The past year has been a travesty for SPAC holders. Some reports claim almost 80% of SPACs are under water. It’s not a stretch to conclude SPACs were a vehicle brought to retail investors to drive hype and ultimately leave them as bagholders. But painting all SPAC companies with a broad stroke risks passing over the diamonds in the rough.
LULU started out as a modest performance wear shop inside a yoga studio in Vancouver. That was 1998. Two years later, management opened the first official company store, also in Vancouver. By 2003, the first U.S. store opened in Santa Monica, California. The upscale suburb of Los Angeles, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean with miles of beach-front sidewalks,
While most growth stocks have taken a drubbing over the past 6 months, one red hot stock has bucked the trend: Airbnb. What is it that makes Airbnb so special and why is this growth juggernaut not slowing down?
Just as eCommerce innovator and disruptor, Amazon, leveraged technology to disrupt brick-and-mortar stores, so too has Airbnb built a technology platform to disrupt legacy hotel chains.
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There is no denying the marijuana industry is booming, and there are investing opportunities to jump on, but how do you navigate those opportunities? The cannabis industry is still highly volatile,
The global market for fine jewelry has always been massive, but it got an unexpected boost from COVID-19. In one poll, 30 percent of consumers said they bought more jewelry during the pandemic, and nearly 50 percent said they continued to purchase the same amount they always had.
One thing the pandemic and resulting Great Resignation have demonstrated well is that the gig economy is here to stay. Sure, there have always been self-employed people and freelancers, but working from home has become the new normal for millions. One gig economy company sits at the center of this tectonic shift: Fiverr International Ltd (FVRR),
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In 2022, stock markets worldwide had a particularly bad start. The S&P500 fell more than 9% during January, albeit making something of a comeback. The index regained 11% from its local low but was still down 8% for the year when JPMorgan’s top-ranked strategist, Marko Kolanovic, advocated that investors move some money from stocks to bonds in response to ongoing concerns.
The fabled Oracle of Omaha is renowned for his ability to pick winners out of scores of publicly traded companies. But one of Warren Buffett’s (/Berkshire Hathaway’s) underrated stock picks stands out as highly unconventional.
It’s not an established brand and it doesn’t yet have massive cash flow, or even arguably a wide moat.
Real estate has been on fire, despite a challenging economy. Rents continue to soar, as do property values. From 2020 to 2021, during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, REITs performed extremely well, with earnings of up 24.6 percent.
Indeed, REIT returns over the past few decades have rivaled the stock market,
In March, inflation surged by 8.5%, representing the highest increase since 1981. This four-decade high affects everything from energy to food costs. In a rising cost environment, where should you put your money?
Two stocks poised to beat inflation are: OneMain Holdings (NASDAQ: OMF) and Arbor Realty Trust (NASDAQ: ABR).
