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1.Which High Ex-dividend Stock (on 29 April ~ 3 May) do You Like the Most?Be Sure To Check Out the Last Chance to Buy the Top 10 High dividend stocks going to Ex-dividends This Week: many companies like $VRTS$ and $MS$ showing below are about to give decent dividends into "your pocket". $Virtus Investment Partners(VRTS)$ $Norfolk Southern(NSC)$ $Entergy(ETR)$ $Constellation(STZ)$ $Cal-Maine(CALM)$ $ONEOK Inc(OKE)$ $Pinnacle West Capital(PNW)$ $Morgan Stanley(MS)$

$NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  

🌟🌟🌟The  Chinese authorities have just issued a new policy to encourage consumers to trade in old cars for new ones, with subsidies of up to RMB 10,000 (USD 1380) as part of an effort to stimulate consumption.   The subsidy is for RMB 10,000 for those customers with  fuel passenger cars with China 3 or lower emission standards or new energy passenger cars registered before April 30, 2018 and who purchase new passenger cars that meet the energy saving requirements.  They are then eligible for a 1 time fixed subsidy between April 24 and December 31 2024. According to Topsperity Securities, the policy is expected to generate incremental sales of 400,000 to 800,000 units of New Energy passenger cars and 600,000 to 1.2 million of Fuel Passenger Cars. It is

$SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  SoFi's earnings call is coming up, and people are getting excited! Even though the market has been a bit shaky lately, SoFi Technologies, Inc. might be getting ready for something big. Analysts are saying they could make a lot more money in Q1 than everyone expected, which is pretty cool! Why is everyone talking about SoFi? Well, last year, they did really well, making a lot more money than before. They have a bunch of customers now, over 7 million! And they offer all kinds of stuff, like loans and tech stuff, which is pretty neat. Some people are saying SoFi might not do so great this time, but others think they'll do awesome. I'm feeling pretty positive about it, especially since there are a lot of people bet

🌟🌟🌟Four Members of the Magnificent 7 have reported their Q1 24 earnings this week with 3 of them receiving positive response from investors while the 4th member did not. This has been an eventful week for the markets as stocks jumped on Friday due to stellar reports of $Alphabet(GOOG)$  and $Microsoft(MSFT)$  Google jumped more than 10% on better than expected Q1 24 earnings and recorded its best day since July 2015.  It authorised its first ever dividend and a USD 70 billion buyback.  Google's market capitalisation has now reached USD 2.15 Trillion.  Microsoft added almost 2% as it posted strong fiscal 3rd quarter resu

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  share was up 19% for the week following its earnings call when CEO Elon Musk cheered investors with news that Tesla plans to begin production of new affordable EV models by 2025. Tesla had a disappointing Q1 24 quarter.  Revenue fell 9% year over year, its steepest annual decline since 2012.  Tesla reported 45 cents in adjusted earnings per share on USD 21.3 billion in revenue, falling short of the 51 cents in expected earnings per share and USD 22.15 billion in expected sales. Revenue dropped from USD 23.3 billion a year before and from USD 25.17 billion in the previous quarter.  Net income for Q1 24 was USD 1.13 billion, a big decrease from USD 2.51 billion reported in Q1 2

Eli Lilly ($Eli Lilly(LLY)$) has been the talk of the town, with its stock soaring a staggering 125% in the past year. As it joins the heavyweight ranks of the S&P 500, rubbing shoulders with tech giants like Nvidia ($NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$) and Apple ($Apple(AAPL)$), it's clear that Lilly's growth trajectory is turning heads faster than a neck brace at a tennis match. Weighing the Pros and Cons: Financial Performance Breakdown Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Price Performance (2023-2024) What's fuelling this meteoric rise, you ask? Well, imagine a world where shedding those pesky extra pounds is as easy as pie (but without the calories). Lilly's got a golden goose in the f

$SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  📈💼💰 Riding the SoFi Surge: Surfing the Next Wave 🏄‍♂️🌊💸 SoFi's upcoming earnings call has investors buzzing, and for good reason! Despite recent market underperformance, SoFi Technologies, Inc. is primed for a potential breakout. Recent market movements hint at a sharp selloff, but don't let that deter you from catching this wave. The analyst have done the analysis, crunched the numbers and calculated a potential GAAP EPS figure for Q1 that could make your portfolio do a happy dance - approximately $1.9 (or $0.2 rounded), nearly double the consensus estimate. With such a significant earnings beat on the horizon, there's ample opportunity for substantial stock growth. So, what's driving SoFi's surge? Impressive

