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Nike Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down
August 18, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Nike Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down

Sam Quirke

A 1.24% move north during Tuesday’s session was enough to make shares of Nike (NYSE: NKE) the best performer on the Dow Jones while also giving them their highest-ever closing price

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Salesforce Rallies Into Earnings
August 18, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Salesforce Rallies Into Earnings

Sam Quirke

This in turn has fed business through to other ancillary tech companies like Salesforce (NASDAQ: CRM), whose cloud based customer relationship management platform is in hot demand

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Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM) Resumes Drive Towards All-Time Highs
August 17, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM) Resumes Drive Towards All-Time Highs

Sam Quirke

A 7% jump in Monday’s session was enough to make Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM) one of the top performers in the S&P 500 and put its share within 3% of their all-time closing high.

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Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) Is a Good Recovery Play
August 17, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) Is a Good Recovery Play

Sam Quirke

Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), and Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) watch their shares languish near multi-year if not all-time lows, shares of discount department store Ross (NASDAQ: ROST) continue to undo Q1’s damage.

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After Quadrupling So Far This Year, Is Tesla Still A Buy?
August 16, 2020 11:00 PM ET

After Quadrupling So Far This Year, Is Tesla Still A Buy?

Sam Quirke

After a 25% pullback from last month’s all-time highs, investors might have been starting to think that Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares were going to cool off for a while.

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Autodesk Struggles To Break Resistance - Pullback Coming?
August 13, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Autodesk Struggles To Break Resistance - Pullback Coming?

Sam Quirke

hares of engineering software giant Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) find themselves now in the middle of August. Like many other tech names out there, they caught the wave of risk-on sentiment that bought into innovation in the aftermath of March’s crash.

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Is American Eagle About To Take Off?
August 12, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Is American Eagle About To Take Off?

Sam Quirke

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) came into the coronavirus pandemic already on the back foot. Shares had fallen more than 50% from July 2018 through the start of the year

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Tough Road Ahead For Lyft And Uber
August 12, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Tough Road Ahead For Lyft And Uber

Sam Quirke

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for ride-hailing apps Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) and Uber (NYSE: UBER). After steadying the ship from a horrendous first half of the year

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American Express Tries To Get Out Of Slump
August 11, 2020 11:00 PM ET

American Express Tries To Get Out Of Slump

Sam Quirke

At one point during Tuesday’s session, shares of American Express (NYSE: AXP) were up more than 4% and one of the top performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Index.

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3 REITs To Add To Your Portfolio In Q3
August 11, 2020 11:00 PM ET

3 REITs To Add To Your Portfolio In Q3

Sam Quirke

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are excellent ways for investors to add some real estate exposure to their portfolio without having to take on a multi-year mortgage and landlord responsibilities.

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Buy Pinterest Stock Even At All Time Highs
August 11, 2020 4:15 AM ET

Buy Pinterest Stock Even At All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

Like many other tech companies that fall into the internet / social media/e-commerce industry buckets, Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) has done well out of the coronavirus.

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Wynn Working Hard To Get Back To Winning Ways
August 10, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Wynn Working Hard To Get Back To Winning Ways

Sam Quirke

News of a coronavirus vaccine from Russia this morning was enough to send the S&P 500 index to all-time highs in pre-market trading and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) up more than 4%.

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Is Apple Stock Starting To Look Frothy?
August 6, 2020 4:00 AM ET

Is Apple Stock Starting To Look Frothy?

Sam Quirke

Shares of Silicon Valley giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have been on an absolute tear this summer, posting more than a 100% rally off Q1’s lows

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Palo Alto Networks Is Still A Buy Even At All Time Highs
August 5, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Palo Alto Networks Is Still A Buy Even At All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

Like many other tech names in recent months, shares of Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) have come out of the coronavirus pandemic better than ever, closing Wednesday’s session at another all-time high.

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Who Is The Mosaic Company And Why Did Stock Jump 16% Yesterday?
August 4, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Who Is The Mosaic Company And Why Did Stock Jump 16% Yesterday?

Sam Quirke

one company shone above all others and that was The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), the world's leading producer of phosphate and potash fertilizers for the agriculture industry.

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Under Armour Continues Slow Recovery
August 3, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Under Armour Continues Slow Recovery

Sam Quirke

At long last, beleaguered Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) has reported an earnings beat. It’s been a while but for once analysts have underestimated what the company was capable of.

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Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE): Space Remains Speculative
August 3, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE): Space Remains Speculative

Sam Quirke

After a two-month rally took shares up 500% through February of this year, investors got an idea of just what shares of spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) can do.

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3 ETFs To Own For The Rest Of The Year
August 2, 2020 11:00 PM ET

3 ETFs To Own For The Rest Of The Year

Sam Quirke

Here are three interesting ETFs that should continue to do well in a post COVID landscape. 

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Qualcomm Looks Ready To Rally For The Rest Of The Year
August 2, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Qualcomm Looks Ready To Rally For The Rest Of The Year

Sam Quirke

With an 80% rally off the lows of March already under its belt, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) could be forgiven for taking the foot off the gas as investors started to take some profits.

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Starbucks Set To Continue Recovery Into Q3
July 29, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Starbucks Set To Continue Recovery Into Q3

Sam Quirke

After falling 15% from post COVID highs set in June, shares of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are looking likely to not only retake those heights but to push on past them in the coming months

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PayPal Is A Buy No Matter What The Earnings Say
July 29, 2020 5:00 AM ET

PayPal Is A Buy No Matter What The Earnings Say

Sam Quirke

From January 2017 to January 2018, shares of Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) ran up 120%. Since March of this year, they’re up about the same.

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Biogen Is The Comeback Story To Watch
July 29, 2020 4:00 AM ET

Biogen Is The Comeback Story To Watch

Sam Quirke

With a seven-year trading range of $200 to $400 and every price in between, shares of Massachusetts based Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) know exactly what it’s like to be a biotech company

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Where To Now For Intel?
July 27, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Where To Now For Intel?

Sam Quirke

It’s been a tough year so far for shares of technology giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). They had just broken above the $60 mark for the first time and were powering into all-time highs when COVID-19 wrecked equities in Q1.

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Bounces Into Earnings
July 27, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Bounces Into Earnings

Sam Quirke

With a 5% bounce during Monday’s session, shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) halted and for the most part undid a 10% slide from the past two weeks.

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