpful for UPST. 1 - As revenues decrease for banks around loans, their will be greater scrutiny regarding the cost of their loan departments and trying to keep p
Will the lower volume of loans at banks actually have the opposite effect for UPST?
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2022-04-13
NIO$NIO Inc.(NIO)$ BEATS TESLA IN ROBOTAXIS AGAIN NIO ES8 Model with NAD (NIO Autonomous Driving) capabilities was spotted in Uppsala, Sweden. The country is part of NIO’s 2022 expansion plan with the first deliveries expected to arrive by the end of this year. In September 2021, the company entered Norway being its first European Market and is currently selling only NIO ES8 model there. Although, NIO ET7 will be available there in the fourth quarter of 2022 and NIO ET5 in Spring 2023, as announced by the company on January 22.
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2022-04-12
$Intel(INTC)$ 2 big positive events coming up for INTC at any moment: CHIPs bill will subsidize $Billions for Intel fabs & Mobile Eye IPO which will give Intel CFO tens of Billions in cash.Intel has grown revenue for the past 5 years. Albeit the rate of growth is modest compared to other tech/semi companies. But we have to remember Intel’s revenue was $59 Billion in 2016, and $79 Billion last year. Much easier to throw numbers around of a smaller company and say 300% revenue growth yada, yada, yada…..if you grow $3 billion in revenue by 500%, that gives $15 Billion….still way less actual dollars going into the bank vs 33% revenue growth of a much larger number.Under new leadership, new roadmap, MobilEye and massive capacity increases, Intel will
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2022-04-11
Palantir's Edge A.I. software$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ has now been deployed to space, pushing the limits of cloud computing. Future U.S. Government contracts are now a lock with the Carahsoft partnership. Palantir is growing at a fast and furious pace, hard to keep track there's so much new news surrounding this company. Strong and Long PLTR💪
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2022-04-08
I will hold this stock no matter what . . These Chinese stock will go backup now that Both side U.S and china work on their differences. I got in at 38 and also has some calls of July 40 and 45 dollars . Enough of manipulations.what is different since yesterday . what changed today ? nothing .i hope those manipulators go to hell .$Pinduoduo Inc.(PDD)$
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2022-04-07

Analysis: As bond prices swoon, U.S. banks may slow stock buybacks

$Bank of America(BAC)$ Wall Street bankers have long talked about how higher interest rates will deliver additional revenue from loans and higher-yielding securities.Now that rates are rising, bankers must confront the downside: as yields rise the bonds they already own lose value and erode their capital.For the biggest U.S. banks, this means less excess capital to fund share buybacks. Fewer buybacks mean less growth in earnings per share, which puts more pressure on stock prices. The S&P Banks Index has declined by 11% since the start of the year, almost double the 6% decline of the benchmark S&P 500 $S&P 500(.SPX)$over the same period."You're going to see a lot lower buybacks than you did last yea
Analysis: As bond prices swoon, U.S. banks may slow stock buybacks
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2022-04-02

PayPal: Recovering From Dark Days

For a leading fintech, PayPal Holdings $PayPal(PYPL)$ went through some dark days during early 2022. From a normalization of e-commerce and online payments, albeit at higher levels, to a strange bid for a social media platform, the company appears to have finally hit rock bottom. My investment thesis is Bullish on the fintech returning to 20% growth after removal of eBay (EBAY) headwinds and rewarding shareholders no longer enamored with PayPal. Normalizing Back At 20% As with a lot of fintechs and tech related stocks, Covid shifted a large portion of transactions online causing a boost in revenues. PayPal was no different with revenues pulled forward thru Q2'21 when ex-eBay growth was still sailing above 30%. At the time, eBay was still close to 10%
PayPal: Recovering From Dark Days
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2022-03-31

Li Auto: Deeply Discounted EV Growth Stock

$Li Auto(LI)$ Li Auto has emerged as one of the fastest growing Chinese EV companies and the firm overtook XPeng$XPeng Inc.(XPEV)$ in February regarding delivery volume. The stock has become too cheap given the revenue opportunity in the EV sector and Li Auto still offers exceptional value in the EV space! Li Auto: Pulling ahead of rivals Delivery volumes in the first two months of the new year dropped off due to Chinese New Year falling into the sales period. February also has fewer trading days than other months which explains the steep drop-off in deliveries for the entire Chinese EV industry last month. However, Li Auto is still performing very well, given the circumstances. Li Auto delivered 8,414 Li ONEs in
Li Auto: Deeply Discounted EV Growth Stock

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