$PFE is now trading below its COVID lows! Recently $GSK filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they used their patented mRNA technology without authorization. $PFE stock pays a juicy 6.5% dividend, but that hasn't been enough to get investors interested in it. Where do you think this thing ultimately bottoms out? $PFE is on a cost cutting mission, shuttering R&D and other facilities. That could help in the short-term, but in the long-term one has to question how the company intends to keep innovating if it is going to "externalize" more research and shutter more facilities. This is a theme, closures, cost cutting. Largely centered around R&D. Which has me asking myself, what does the future patented product pipeline look like for a firm that seems to be aggressively reduci

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024, social media giant $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ delivered its Q1 2024 earnings. To me it is a stellar set of results in all honesty. (see below) Meta - Q1 2024. Revenue gained +27% YoY. Net income gained +117% YoY. Earnings per share gained +114% YoY. It’s other key metrics were equally impressive and rightly so. Otherwise its earnings would not have been that fantastic, overall! (see below) Daily usage have grown by +7% YoY. This is a “hugh” number running into the billions. Ad impression have increased by +20% YoY. This is a very important matrix to maintain or increase a company’s visibility on consumers’ radar. Meta’s 2023 staff layoff has resulted in headcounts reduction, amounting to 10% of total staff strength; whe

Introduction. I came across an interesting post by Investment Strategist, Michael Foster. Sharing it so that you could decide if closed end funds (CEF) are for you. When it comes to Investing, I believe that there is always something new to learn and help me to grow, in the process. With that, let’s jump in. No one wants to talk about the 2020 - 2021 lockdown. Those dark days did do one thing “right” for the high-yield corporate-bond market: it made the so-called “junk bonds” too big to fail. Investors are just starting to come around to this fact. Most important takeaway is there is a nice opportunity to grab (a) historically large, and (b) stable, dividends from these corporate-bond funds. This includes the closed-end fund (CEF) $PIMCO Dynamic Incom

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I would definitely say $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  since its price fell heavily to approximately 756 a few days ago and has now sky-rocketed back up to 870. It waits to be seen whether it can go back up to 900. Nvidia is still one of the stocks that has seen dramatic increase in price this year and we continue to watch out and see if it can reach new heights! 

🌟🌟🌟On Friday April 26, $Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.(FFIE)$  has announced  its intention to appeal to Nasdaq the Delisting Determination by May 1 to stay the suspension of Faraday Future due to non filing of its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31 2023.   This is the 2nd warning letter from Nasdaq dated April 24 indicating that Faraday was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule to have at least USD 1 per share for 10 consecutive days. Faraday Future hopes that Nasdaq will hold the suspension for 15 days during which time Faraday Future will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital market. If Faraday Future fails to appeal the Delisting Determination by May 1, trading

Last week, the market started poorly and slowly recovered over the week after several positive corporate earnings especially for the mega-cap growth stocks. The major indexes showed sign of rebound and regained some upwards momentum. Well, as highlighted in the topic, I'm going to share a few high risk stocks in market. OXY  As we know, recently the oil price stays at high position. A serious escalation of tensions in the Middle East would push the price of oil above $100 a barrel and reverse the recent downward trend in global inflation. Let's look at the oil stock, OXY for example.  OXY daily chart Similar to oil price, OXY stock remains at high level and rebounds after touching EMA25, the red coloured trendline. I believe $Occidental(

Chinese tech stocks are finally seeing daylight, as the sector led by $Alibaba(BABA)$  , $PDD Holdings Inc(PDD)$  , $TENCENT(00700)$  , $MEITUAN-W(03690)$  and $JD.com(JD)$   rallied over the week, lifted by improving market sentiments and optimism that the Chinese tech sector is finally on the mend. Since the crackdown on the tech sector a couple of years ago, the Chinese tech stocks had been so d

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? With the likes of Nvidia, Microsoft and Google's parent Alphabet being the poster boys for artificial intelligence, $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$  , $C3.ai, Inc.(AI)$  and $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  have been relatively overlooked for their AI initiatives. In fact, Elon Musk has touted that Tesla should not be viewed as an automaker, but rather as a digital platform with artificial intelligence set to drive its next phase of growth. The EV maker, though ELon Musk may not like it to be called as such,

So far, the big techs have posted a mixed bag of earnings results. Although Meta Platforms' earnings have exceeded market expectations, its disappointing business outlook and accelerated spending on artificial intelligence worry investors, sending its share price plunging as high as 16% before settling at 10% fall (ouch!) at market close. Likewise, Google's parent Alphabet and Microsoft have surpassed analysts' forecasts in their earnings with the former even announcing its first ever dividend and intent to sustain the quarterly payouts. The duo rallied after their earnings releases and brough cheers to the broad market as well. The continual outsized capital expenditure in building and enhancing AI capabilities by the big techs are good news for 

