A couple of decades ago, eBay stock was all the rage. Buyers and sellers couldn’t get enough of the platform, transacting in a wide range of goods, and investors couldn’t get enough of the stock. When PayPal was spun out, eBay became a whole lot less interesting to investors, and today it stands virtually ignored.
A famous book on business was titled Barbarians at the Gate, documenting the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. If nothing else, it highlights how just the sniff of an opportunity to make money can drive money seekers to make wild decisions.
Some giant businesses have been on the receiving end of similar threats to their solvency as invaders attempt to take their share.
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When a stock has soared 63% for the year it’s a risky proposition to step in the way of the momentum freight train and short it, but sometimes the highest flying stocks create setups for the biggest crashes. One social media stock that went on a huge run this year falls squarely into that category.
David Einhorn, the esteemed founder of Greenlight Capital, is widely recognized for making a killing during the Great Recession when he shorted the market. Nowadays, the investment world is curious about where Einhorn finds potential in the current market, particularly which stocks in his portfolio are poised for significant growth.
While the S&P 500 rallied from its October lows, crude oil prices and the shares of energy companies like Conoco Phillips, have declined. This trend, however, may present an investment opportunity as undervalued assets like COP become attractive.
Conoco Phillips’ stock, tracking the oil futures, showed a decline until a notable recovery in mid-December,
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If you were going to buy just one stock, you would want it to have some key characteristics, and among the best is a share price that increases with the market but holds steady when markets fall.
In 2022 when the market fell by 20%, Berkshire Hathaway treaded water, essentially beating the market by 20%.
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Imagine you wanted to earn passive income forever more, how would you go about picking stocks likely to pay a yield large enough that it will be lucrative but low enough to ensure it’s sustainable?
The latter part of the sentence is the key because it’s always possible to find companies that pay sky high yields,
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You may not be familiar with Global Blue but it’s certainly grabbed the attention of the investment team at Third Point, run by billionaire Dan Loeb, who have got excited about it and understandably so when you peel back the covers.
The company specializes in tax-free shopping but it’s expanding into financial technology services,
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Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are two oil stocks garnering a lot of attention these days, primarily because both are held in the esteemed portfolio of Warren Buffett.
But a closer examination of them both and their rivals suggests another oil stock may be a much better deal right now. So, is it time to buy?
The story and hype around artificial intelligence drove a whole wave of technology stocks higher in 2023. Some of the gains were well-deserved and others, like Broadcom, might have mushroomed to unsustainable levels for 2024.
We took a peek at the financials to see if the current valuation matches with the price and,
