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Following a turbocharged performance in 2020’s stock market, 2021 has been a more subdued affair for Plug Power (PLUG) stock. Similar to many growth-oriented names, it has been a choppy performance so far as investors appear to be uncertain where the stock is heading next. However, Evercore’s James West has no such reservations when laying

In this article .AD.IXIC An ASL Airlines Boeing 737-400 freighter landing at Milan Malpensa airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Intellia Therapeutics – Intellia shares surged 56% after the company announced positive results from a phase one study, along with partner Regeneron, of a gene-editing

Sharing is Caring! by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Bitcoin erased its 2021 gains last week as China ramped up its crackdown on mining of the cryptocurrency, a move that’s expected to help shift the industry’s center of gravity from Asia to North America. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin price formed a death cross last Monday,

Crypto currencies have been around long enough that we can’t really describe them as ‘the next big thing’ anymore – they’re here and they’re part of the financial landscape. For stock traders, the rise of crypto brings a unique opportunity – not only in crypto currencies themselves, but in the technology that supports them. The

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Boeing (BA) – Boeing is not likely to receive certification for its 777X long-range aircraft until mid-to-late 2023 at the earliest. That’s according to a letter from a Federal Aviation Administration official to Boeing that was obtained by CNBC, saying there were numerous

Sharing is Caring! by Martin Armstrong This bipartisan deal on new infrastructure spending that President Biden has reached this week with a group of “moderate” Democrats and “liberal” Republicans in the Senate represents a significant departure with respect to the Internal Revenue Service. Hidden within the claimed “infrastructure bill” you find $40 billion to beef

According to a report published by the Business Post, Global technology giant Apple (AAPL) is seeking a five-year extension of the planning permit for a $1 billion data center in Galway, western Ireland. If Apple gets this extension, it will have until 2026 to build the data center. As of now, the company is required

Every investor wants to see his stocks pay off – or he wouldn’t be in the markets. But finding the right investment, the ‘one’ that will bring in the high returns, can sometimes be challenging. A smart investor will apply a few basic, common-sense rules – and stick to them. One of the basic rules

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder Truth is often stranger than fiction, and some people will never accept the truth no matter how much evidence you show them.  In this article, I am going to discuss two brand new discoveries that are radically shaking up how scientists view human history.  Many of the experts are

Oh boy, crypto miners. Companies like SOS Limited (SOS) have been on a rocky ride of late, to say the least. Since hitting a high of nearly $16 per share earlier this year during the initial meme stock rally, shares of SOS stock have been on a downward trajectory. Currently, SOS stock trades at around

U.S. stocks rebounded more than 2% across the board last week, returning to record highs. Energy and Financial names led the way higher, buoyed by the outlook for a continued cyclical recovery in the second half of 2021. Bank stocks benefited from a strong showing in the Fed’s latest stress test on Thursday. President Biden

Sharing is Caring! From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: The best time to buy gold is before a crisis, how the Basel III agreement could impact short- and long-term gold prices, and finding a balance between gold and

Microsoft (MSFT) stock has been hitting new all-time highs this week. The tech giant has also clocked another landmark achievement, becoming the second company apart from Apple to reach a market cap exceeding $2 trillion. However, where Apple’s performance year-to-date has underwhelmed, Microsoft’s display has been typically sure-footed. It’s a big milestone week which also

Sharing is Caring! Via International Man International Man: What personal and psychological blind spots and limitations should a speculator be wary of? Doug Casey: There is no question that your biggest enemy in the markets is your own psychology. Everybody suffers from fear when the market is down and greed when the market is up.

In the biotech space, big announcements often precede big share price movements; both were on tap for Entera Bio (ENTX) on Wednesday. Entera shares took off after the company provided an update from the placebo-controlled, double blind Phase 2 trial of EB613, Entera’s drug candidate for the treatment of osteoporosis. Following 6 months of treatment,

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft Unity during a glide flight test in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic — Virgin shares soared more than 36% after it announced the Federal Aviation Administration has given it the green light to fly paying customers into space. It’s the first such license approved by the FAA. The company has

Memory giant Micron (MU) will take center stage next week when it delivers May quarter (F3Q) results on Wednesday (June 30, AMC). As the company already made a positive preannouncement on the quarter’s action a few weeks ago, Deutsche Bank’s Sidney Ho isn’t anticipating “many surprises.” Micron sees revenue coming in at or even above

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The monthly jobs report is the highlight in the coming week, as June winds down and markets start the second half of the year. Economists are expecting about 700,000 jobs. That’s better than the 559,000 in May but below the forecasts of several

Skincare solutions provider The Beauty Health Company (SKIN) is expanding its international footprint by acquiring four distributors in Germany, Australia, France, and Mexico for a total consideration of $35 million. The purchases are expected to be accretive to BeautyHealth’s bottom line and have either closed or expected to close in June. Of the total consideration,

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nike (NKE) – Nike reported quarterly earnings of 93 cents per share, well above the 51 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue beat forecasts by a wide margin and exceeded $12 billion for the first time. Nike benefited from pent-up demand for its

The stock markets are responding to conflicting signals lately, and the result is concurrent trends of volatility and gains that have been causing some confusion. Inflation has ticked up in recent months, as pent-up demand now let loose by the economic reopening is crossing limited supply and still-disrupted distribution chains. But there’s a strong feeling

In this article BYND MGM KBH MGNI DRI People walk in front of the MGM Resorts International Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Joe Buglewicz | Bloomberg via Getty Images Ad tech stocks — The digital advertising industry saw stocks surge Thursday after Google pushed back its timeline

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder I know that headline may seem a bit over the top, but these things really are happening.  We really are in the midst of a multi-year “megadrought” in the western half of the country, meteorologists really are warning that we could see the worst heatwave that the Northwest has

Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE) is a company with its foot on the gas, and hardly a week goes by without new developments. This week is no different. On Tuesday, the biotech announced a multi-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3). The partnership’s aim is to conduct infectious disease

In this article JPM WFC GS BAC NKE FDX The Nike logo is seen on the Nike store on February 22, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Nike —Shares of the shoe giant popped about 5% in extended trading

Sharing is Caring! BY JOHN RUBINO Back in 2018, the Fed tried to moderate its post-Great Recession emergency policy of low interest rates and torrential money printing. It reduced (or tapered) its asset purchases and, in a series of tiny steps, boosted short-term interest rates by about one percentage point. And the financial markets, by then

Global digital payments network Visa (V) has signed a definitive agreement to buy open banking platform Tink for €1.8 billion. The transaction will be funded with cash in hand and retention incentives. Tink allows financial institutions, fintech companies, and merchants to access aggregated financial data, use smart financial services such as risk insights and account

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker’s shares surged 8.7% in the premarket after Lilly’s Alzheimer’s treatment received “breakthrough therapy” designation from the Food and Drug Administration. The designation means the treatment may show substantial improvement over existing therapies and qualifying it for expedited

Sharing is Caring! Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Oops, he did it again. The second there was any concern in markets about tapering or the potential of earlier than expected interest rate hikes as suggested in last week’s Fed dot plot Jay Powell hurried to assure investors that the dot plot was meaningless and

Sulzer AG (SULZF – Research Report) received a Buy rating and a CHF140.00 price target from Kepler Capital analyst Torsten Sauter on June 22. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $134.00. According to TipRanks.com, Sauter is ranked #2181 out of 7558 analysts. Sulzer AG has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price