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1101, 2024

Plug Power Inc. Gets Downgraded Amidst Economic Challenges, Begging the Question: Is it Time to Sell?

By |January 11th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) is down more than 8% so far in Thursday’s trading session after the stock received a downgrade from a team of analysts at SIG Susquehanna. As economic challenges continue to mount, the company has been changed from positive to neutral. Biju Perincheril and a team of other analysts pointed to the expectation that headwinds will [...]

1001, 2024

Baby Powder Lawsuits Hurt JNJ while Closing Several Acquisitions; Down 11% in 2023, Is it a Sell?

By |January 10th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is known for baby products and the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, making it a significant booster if you invested before the pandemic. However, following recent lawsuits, JNJ settled to pay $700 million following an investigation over its baby powder, while the COVID-19 vaccine was discontinued in the US, leading to an underwhelming performance in 2023. Is [...]

1001, 2024

Nvidia is Up 13% in the Past Week as it Chases Down Amazon: 3 Reasons to Buy This Stock

By |January 10th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

After leading 2023 as the S&P 500 index’s best performer, Nvidia (NVDA) is picking up where it left off to start the new year. The stock has climbed nearly 14% in the past week and is up more than 2% in Wednesday morning’s trading session. This recent breakout puts its market cap at $1.3 trillion, just $250 billion off [...]

901, 2024

Why is Cardinal Health Falling After Announcing Upbeat Outlook? 3 Things Investors Need to Know

By |January 9th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Shares of Cardinal Health (CAH) fell more than 3% in Tuesday’s trading session despite the company announcing that it expects its full-year fiscal 2024 earnings to come in at the high range of its guidance.  The outlook in question is somewhere between $6.75 to $7 a share. Meanwhile, the FactSet consensus is $6.96. This could be part of what [...]

801, 2024

StoneCo Ltd Its All-Time High on December 22: Can it Power Ahead in 2024

By |January 8th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA StoneCo Ltd (Nasdaq: STNE), was founded in 2000 in George Town, the Cayman Islands, where it is currently headquartered. The company offers financial technology and software applications to its 2.6 million customers and partners in the area of electronic commerce, and especially online, in-store and through mobile channels. Their clients comprise mostly small and [...]

801, 2024

Boeing Drops 9% After Panel Blowout Scare: 3 Things BA Investors Need to Be Aware of

By |January 8th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last week an Alaska Airlines flight experienced a near disaster on its flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California. A Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft experienced a full panel blowout just 6 minutes into the flight. As a result of the scare, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made the decision to ground 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for [...]

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