30 10, 2023

Interactive Brokers Declines 15% After Reaching All-Time High on September 11. Is Now the Time to Step In?

By |2023-11-08T15:38:31+00:00October 30th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR), founded in 2007 and headquartered in Greenwich, CT, is a highly automated global broker that offers low-cost, seamless access to multiple assets, including stocks, options, futures, forex, commodities, bonds, crypto, mutual funds, and ETFs. It serves over two million clients, including individuals, institutions, introducing brokers, [...]

28 10, 2023

Understanding Bullish Leveraged ETFs – Part 2 (Inverse ETFs)

By |2023-12-07T19:49:16+00:00October 28th, 2023|Categories: ETF, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, VectorVest|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Last week, I reviewed leveraged bullish ETFs.  Now, I’ll focus on the polar opposite – bearish leveraged (inverse) equity ETFs.  In total, there are 162 equity leveraged ETFs valued at $71.6 billion with an average expense ratio of 1.02%. As a subset, inverse leveraged equity ETFs account for 67 [...]

27 10, 2023

Amazon’s AI-Fueled Earnings Send Shares 8% Higher: But is it Time to Buy This Stock?

By |2023-12-07T19:49:16+00:00October 27th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Amazon (AMZN) reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday and became the latest company to harness the power of AI to fuel growth. The e-commerce giant says that it is using AI for AWS (Amazon Web Services). CEO Andy Jassy says that the opportunity could manifest in tens of billions of dollars. The [...]

26 10, 2023

Mattel Surpasses Expectations in Q3 Earnings, But Falls 8%: 3 Reasons Why it May Be Time to Sell

By |2023-12-07T19:49:18+00:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Shares of Mattel (MAT) fell as much as 16% in pre-market trading Thursday morning, before settling at around an 8% loss when the market opened. This came after the toymaker shared its third-quarter earnings. The company beat out analyst expectations on the top and bottom line, reporting an EPS of $1.08 compared to the [...]

25 10, 2023

Visa Beats Earnings, Raises Dividend – Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold This Stock?

By |2023-12-07T19:49:21+00:00October 25th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Visa (V) reported 4th quarter earnings today that initially sent shares 2% lower. They have since rebounded and now sit about 1.5% higher than yesterday’s closing price.  This was a strange reaction to what was a fairly positive news cycle for the credit card company after beating earnings and raising dividends. The credit card [...]

23 10, 2023

Walgreens is Up 3% On Excitement Over New CEO & Bullish Outlook – VectorVest Still Says Sell

By |2023-12-07T19:49:26+00:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) started Monday morning trading strong with a 3% gain thus far. The stock has been battered in both the short and long term, but there is hope that new CEO Tim Wentworth will turn things around for the company. According to Lisa Gill, analyst at J.P. Morgan, today [...]

23 10, 2023

Perdocoe Education Corporation Jumps 70% in Past Year With a Recent Yearly High: Is Now the Time to Take a Position?

By |2023-11-08T15:40:42+00:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Perdocoe Education Corporation (PRDO) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered and incorporated in Schaumburg, Illinois in 1994 with 2,400 employees. It was formerly known as Career Education Corporation when the name was changed in January 2020.  The company offers postsecondary education to almost 34,000 individuals using three approaches: online, campus-based, [...]

21 10, 2023

Understanding Bullish Leveraged ETFs – Part 1

By |2023-10-16T17:15:21+00:00October 21st, 2023|Categories: ETF, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, VectorVest|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA In 2006, a handful of equity leveraged ETFs came to market.  And over the years the number has expanded to the current 154 with assets under management of $70.3 billion with an average expense ratio of 1.03%.  They come with various levels of leverage from 1.5, 2 and 3 [...]

20 10, 2023

Tesla Drops More Than 15% on Poor Earnings and Production Concerns: Time to Sell TSLA Stock?

By |2023-12-07T19:49:29+00:00October 20th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Tesla (TSLA) delivered earnings for the third quarter yesterday, sending shares more than 10% lower in a single day and reaching its lowest point in more than 2 months. The stock continued that trajectory into Friday’s trading session and is down 5% so far this morning. While revenue did climb 13% year over year [...]

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