🌟🌟🌟It has been an action packed week with the US markets closing on a high note on Friday led by Big Tech.  Semiconductor stocks have done well led by star performer $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  up 6% today and in the past 5 days it has risen 12%.  Nvidia  has jumped 82% year todate and in 2023 it was up a whopping 222%. It has been an epic year for Nvidia as its share price has been sizzling hot.  This is due to its specialised AI chips which are  in high demand.   Nvidia holds more than 95% market share in workstation Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), 94% market share in data center GPUs and more than 80% market share in AI processors.  Nvidia has announced severa

$Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.(FFIE)$  has just received a letter from NASDAQ indicating that the EV maker is not in compliance with the listing rule and requesting the company to submit a plan to regain compliance within 180 days, while it is being placed on a list of non-compliant NASDAQ companies. With a measly share price of mere 5 cents, the above non-compliance warning from the exchange is not unexpected. With a market capitalization of just $2.3 million, Faraday Future is highly susceptible to market manipulation, as witnessed by the daily wild fluctuations in its stock price and tug-of-war between the bulls and the bears, that are the short-squeeze speculators and fundamentalists respectively.

🌟🌟🌟The  Chinese authorities have just issued a new policy to encourage consumers to trade in old cars for new ones, with subsidies of up to RMB 10,000 (USD 1380) as part of an effort to stimulate consumption.   The subsidy is for RMB 10,000 for those customers with  fuel passenger cars with China 3 or lower emission standards or new energy passenger cars registered before April 30, 2018 and who purchase new passenger cars that meet the energy saving requirements.  They are then eligible for a 1 time fixed subsidy between April 24 and December 31 2024. According to Topsperity Securities, the policy is expected to generate incremental sales of 400,000 to 800,000 units of New Energy passenger cars and 600,000 to 1.2 million of Fuel Passenger Cars. It is

1.Which High Ex-dividend Stock (on 29 April ~ 3 May) do You Like the Most?Be Sure To Check Out the Last Chance to Buy the Top 10 High dividend stocks going to Ex-dividends This Week: many companies like $VRTS$ and $MS$ showing below are about to give decent dividends into "your pocket". $Virtus Investment Partners(VRTS)$ $Norfolk Southern(NSC)$ $Entergy(ETR)$ $Constellation(STZ)$ $Cal-Maine(CALM)$ $ONEOK Inc(OKE)$ $Pinnacle West Capital(PNW)$ $Morgan Stanley(MS)$

Eli Lilly ($Eli Lilly(LLY)$) has been the talk of the town, with its stock soaring a staggering 125% in the past year. As it joins the heavyweight ranks of the S&P 500, rubbing shoulders with tech giants like Nvidia ($NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$) and Apple ($Apple(AAPL)$), it's clear that Lilly's growth trajectory is turning heads faster than a neck brace at a tennis match. Weighing the Pros and Cons: Financial Performance Breakdown Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Price Performance (2023-2024) What's fuelling this meteoric rise, you ask? Well, imagine a world where shedding those pesky extra pounds is as easy as pie (but without the calories). Lilly's got a golden goose in the f

🌟🌟🌟Four Members of the Magnificent 7 have reported their Q1 24 earnings this week with 3 of them receiving positive response from investors while the 4th member did not. This has been an eventful week for the markets as stocks jumped on Friday due to stellar reports of $Alphabet(GOOG)$  and $Microsoft(MSFT)$  Google jumped more than 10% on better than expected Q1 24 earnings and recorded its best day since July 2015.  It authorised its first ever dividend and a USD 70 billion buyback.  Google's market capitalisation has now reached USD 2.15 Trillion.  Microsoft added almost 2% as it posted strong fiscal 3rd quarter resu

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  share was up 19% for the week following its earnings call when CEO Elon Musk cheered investors with news that Tesla plans to begin production of new affordable EV models by 2025. Tesla had a disappointing Q1 24 quarter.  Revenue fell 9% year over year, its steepest annual decline since 2012.  Tesla reported 45 cents in adjusted earnings per share on USD 21.3 billion in revenue, falling short of the 51 cents in expected earnings per share and USD 22.15 billion in expected sales. Revenue dropped from USD 23.3 billion a year before and from USD 25.17 billion in the previous quarter.  Net income for Q1 24 was USD 1.13 billion, a big decrease from USD 2.51 billion reported in Q1 2

