Krispy Kreme (DNUT) got a nice 2% boost Tuesday morning, adding to its trajectory over the past week. The stock is now up nearly 7% in that timeframe. This comes off the heels of an analyst upgrade ahead of the highly anticipated McDonald’s partnership rolling out. The upgrade comes from Truist Securities, which moved [...]
CrowdStrike (CRWD) is up 9% to start the week after delivering strong first-quarter earnings on the top and bottom lines. The stock is now up 154% in the past year and 51% through 2024 thus far. The cybersecurity company reported a 33% growth in revenue to $921 million, easily surpassing the forecast it set [...]
Monday: Mixed Market Reactions to Manufacturing Data The week started with a mixed response on Wall Street, primarily driven by discouraging manufacturing data that seemed to weigh on investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped by 0.3%, reflecting concerns over the economic outlook for manufacturing. In contrast, the S&P 500 managed a modest [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Over the last two weeks, we have been reviewing investment styles and how to pick stocks that are consistent with each style. Dr. DiLiddo reviews these in Chapter 12 of “Stocks, Strategies & Common Sense” which is aptly named, “Investment Styles & Strategies” where he introduces the VectorVest Investment Matrix. [...]
Shares of PayPal (PYPL) have risen roughly 7% in the past week, 5.5% of which came yesterday in the stock’s best performance since the very start of the year. There are a few things moving PYPL higher: 1) a bullish outlook by the company’s CEO and 2) investor excitement about new products being rolled [...]
The first half of 2024 has been rough for Lululemon Athletica (LULU), as the stock has fallen 40% in the past 6 months or so. However, the company delivered first-quarter earnings results that helped buoy the stock a bit - it regained 12% in the past week and is up 9% so far in [...]
Shares of Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) are up slightly in Wednesday morning trading as Elon Musk spoke to Tesla about relying on the company’s chips for its electric vehicles. Musk plans on ordering between $3 billion to $4 billion worth of chips throughout this year for Tesla, which will make up nearly two-thirds of the [...]
The impending release of the latest US employment data, scheduled for this Friday, carries significant weight. According to US News, economists are projecting the addition of 190,000 jobs in May, which would maintain the unemployment rate at 3.9%. Following April’s gain of 175,000 jobs, this anticipated increase in employment signals growth and is technically [...]
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (HTZ) fell more than 7% yesterday after announcing that two key executives - who spent as little as 6 months with the company - were resigning. This follows the resignation of its CEO just a few months back after the car rental company struggled to gain footing in its new [...]
Written by: Angela Akers If you want to be a successful investor, you must know what your investment style is. If you want to be a successful investor that finds investing easy, you should buy stocks that are consistent with that style. As a reminder, the VectorVest Investment Matrix is talked about in great [...]
