Today, Blue Apron is seeing a bunch of red on the screen with APRN stock. The company just made a reverse split announcement. Any time a company issues a reverse split, that’s a signal to the market that all is not well. Most exchanges have mandatory stock price minimums that companies are required to maintain to keep their listing. If…
Imagine walking into a virtual world where you can battle mythical creatures, design magnificent cities, or solve intricate puzzles. That’s the realm of the entertainment sector, specifically, video game stocks. Video game companies design, develop and sell video games, a form of entertainment that has exploded in popularity over the past few decades. Today, they are a multi-billion dollar industry…
Just today, artificial intelligence (AI) tricked me. I was listening to YouTube when a great cover of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Paul McCartney caught my attention. The only catch? Sir Paul has never recorded the song — it was an AI creation. Yet, I, a Beatles mega-fan, couldn’t tell the difference. The world is changing, and AI is a…
“They’re ticking time bombs waiting to explode.” I recently ran into a guy I hadn’t seen in 20 years. He’s a car salesman. I asked his opinion on electric vehicles. Here’s the truth: Whether he agrees or not: EVs will be one of the defining disruptions of the next decade. But the best way to make money from this disruption isn’t…
Generally speaking, you get what you pay for, which is why the concept of affordable sleeper stocks to buy might not immediately seem so attractive. However, the market arguably doesn’t perfectly value all tradable assets by incorporating all publicly known information. With thousands of companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, it’s impossible for anyone to know everything. Of course,…
The copper industry is a crucial part of the global economy, supplying this essential material for countless applications. From construction to electrical wiring, plumbing, and even renewable energy technologies, copper is literally everywhere around us. The future of copper looks bright due to the growing demand from green technologies like electric vehicles and renewable energy systems, which use significant amounts…
One of the words you’ll hear most when talking with experts about investing in commodities is “hedging.” Commodities have been historically viewed as a hedge against inflation because rising consumer prices are often linked to rising commodity prices. “Commodity-focused exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes and mutual funds are probably among the simplest ways for investors to gain exposure to various commodities without directly…
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett are among the world’s most well-known billionaires. But Bernard Arnault (and his family) is actually the world’s richest person, according to Forbes. However, on May 23, Arnault lost a whopping $11 billion. Don’t feel too bad for Arnault — what lowered his net worth is the same force that made him the world’s…
Penny stocks often offer tremendous upside for investors. As a result, they also expose investors to significant risk as well. One of the highest risk-to-reward subsectors of penny stocks is biotech. It offers dozens of get-rich-quick opportunities that are ultimately all predicated on FDA approval. Most fail. This list includes zero biotech firms, but also offers double-your-money potential across various…
The electric vehicle (EV) industry is at the heart of the worldwide push towards a more sustainable future. As countries work towards reducing their carbon footprints, the demand for EVs is expected to increase aggressively. However, investors need to differentiate between true innovators and mere players in the field, thereby investing in the best EV stocks to buy to optimize their returns…