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024, social media giant $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ delivered its Q1 2024 earnings. To me it is a stellar set of results in all honesty. (see below) Meta - Q1 2024. Revenue gained +27% YoY. Net income gained +117% YoY. Earnings per share gained +114% YoY. It’s other key metrics were equally impressive and rightly so. Otherwise its earnings would not have been that fantastic, overall! (see below) Daily usage have grown by +7% YoY. This is a “hugh” number running into the billions. Ad impression have increased by +20% YoY. This is a very important matrix to maintain or increase a company’s visibility on consumers’ radar. Meta’s 2023 staff layoff has resulted in headcounts reduction, amounting to 10% of total staff strength; whe

Introduction. I came across an interesting post by Investment Strategist, Michael Foster. Sharing it so that you could decide if closed end funds (CEF) are for you. When it comes to Investing, I believe that there is always something new to learn and help me to grow, in the process. With that, let’s jump in. No one wants to talk about the 2020 - 2021 lockdown. Those dark days did do one thing “right” for the high-yield corporate-bond market: it made the so-called “junk bonds” too big to fail. Investors are just starting to come around to this fact. Most important takeaway is there is a nice opportunity to grab (a) historically large, and (b) stable, dividends from these corporate-bond funds. This includes the closed-end fund (CEF) $PIMCO Dynamic Incom

Which is the Evil twin and Good twin? Q1 2024 Results. Tesla finally released its Q1 2024 earnings and it was not a pretty sight. Actuals vs Wall Street expectations: (analysts surveyed by LSEG): Tesla Q1 2024 Revenue Revenue: $21.30 billion vs. $22.15 billion expected. (see above) Earnings per share: $0.45 (adjusted) vs. $0.51 expected. Operating profit margins: 5.5% vs. 6.6% expected Other Key Metrics and YoY comparison. A high-level comparison of other key earnings metrics shows the extent of the “bad” results. (see below) Revenue declined from $23.33 billion (YoY) and from $25.17 billion in Q4 2023. Net income dropped -55% from $2.51 billion to $1.13 billion YoY. EPS dropped -53.42% from $0.73 cents a share to $0.34 a share YoY. Free Cash Flow. Tesla’s free cash flow w

$SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  📈💼💰 Riding the SoFi Surge: Surfing the Next Wave 🏄‍♂️🌊💸 SoFi's upcoming earnings call has investors buzzing, and for good reason! Despite recent market underperformance, SoFi Technologies, Inc. is primed for a potential breakout. Recent market movements hint at a sharp selloff, but don't let that deter you from catching this wave. The analyst have done the analysis, crunched the numbers and calculated a potential GAAP EPS figure for Q1 that could make your portfolio do a happy dance - approximately $1.9 (or $0.2 rounded), nearly double the consensus estimate. With such a significant earnings beat on the horizon, there's ample opportunity for substantial stock growth. So, what's driving SoFi's surge? Impressive

Last week, the market started poorly and slowly recovered over the week after several positive corporate earnings especially for the mega-cap growth stocks. The major indexes showed sign of rebound and regained some upwards momentum. Well, as highlighted in the topic, I'm going to share a few high risk stocks in market. OXY  As we know, recently the oil price stays at high position. A serious escalation of tensions in the Middle East would push the price of oil above $100 a barrel and reverse the recent downward trend in global inflation. Let's look at the oil stock, OXY for example.  OXY daily chart Similar to oil price, OXY stock remains at high level and rebounds after touching EMA25, the red coloured trendline. I believe $Occidental(

🌟🌟🌟It has been an action packed week with the US markets closing on a high note on Friday led by Big Tech.  Semiconductor stocks have done well led by star performer $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  up 6% today and in the past 5 days it has risen 12%.  Nvidia  has jumped 82% year todate and in 2023 it was up a whopping 222%. It has been an epic year for Nvidia as its share price has been sizzling hot.  This is due to its specialised AI chips which are  in high demand.   Nvidia holds more than 95% market share in workstation Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), 94% market share in data center GPUs and more than 80% market share in AI processors.  Nvidia has announced severa

$SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  SoFi's earnings call is coming up, and people are getting excited! Even though the market has been a bit shaky lately, SoFi Technologies, Inc. might be getting ready for something big. Analysts are saying they could make a lot more money in Q1 than everyone expected, which is pretty cool! Why is everyone talking about SoFi? Well, last year, they did really well, making a lot more money than before. They have a bunch of customers now, over 7 million! And they offer all kinds of stuff, like loans and tech stuff, which is pretty neat. Some people are saying SoFi might not do so great this time, but others think they'll do awesome. I'm feeling pretty positive about it, especially since there are a lot of people bet

$NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$  

$PFE is now trading below its COVID lows! Recently $GSK filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they used their patented mRNA technology without authorization. $PFE stock pays a juicy 6.5% dividend, but that hasn't been enough to get investors interested in it. Where do you think this thing ultimately bottoms out? $PFE is on a cost cutting mission, shuttering R&D and other facilities. That could help in the short-term, but in the long-term one has to question how the company intends to keep innovating if it is going to "externalize" more research and shutter more facilities. This is a theme, closures, cost cutting. Largely centered around R&D. Which has me asking myself, what does the future patented product pipeline look like for a firm that seems to be aggressively reduci

Who could have predicted back in March that things will take a dip in April 2024. Back then, everyday was a new test for the 3 Composite Indexes as they kept breaking new grounds, testing new limits. In less than a month, the market has become worse off than it was. (see below) How Did It Begin? If you asked me, it started around 10 Apr 2024 when US’s March CPI inflation data was released. (see above) This time round it came in much higher to the surprised of analysts. Headline inflation (3.5%) was higher than analysts’ forecast (3.4%) and was definitely higher than February’s data (3.2%). Initially Mr Powell tried his best to calm the market with his dovish remarks; while his team mates were more hawkish. Eventually on 16 Apr 2024, Mr Powell had to concede that falling inflation has grin

US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will release US’s Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) data for for March 2024 on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 morning. Is this reason why US market had a mixed performance on Wed, 24 Apr 2024, on the run up to inflation data release. (see below) By the time market called it a day: DJIA: -0.11% (-42.77 to 38,460.92) S&P 500: +0.02% (+1.08 to 5,071.63). Nasdaq: +0.10% (+16.11 to 15,712.75). *FYI, the PCE is the Fed’s go to reference material when shaping its monetary policy. Comparison. US Core CPI for March 2024 (3.8%) remained unchanged from February 2024 data and was +0.1% higher than Wall Street 3.7% expectations. What is the likelihood that Core PCE remain status quo at 2.8% or (better still) matches Market expectations of 2.6%? Afterall, the endgame o

We saw the stock market experienced yet another mixed day, with major indices recovering from significant early losses to close with only modest declines. At the start, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average saw drops of 1.6%, 2.3%, and 1.8% respectively, but ended the day with losses ranging from 0.5% to 1.0%. Investors are influenced by the negative earnings reactions for key companies and concerns over economic growth and Federal Reserve rate policies, this has in turn caused the early downturn. One of the big name is META. What Moves The Market? Sectors Managing Gains The negative earnings reports from Meta Platforms, IBM, and Caterpillar significantly impacted the market. We also saw economic reports that show weaker growth slows to 1.6% while inflation st

Meta's plan to invest more heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure caused $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ stock to sink Thursday, but the tech giant's capex news lifted AI stocks, particularly shares of tech hardware companies, including $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ . With $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ earnings Alphabet beats revenue estimates as AI fuels cloud growth, the cloud services revenue rose 28% to $900 million in quarter. Alphabet announced 20-cent dividend and $70 billion share buyback. AI Monetization Is Next To Look At In the earnings call for comments on AI, there have been pattern of big tech earnings over the next two weeks as companies prioritize technology o

$Snap Inc(SNAP)$  💥🫛🔥Snap Surges: Snapping Up Success in Q1 💥🫛🔥 Snap Inc. dazzled investors with its first-quarter performance, surpassing expectations and igniting a bullish rally, as shares catapulted over 23% in extended trading. Here's the breakdown of their impressive feat: - Earnings Delight:With an adjusted earnings per share of 3 cents, Snap defied projections of a 5 cent loss by LSEG. - Revenue Roars: Clocking in at $1.19 billion, Snap's revenue outpaced estimates of $1.12 billion by LSEG. - User Uptick:  Global daily active users surged to 422 million, edging past the anticipated 420 million, as per StreetAccount. - Per User Profits: Average revenue per user hit $2.83, trumping the expected $2.67, according to StreetAccount. Sn

As an adventurous investor, I’ve spent more time navigating financial markets than I have navigating traffic on the freeway during rush hour. Today, I want to shed some light on three long-term stocks that have piqued my interest, akin to how a well-brewed cup of Earl Grey piques my morning senses—PayPal, Shopify, and Berkshire Hathaway. But before we dive into the financial jargon, let’s remind ourselves that investing is a bit like a rollercoaster ride: it's exhilarating, unpredictable, and occasionally induces a touch of nausea. Global Vision: Navigating Markets with Technological Insight PayPal: A Cash Machine with a Slight Case of the Hiccups Analysts are moderately bullish on PayPal Holdings ($PayPal(PYPL)$), with a consensus rating of Moder