Stock Market

Short-squeezes have been making headlines in stock trading as an increasingly popular phenomenon. A short squeeze occurs when investors who have bet against a company’s stock (by “shorting” it) are forced to buy back their shares to cut their losses. This sudden buying activity can lead to a surge in the stock’s price, causing a
Last week, I wrote that Troika Media (NASDAQ:TRKA) might be one of the most mispriced penny stocks of the year. The advertising firm’s fundamentals… and completely misunderstood balance sheet… meant that retail investors had likely found a 1,000% winner. In honesty, I also oversimplified matters by calling Troika Media a “surprisingly ordinary reverse merger.” What’s
Can Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) successfully compete with much bigger and more famous electric vehicle manufacturers? Recent results don’t look good for Lucid, and since the company isn’t ambitious in its EV production goal, financial traders should be cautious with LCID stock. As you may be aware, Lucid’s vehicles are so expensive that they don’t qualify for
Looking to ride the wave of excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI)? Now’s a great time to consider a share position in machine-learning software specialist C3.ai (NYSE:AI). Granted, some of the forceful movement in AI stock may be due to short covering. Yet, long-term investors should focus on C3.ai’s financial progress, which has been impressive. Sure, there
In last Sunday’s InvestorPlace Digest, I noted how InvestorPlace.com readers were shifting their focus away from growth stocks. SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) down 25%… Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) down 43%… Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) down 60%… Investors have seen this story before, most recently in 2022. And they’re not sticking around to get burned again. In its place, we’ve
Given Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) tendency to trade on not just fundamentals, but hype as well, going bearish on TSLA stock is a risky move. You may think that the electric vehicle maker’s shares are on the cusp of capitulation, only for the investing public to send shares significantly higher on moderately promising news. That’s exactly what
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is generating heat in the financial markets because of its investment in conversational/generative artificial intelligence (AI). As Microsoft threatens Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) search-engine dominance, MSFT stock will likely head higher throughout the year. In the 2020s, Microsoft can’t count on its Windows operating system to keep the company relevant. Machine learning is all the
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock is likely to move higher this year, and not only because the company is an e-commerce giant. For one thing, Amazon recently acquired a business that offers a range of healthcare services. Also, Amazon is engaged in a collaboration that will help developers conduct work related to artificial intelligence (AI) on the