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Align (NASDAQ: ALGN) Continues To Impress As It Crosses The $500 Mark
December 1, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Align (NASDAQ: ALGN) Continues To Impress As It Crosses The $500 Mark

Sam Quirke

It’s not even two months since shares of Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) were still trading 15% below their all-time highs set back in 2018.

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Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) Is Up 40% In A Month But Still A Buy
December 1, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) Is Up 40% In A Month But Still A Buy

Sam Quirke

A 5.7% jump on Tuesday’s session was enough to make shares of Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) among the best performers in the S&P 500.

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Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Lining Up For A Killer December and Q1
November 30, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Lining Up For A Killer December and Q1

Sam Quirke

That’s the reality for investors of San Francisco bank Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), whose stock has just had its best month of the year and looks on track to finish out 2020 on a strong note.

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Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) Shows No Signs Of Slowing After Record Black Friday
November 29, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) Shows No Signs Of Slowing After Record Black Friday

Sam Quirke

This is particularly true for investors in the e-commerce stocks, who have benefited mightily from the coronavirus pandemic. Among them, few have reached the heights that Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) has already.

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Get Ready To Buy The Dip With Best Buy (NYSE: BBY)
November 27, 2020 4:45 AM ET

Get Ready To Buy The Dip With Best Buy (NYSE: BBY)

Sam Quirke

For a while now Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the $30 billion electronics retailer, has been pinned as one of the better-performing retailers in 2020, a year that has forced many to adapt or die.

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Shares of Macy's (NYSE: M) Surge Back From The Dead
November 23, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Shares of Macy's (NYSE: M) Surge Back From The Dead

Sam Quirke

With a 75% pop in their shares over the past two weeks, investors looking at a 6-month chart would be forgiven for thinking that Macy’s (NYSE: M) was some hotshot tech stock starting to blow up.

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GAP (NYSE: GPS) Is A Buy No Matter What Their Earnings Are
November 23, 2020 11:00 PM ET

GAP (NYSE: GPS) Is A Buy No Matter What Their Earnings Are

Sam Quirke

With their shares after rallying 300% over the past 6 months, it’s safe to say that expectations are high for GAP’s (NYSE: GPS) Q3 earnings, due after today's market close

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Is Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) Still A Buy At $1,000?
November 22, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Is Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) Still A Buy At $1,000?

Sam Quirke

Back at the start of 2020, few on Wall Street could have imagined that shares of Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) would be trading above $1,000 by the time Q4 rolled around.

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Has Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Bottomed Out?
November 19, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Has Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Bottomed Out?

Sam Quirke

Semiconductor Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has certainly had a tough 2020. They’ve ceded ground to top competitors, lost investor’s confidence, and watched their shares fall nearly 40% from decade highs

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Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Continues To Plough Ahead
November 18, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Continues To Plough Ahead

Sam Quirke

A small but mighty 0.5% move to the north on Wednesday was enough to make shares of construction giant Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) one of the better performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Index.

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Boeing (NYSE: BA) Cleared For Takeoff
November 18, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Boeing (NYSE: BA) Cleared For Takeoff

Sam Quirke

After trading mostly sideways for the past five months, shares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) finally started to look ready to break out to the upside after Wednesday’s session.

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The Cheesecake Factory Continues to Look Appetizing (NASDAQ: CAKE)
November 16, 2020 11:00 PM ET

The Cheesecake Factory Continues to Look Appetizing (NASDAQ: CAKE)

Sam Quirke

The same is true for restaurant stocks, with shares of the California based Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) already seeing a strong bid.

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Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) Impresses Wall Street With 70% Run In First Month Public
November 15, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) Impresses Wall Street With 70% Run In First Month Public

Sam Quirke

After 17 years in the business, big data firm Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) finally went public at the end of September. It’s been a while coming but has certainly paid off big already

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Is Now The Time To Buy Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)?
November 12, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Is Now The Time To Buy Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)?

Sam Quirke

There were plenty of stocks stuck in industries that were just about treading water and trudging along. In the financial services sector, Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)

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Levi’s (NYSE: LEVI) Continues To Impress
November 11, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Levi’s (NYSE: LEVI) Continues To Impress

Sam Quirke

It’s been a solid start to Q4 for shares of denim king Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), who have rallied close to 40% in just the past 6 weeks. Prior to that they’d been trading sideways since June and well below their pre-COVID levels

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Everyone Should Own Some Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM)
November 11, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Everyone Should Own Some Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM)

Sam Quirke

A 5.4% jump in Wednesday’s session was enough to make shares Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) one of the standout performers in US equities

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Fresh Upgrades To Beleaguered Stocks As Vaccine Hopes Rise
November 9, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Fresh Upgrades To Beleaguered Stocks As Vaccine Hopes Rise

Sam Quirke

Unsurprisingly, many individual names that have been hit hard by the coronavirus just got a whole lot more attractive.

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SQ (NYSE: SQ) Looks Set For A Record Q4
November 8, 2020 11:00 PM ET

SQ (NYSE: SQ) Looks Set For A Record Q4

Sam Quirke

It’s not often you see a $90 billion company top EPS estimates by 100% in their quarterly earnings report but that’s exactly what fintech payments provider Square (NYSE: SQ) was able to do last week.

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Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) Vs Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN); Which Should You Buy?
November 5, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) Vs Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN); Which Should You Buy?

Sam Quirke

With investors less than impressed with Alibaba’s most recent numbers, is there more opportunity to be had from the likes of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)? Or is it merely a little bump on their seemingly continuous march higher?

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Prop 22 Clears The Way For A Fresh Uber (NYSE: UBER) Rally
November 4, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Prop 22 Clears The Way For A Fresh Uber (NYSE: UBER) Rally

Sam Quirke

This is particularly pertinent for ride-sharing apps like Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) who’s combined 5 million-odd drivers have always operated on a contractor basis.

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Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA) Works Hard To Break Its Down Trend
November 3, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA) Works Hard To Break Its Down Trend

Sam Quirke

Since hitting all-time highs more than five years ago, it’s been death by a thousand cuts for shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), the $30 billion pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesaler.

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Mohawk (NYSE: MHK) Surprises Everyone And Leads The S&P 500
November 2, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Mohawk (NYSE: MHK) Surprises Everyone And Leads The S&P 500

Sam Quirke

While most of the market’s attention this week has been fixed on digesting polling numbers for the US election, Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK) has quietly been putting in a serious shift.

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Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) Ready To Stretch Its Legs
November 1, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) Ready To Stretch Its Legs

Sam Quirke

A 3% jump on Friday was enough to put Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) shares within a couple of cents of their 52 week high as well as their highest level since 2007’s all-time highs.

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Get Ready To Buy The Dip In Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI)
October 29, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Get Ready To Buy The Dip In Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI)

Sam Quirke

Sometimes Wall Street and investors alike are left scratching their heads when a stock falls. In the case of video game giant Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI)

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