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About Jason Novak

Jason has been a consistent contributor to VectorVest and has a blended interest in technology and finance, which he has written about for over a decade. When he's not demystifying complex financial topics or sharing a quick analysis of hot stocks on a given day, you may find him on the golf course or exploring all that Northern California has to offer.
5 01, 2023

Jazz Up your Portfolio in 2023

By |2023-12-07T21:05:22+00:00January 5th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) was founded in 2003 and is incorporated and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. JAZZ is a fully integrated, global biopharmaceutical company whose stated purpose is to provide innovative solutions and life-changing drugs to transform the lives of patients and their families across the globe, and result in longer lives. The [...]

5 01, 2023

Boxed is up 30% as the Company Seeks a Sale – 3 Red Flags Potential Investors Need to See

By |2023-12-07T21:05:24+00:00January 5th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

Boxed - an e-commerce retailer specializing in bulk pantry products - announced today that they are exploring strategic alternatives. Usually, this means the company is looking to be sold and acquired. But, the company continues to look into fundraising initiatives as well. The goal is to announce additional funding in the next 45 days. [...]

4 01, 2023

Are the Salesforce Layoffs a Good Thing for Investors? Here are 3 Things You Need to See

By |2023-12-07T21:05:29+00:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , |

It wasn’t a great start to the new year for 10% of Salesforce employees who were laid off early Wednesday. The company overextended itself during the pandemic and now, amidst recession fears, is taking a more defensive approach to staffing. As many as 8,000 people will be let go in the coming weeks. CEO [...]

4 01, 2023

START YOUR NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT!

By |2023-12-07T21:05:35+00:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News, The Views, VectorVest News|Tags: , |

Written by Angela Akers December 30, 2022 As one year comes to a close, a new year full of opportunities begins. Our mission here at VectorVest is to provide the best stock market guidance available anywhere at any price. Our top priority is to help investors consistently make money in the stock market [...]

3 01, 2023

Should You Buy Amgen Stock as Dividends are Set to Increase? 3 Things You Need to Account For

By |2023-12-07T21:05:45+00:00January 3rd, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

Amgen, a company known for pioneering modern biotechnology, has released information indicating they will be increasing the dividend from what was paid out last year. Executives stated that the payment will be $2.13 - which is 3.2% of the stock price.  Compared to the industry average for dividend payouts, this is quite impressive. But [...]

30 12, 2022

Should You Follow Coca-Cola Insiders & Offload Shares? Here are 3 Things You Need to See First

By |2023-12-07T21:05:50+00:00December 30th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

Anytime insiders within a company start selling off their shares it will raise eyebrows. But when a group of insiders does it - including the president and CFO, it’s worth paying attention to. And that’s exactly what’s happening right now within the Coca-Cola Company (KO). Over the past year, KO has performed very well [...]

29 12, 2022

Spotify is Down 65% YTD – Should They Have Stuck to Music? 3 Red Flags Investors Need to See

By |2023-12-07T21:05:54+00:00December 29th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , |

One stock that’s been making noise - and not in a good way - is Spotify. Just under 2 years ago the stock was trading at over $360/share and seemed to be the industry leader in music streaming. Today, the stock sits at less than $80/share - reaching an all-time low of just over [...]

28 12, 2022

Amazon Sets Sights on Sports Streaming Service – 2 Things Investors Need to be Aware of

By |2023-12-07T21:05:57+00:00December 28th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

It’s been a rough year for the largest e-commerce company in the world, Amazon. Share prices today have fallen to record lows over the past three years, down to just $82/share. As the company sits over 50% lower today than it did this time last year, things are changing structurally for Amazon. The company [...]

27 12, 2022

Southwest Stock Nosedives After Cancellations – is This More Than a Temporary Hiccup?

By |2023-12-07T21:06:02+00:00December 27th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

While others enjoyed the usual lull of returning to normalcy after the holidays, many were stranded in airports around the country due to mass cancellations by Southwest Airlines (LUV). Historically, Southwest has been an industry leader in aviation - but today, the stock has taken a nosedive, dropping almost 6% Tuesday morning. These [...]

23 12, 2022

THE FED’S FOLLY

By |2023-12-07T21:06:03+00:00December 23rd, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Financial, Market in Review, Stock Market News, VectorVest News|

Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve had its final meeting of 2022 last week and raised interest rates by 50 basis points, from 4.25% to 4.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell set expectations that the Fed funds rate will increase to between 5.00% and 5.25% by early next year and remain at that level [...]

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