Facebook ‘s privacy policies are under the microscope once again. Personal e-mails uncovered during an FTC investigation reveal Mark Zuckerberg knew of the company’s problematic privacy practices. Facebook stock still hasn’t been able to fully recover from the crash in the second half of 2018, which dragged the price from $218.62 down to $123.02. How…
JPMorgan: Risk is High After 10 Years of Bull Market
Between March 2000 and March 2009, JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors saw their holdings’ value decline by almost 78% as the stock fell from over $67 to less than $15 a share. The next ten years, on the other hand, have been a wonder to behold. JPM stock rose like a phoenix from its ashes,…
SERV Stock Sets the Stage for a 40% Tumble
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, founded in 1929, is a cleaning and pest control company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The company went public in 2014 and has delivered very generous returns for its shareholders since. SERV stock took off from $11.54 in August 2014 and climbed to as high as $56.50 earlier this month. A 390% total…
IAC Stock ‘s Future May Not Resemble its Past
InterActiveCorp. or IAC for short, is a $19 billion media and internet services company. It is the controlling shareholder of Match Group, which in turn operates Tinder – the online dating app. IAC stock was beaten down heavily during the Financial Crisis. In March 2009, IAC stock fell to $13.23 a share, down 92.3% from…
Humana Stock Bulls Haven’t Lost the Battle Yet
Humana (NYSE:HUM) climbed to an all-time high of $356 in early November 2018, following a rally from as low as $18.57 in March 2009. In less than ten years, the company rewarded the patience of its investors with a total return of over 1820%, not counting dividends. Unfortunately, the last six months were nothing like…
T Rowe Price Vulnerable After Fibonacci Encounter
Founded in 1937 and based in Baltimore, Maryland, T Rowe Price is one of the largest asset management companies in the world. At the end of Q1 2019 its assets under management stood at $1.11T. That is T for trillion. Besides, T Rowe Price is also a public company which is why it is of…
Momo Inc. – The Tinder of China Looks Promising
Based in Beijing, China, Momo Inc. operates a mobile-based social and entertainment platform. The company was founded in 2011 and became public in late-2014. The Tinder of China, as Momo is often referred to, first turned a profit in 2015 and has been enjoying strong earnings and revenue growth in the last three years. Momo…
TTD Stock: Don’t Let that 8-fold Surge Seduce You
The Trade Desk Inc. provides a self-service omni-channel software platform enabling clients to purchase and manage data-driven digital advertising campaigns. TTD stock is trading on NASDAQ since September 2016. In less than three years, the shares have surged from the IPO price of $28.75 to over $232 earlier this month. Early investors have managed to…
Mondi Group: Little Known Firm, Well Known Pattern
Even Mondi Group themselves acknowledge that not too many people have heard their name. “Our name may not be familiar to the public, but our products are” is written on the second page of the company’s 2018 annual report. Mondi, listed on the London Stock Exchange, is a global paper and packaging company, headquartered in…
Swedbank to Benefit from a Bullish Elliott Wave Cycle
It took Swedbank, one of Sweden’s biggest financial institutions, ten years to return to its pre-crisis glory. The stock rose from as low as SEK 14.70 in March 2009 to SEK 234 in February 2017 – less than SEK 2 below its February 2007 peak. And just when it looked like a new all-time high…
FOSL Stock Ready to Exceed Expectations?
In October 2013, Fossil Group had a market cap of roughly $7.5 billion. The watchmaker was enjoying record sales and profits, which was supposed to propel FOSL stock, then hovering above $130 a share, even higher. Fast-forward six years and the company is currently valued at less than $650 million with the shares barely above…
NASDAQ Bulls’ Resiliency has its Limitations
The NASDAQ 100 index closed at a new all-time high of 7826 last week, powered by strong Q1 earnings reports by Amazon and Microsoft, among others. The index is up by 650% from its 2009 low and by 884% since the bottom of the dot-com crash in October 2002. Looking at than phenomenal growth, one…
Bristol-Myers: Elliott Wave Setup can Double the Price
Bristol-Myers Squibb is in the process of acquiring Celgene in a $74 billion dollar cash-and-stock deal including debt. The deal faced opposition from hedge funds Wellington Management and Starboard Value, but ultimately gained shareholder approval on April 12th. Arbitrageurs, who aim to profit from the discrepancy between the market price and the deal closing price,…
UnitedHealth Stock Looks Strong Despite Uncertainty
Whether Obamacare is unconstitutional or not is up to the policy makers, but the uncertainty surrounding the matter caused a broad selloff in the healthcare sector. Cigna, Humana, CVS Health and UnitedHealth lost a significant chunk of their respective market caps after the DOJ sided with a December 2018 Texas district court ruling that the…
The Elliott Wave Pattern behind Disney ‘s 30% Gain
Depending on the amount of time a position is kept open, traders can be separated into three categories: scalpers, day traders and position traders. The third group is known for holding a position for weeks, months or more if required. That group was recently rewarded by the sharp surge in Walt Disney stock. A little…
