Among the many rules of business is be careful in whose playground you are competing. Gaming companies learned this the hard way a few years ago when they built their businesses on top of the Facebook platform. So too did media companies like PopSugar. When Facebook decided to focus more on surfacing individual posts over corporate ones,
When Mark Minervini won the US Trading Championships, some attributed his victory to luck. As the years went by and he kept winning the narrative changed. Then he decided to enter the competition again, and naysayers told him not to risk his reputation. He went on to win once again, out-trading every other competitor and coming top of the podium in the $1 million+ category.
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Five years ago when I last visited Saudi Arabia, the kingdom closely resembled the image many westerners might imagine.
First, it was challenging just to figure out how to get a visa. The answer lay in a dark room in a difficult-to-access New York building. Upon arrival, there was no such thing as socializing with women.
Back in the 1970s when stagflation took hold the world looked a whole different than it does today. Landlines have been replaced by mobile phones. TVs have been replaced by streaming apps. Records have been replaced by Spotify. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the definition of stagflation, a period where inflation rises at a more rapid pace than the economy.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill continues to thrive in the fast-casual dining sector, surpassing expectations despite facing tough year-over-year revenue comparisons.
The burrito chain not only maintained its growth trajectory but accelerated it, translating to a 14.1% increase year over year to $2.7 billion in Q1 2024. The growth is particularly impressive given that it follows a 17.2% increase in the same quarter last year.
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UnitedHealth Group, with a market capitalization of around $454 billion, is the largest health insurer in the United States, serving nearly 50 million Americans.
It benefits from unparalleled market presence and scale that grants it significant bargaining power, which in turn ensures lower costs and higher margins compared to its competitors.
Over the past decade,
Apple has fallen by almost 15% from nearly $200 per share in recent months. The decline appeared to precede the major market averages more recent correction but does it bode ominously for Apple or has the recent pullback offered new buyers an opportunity to get in on a great company at sale prices?
In the near-term,
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A report just came out that one trader bet a massive $20 million on a single stock rising by 30% on its next earnings report. That stock is, drumroll, artificial intelligence favorite, Nvidia.
The bet was made by purchasing strike 1180 call options on Nvidia for the June expiration, meaning if NVDA share price rise were to rise above that level on expiration day,
Over the past few days we’ve covered stocks that have strong histories of rising at this time of year, and apparently our readers really want to hear more about similar ideas, so here’s another nugget for you.
This time we turn our attention to the healthcare space where a well-known company, Quest Diagnostics,
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As the end of the quarter approaches, how do the markets fare? Zooming out, we can see that the S&P 500 is precariously perched on an uptrending resistance line.
While doomsayers have been lining up to predict the market’s demise for months, it has defied all skeptics and continued its march higher. But now it sits once again at a key threshold level.
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