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The September slump on Wall Street took a turn for the worse yesterday, as stocks plunged on Monday in their worst sell-off since July. Even with a huge end-of-day bounce, the Dow Jones still closed down 1.7%, while the S&P 500 shed 1.6% and the Nasdaq tumbled 2.2%. Source: Shutterstock The catalyst? It wasn’t obvious.

Since biotechnology company Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ:SAVA) is working hard to fight Alzheimer’s disease, it might be surprising to know that the company has some harsh critics. There’s a lot of drama going on with Cassava, and SAVA stock traders need to be aware of the latest developments. Source: Atthapon Raksthaput / Shutterstock.com Just to give you

Epic Games has handed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) an epic defeat. Epic Systems, the maker of “Fortnite” and other popular games, launched a massive lawsuit against the company years ago for allegedly anticompetitive behavior. And, in a surprise to many observers, a judge largely agreed. Source: Shutterstock On Sept. 10, a judge ruled on the long-running Epic

Sentiment on Wall Street has taken a turn for the worse of late. Overall the bulls are still in control of the charts. However, the bears have recently made progress. The good news that it’s more to do with sentiment than actual fundamental deterioration in the macroeconomic conditions. This is my long way of saying

It’s all about the miles, sort of, with Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) stock popping 10% since yesterday on positive reports about its range. Source: ggTravelDiary / Shutterstock.com According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Lucid Air Dream edition can go 520 miles on one charge. That is 20% longer than Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), so that’s quite an

Will you invest with fear, or with guts and glory? That’s the billion-dollar question facing each and every Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) shareholder now as BABA stock continues to drift downward with no mercy. Source: Nopparat Khokthong / Shutterstock.com I can fully understand why some investors might want to avoid Alibaba and Chinese businesses altogether. It’s not about

If you are a contrarian investor, you may believe that Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) has underperformed the broader market in 2021  and is now an investment opportunity. In 2021, ROKU stock is down nearly 6% compared to gains of about 18% for the S&P 500. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Being a contrarian investor has

I’m all about finding the next big thing in the electric vehicle (EV) space to unseat Tesla (TSLA). Forget what’s big today. Capitalism is defined by creative destruction. Nothing lasts forever in an economy where we are all incentivized to always go bigger, do better, and be stronger. Just look at a list of the

Last weekend was the first weekend of the 2021-22 NFL season, and it looked a lot different than last year’s opening weekend. Source: sutadimages / Shutterstock New faces on new teams. Fans in the stadium. Ratings are back up. Oh, and everyone is suddenly betting. Sports betting volume over the first weekend of the NFL

I’ve been a fan of financial technology stocks for a long while. Up until recently the choices were a few, and pretty much limited to Visa (NYSE:V), MasterCard (NYSE:MA) or American Express (NYSE:AXP). During the last few years, two worthy competitors entered the arena: PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Square (NYSE:SQ). Even more recently, more companies like

There’s no getting around it: it’s all about that $15 resistance level for folks who own Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) shares. Frustratingly, OCGN stock bumped its head against that price point in February, and then again in May. Source: Shutterstock It’s a legitimate question: how are the buyers finally going to get a sustainable rally going? Without a

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) is a firm focused on urban air mobility. Bulls liken it to a combination of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Uber (NYSE:UBER) with the added bonus of using the atmosphere to avoid ground-based traffic congestion and terrain-induced obstacles. On paper, JOBY stock should be soaring given this appealing concept. Source: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com However,

The last story I wrote on Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) covered the company’s difficult, but largely successful transition to cloud computing from the traditional on-premise software business. The results have been mixed for ORCL stock so far. I last said, “So in order to adopt to the new technology standard, ORCL simply added cloud to the end

In the 1980s, the field of genetics surged in popularity. At the time, I’m sure there were many articles promising investors that genetics stocks were on the cusp of spectacular gains. Investors who were looking for short-term payoffs then were disappointed, but now, gene editing stocks look far more promising. Researching the genetic origin behind

The story of Hippo Holdings (NYSE:HIPO) stock had an inauspicious beginning. The homeowners insurance provider emerged from a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal that soured in the eleventh hour. Now, investors are wondering if HIPO stock is worth a buy. Source: MIND AND I / Shutterstock.com InvestorPlace’s own Robert Lakin did an excellent job

I’ll just say it point-blank. If a retiree asked me which stock he should pour his life savings into, I would recommend Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). Of course, you shouldn’t put your entire account into one stock – but if you had to do that, INTC stock is as good a pick as any. Source: dennizn / Shutterstock.com

Let’s be honest: some traders haven’t been too impressed with Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) in 2021. They were probably expecting MU stock to continue climbing like it did during the first quarter of the year, but it simply didn’t work out that way. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com A contributing factor to Micron’s challenges has been the

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) has been a pioneer in bringing streaming content to television (TV) sets. Yet after soaring more than 140% in 2020 and reaching a record high of $490.76 in July 2021, ROKU stock has also seen wild swings in 2021. Source: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.com For example, the stock was up around 17% in January, then down 18%

Earlier this year, investors piled into economic reopening and travel stock names. This made sense. The media was playing up the “Roaring 20s” narrative as it was hoped that rapid vaccination rates and a surging economy would lead to a summer of vacations, partying, and pent-up enthusiasm. Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) stock was one such

Every large enterprise would like the hybrid cloud salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) has built for itself. CRM stock is off 3% since the start of September. Source: Bjorn Bakstad / Shutterstock.com Salesforce has its own network of data centers but it’s far from being a Cloud Czar. Over the last 12 months Salesforce’ capital spending has been