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Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Surges To All Time Highs
November 17, 2021 4:00 AM ET

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Surges To All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

A 8% move in Tuesday’s session was enough to make shares of chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) one of the top performing stocks in the S&P 500 index.

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Dollar Tree Surges To All-Time Highs, And There’s More To Come 
November 16, 2021 6:00 AM ET

Dollar Tree Surges To All-Time Highs, And There’s More To Come 

Sam Quirke

A 14% move higher on Tuesday had shares of discount retailer Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) closing at an all time high for the first time since April of this year.

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Regeneron (NYSE: REGN) Is Starting To Make A Run For All Time Highs
November 11, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Regeneron (NYSE: REGN) Is Starting To Make A Run For All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

All in all Regeneron (NYSE:REGN) has had a good 2021, with a 40% increase in its share price since March comparing favorably against the return from the S&P 500 index, which is only up 18% over the same time period.

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What To Make Of NIO's (NYSE: NIO) Numbers
November 11, 2021 6:00 AM ET

What To Make Of NIO's (NYSE: NIO) Numbers

Sam Quirke

Shares of electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) have been under pressure since the company reported their Q3 earnings after the bell on Tuesday.

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Is There A Bargain Opening Up With PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL)?
November 10, 2021 6:00 AM ET

Is There A Bargain Opening Up With PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL)?

Sam Quirke

There were not many on Wall Street who would have forecasted a 35% drop in PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares when they were trading at all time highs back in July.

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Digesting Apple’s Latest Earnings Report
October 29, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Digesting Apple’s Latest Earnings Report

Sam Quirke

The 4% drop seen in Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares during last night’s after hours session is fairly indicative of Wall Street’s reaction to their fiscal Q4 numbers which were released just after the closing bell.

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3 Earnings Reports That Point To A Great 2022
October 28, 2021 8:00 AM ET

3 Earnings Reports That Point To A Great 2022

Sam Quirke

In a sign of just how much those on Wall Street were looking forward to this week’s run of earnings reports, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ, and the S&P 500 indices all hit fresh highs in recent days.

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Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) Is Bouncing Hard Off Support - Watch Out Above
October 26, 2021 6:40 AM ET

Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) Is Bouncing Hard Off Support - Watch Out Above

Sam Quirke

After spending most of 2020 enjoying the title of “best COVID stock to own this year”, shares of Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) have spent most of 2021 learning what it’s like to trade in a more normal environment.

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Ford (NYSE: F) On The Verge Of Multi-Year Highs
October 22, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Ford (NYSE: F) On The Verge Of Multi-Year Highs

Sam Quirke

A 3% move higher on Thursday meant that shares of Ford (NYSE: F) closed above their June high and logged their highest close since 2015.

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Disney (NYSE: DIS) Stumbles, But Does This Open An Opportunity?
October 19, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Disney (NYSE: DIS) Stumbles, But Does This Open An Opportunity?

Sam Quirke

A 3% drop during Monday’s session while most equities finished the day higher would have left Disney (NYSE: DIS) investors feeling a bit miffed.

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3 Stocks Cowen Thinks Are Going Higher
October 15, 2021 6:00 AM ET

3 Stocks Cowen Thinks Are Going Higher

Sam Quirke

Earlier this week, the folks over at Cowen released their findings from a consumer survey of millennials and Generation Z.

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Is Now The Time To Pile Into Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB)
October 13, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Is Now The Time To Pile Into Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB)

Sam Quirke

Like many red hot tech companies that have IPO’d in recent years, Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) has had its fair share of turbulence already.

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3 Stocks That Gapped Up Yesterday
October 8, 2021 4:00 AM ET

3 Stocks That Gapped Up Yesterday

Sam Quirke

After a soft end to Q3 that saw the major indices dip as much as 5% through September, equities bounced back hard in yesterday’s session with many stocks gapping up on the open.

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Is Micron (NASDAQ: MU) Worth The Risk?
October 7, 2021 6:05 AM ET

Is Micron (NASDAQ: MU) Worth The Risk?

Sam Quirke

Despite posting a resounding beat on analyst expectations for their Q3 earnings last week, shares of chipmaker Micron (NASDAQ: MU) have been trading fairly soft since then.

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Is There An Opportunity In Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY)?
October 1, 2021 8:00 AM ET

Is There An Opportunity In Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY)?

Sam Quirke

You’d be forgiven for taking a look at Bed Bath & Beyond’s (NASDAQ: BBBY) chart and thinking that “what goes up, must come down”.

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Is Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) A Buy At Current Levels?
September 28, 2021 6:00 AM ET

Is Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) A Buy At Current Levels?

Sam Quirke

Despite reporting a 57% jump in year on year revenue earlier this month, shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) are trading lower now than they did before the earnings release.

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Is Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) About To Wake Up?
September 12, 2021 11:00 PM ET

Is Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) About To Wake Up?

Sam Quirke

Usually a solid earnings beat across the board would be enough to send a stock rallying higher, but not so for Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI).

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What To Make Of GameStop (NYSE: GME) Earnings
September 9, 2021 6:00 AM ET

What To Make Of GameStop (NYSE: GME) Earnings

Sam Quirke

It looks like investors of GameStop (NYSE: GME) are in for a rocky end to the week after the video game retailer released their Q2 earnings report last night.

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Does Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) Have A Business Case For Fresh All Time Highs?
August 31, 2021 6:00 AM ET

Does Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) Have A Business Case For Fresh All Time Highs?

Sam Quirke

Despite Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) posting a solid beat on analyst expectations for their Q2 numbers, Wall Street hasn’t been seen to rush in on the long side of their shares just yet.

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3 Tech Stocks To Watch In September 
August 30, 2021 7:00 AM ET

3 Tech Stocks To Watch In September 

Sam Quirke

There hasn’t been a lot of fresh news recently that would justify a major overhaul of an investor’s portfolio, so let’s take a look at a few tech stocks that could be a welcome addition to the portfolio for the rest of the year. 

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Here’s Why Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) Is A Screaming Buy
August 27, 2021 4:00 AM ET

Here’s Why Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) Is A Screaming Buy

Sam Quirke

Unlike many of their peers in the tech and data industry, shares of Splunk (NYSE: SPLK) failed to hold onto most of the gains they earned in 2020.

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2 E-Commerce Focused Stocks About To Rally
August 26, 2021 6:00 AM ET

2 E-Commerce Focused Stocks About To Rally

Sam Quirke

Investors can expect these trends to act as significant tailwinds for earnings in future quarters and the astute investor will be zeroing in on which companies are firing on all cylinders. Here are two to keep on your watchlist. 

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3 Stocks To Watch This Week
August 24, 2021 7:00 AM ET

3 Stocks To Watch This Week

Sam Quirke

Here are three stocks breaking out from their peer groups that are worth adding to the watchlist and maybe even the portfolio in the coming sessions

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What’s Hot And What’s Not In China Right Now?
August 20, 2021 6:00 AM ET

What’s Hot And What’s Not In China Right Now?

Sam Quirke

It’s no secret that many Chinese stocks have been under significant pressure for the past six months. Despite most of the big names rallying through 2020 and continuing to soar to all-time highs in the early months of this year,

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