Smart Investing Blog2023-08-31T12:12:29+00:00
308, 2023

PayPal’s Dismal Earnings Send Shares Down 11%: Is the Sell-Off Justified or Is This an Overreaction?

By |August 3rd, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

PayPal (PYPL) profits have been under scrutiny by analysts and shareholders alike for a few months now. And after the digital payment processing firm reported its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, it appears that concern was substantiated. Despite a strong forecast, the lackluster margins for PayPal resulted in a strong sell-off in Thursday morning’s trading session. Shares are down more than [...]

208, 2023

Uber Finally Has a Profitable Quarter, But Shares Slip Anyway…What Does This Mean for Investors?

By |August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

It’s been a tough few years for Uber (UBER) investors. But, the stock has been rallying for most of 2023 and looks to be back and better than ever. The latest company earnings represent a huge milestone - the company’s first profitable quarter. After years and years of investing in the business, Uber is finally in the green. The [...]

108, 2023

Is Cloudflare Ready To Bust Out of its 13-month Trading Range?

By |August 1st, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Cloudflare Inc. (NET), a NYSE-listed firm incorporated in 2009 and has headquarters in San Francisco.  It has a workforce of nearly 3,400, revenues of $1.05 billion, and a market-cap of $21.5 billion. The firm provides globally integrated cloud-based web security and content delivery services to customers in the following sectors: healthcare, technology, financial services, [...]

108, 2023

Palantir is Up 21% in the Last Week on AI Hype: is the Stock a Buy Ahead of Earnings Next Week?

By |August 1st, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

It seems as if every day there’s a new company cashing in on AI - and Palantir Technologies (PLRT) is the latest to join the frenzy. The hype around the company’s AI offerings is mounting ahead of next week’s second-quarter earnings report. The company is known for data analytics and has been working relentlessly to build an “AI fortress” [...]

108, 2023

Should You Buy Stocks When They Are Down? The Art of Bottom Fishing Stocks

By |August 1st, 2023|Categories: Market Timing|Tags: , , |

Chances are, you’re familiar with the old adage that successful investing is as simple as "buy low, sell high". This principle forms the cornerstone of a strategy known as bottom fishing stocks, where the focus is to buy stocks at their lowest valley with an anticipation of selling them when they crest.  But should you buy stocks when they are [...]

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