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Is Advanced Micro Devices the Latest Esports Player?
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ripped to a five-month high on news it may be getting into esports. Alphabet (GOOGL) announced it will use the actively traded company's chips in its new Stadia cloud-based video-game service. That could make AMD a key player in a...
Lyft IPO Coming Next Friday, Seeking About $2 Billion
It's official: Ride-hailing company Lyft (LYFT) will hold its initial public offering (IPO) next Friday, March 29. The six-year-old tech firm plans to raise about $2 billion dollars selling 30.77 million shares for $62 to $68. The information was listed this morning...
Market Keeps Levitating amid Nirvana Conditions
Stocks keep levitating to new highs for the year, riding a wave of Nirvana-like conditions. The S&P 500 2.9 rose percent between Friday, March 8, and Friday, March 15. Not only was it the biggest weekly advance since the end of November. The index also seemed to...
Uber IPO in Sight as Banks Line Up
Uber's initial public offering (IPO), one of the most anticipated deals in history, is drawing near. "Uber hires more IPO underwriters as it prepares to go public," read the Reuters headline last night. The timing is reportedly flexible, with the possibility of...
Why Stocks Move: Business Transformation
This post is part of a series about the catalysts for stock movements. It’s based on a series of talks at TradeStation’s Master Class learning sessions. Business changes over time, and companies need to keep up. This process creates...
What are FANG Stocks? Nasdaq Growth Names on the Move
Remember FANG stocks? Investors are flocking back to major technology stocks like Facebook (FB) today. The NYSE FANG+ index ($NYFANG) is up 2.7 percent in afternoon trading, its biggest gain since late January. That's driving a big rally in the Nasdaq-100. Meanwhile...
Retailers Rebound as Tech Traders Sell the News: Earnings This Week
The last week of earnings saw big rallies by old-fashioned retailers. Software companies also beat estimates, but failed to advance. Foot Locker (FL) led the charge by crushing consensus on its top and bottom lines. Same-store sales, a key metric showing the...
Chinese Tech Stocks Are Crushing the Nasdaq
Forget about trade wars. The big story with China this year may be the runaway rally in the country's technology sector. The Golden Dragon Index ($HXC) has surged 9 percent in the last month and is up 28 percent so far in 2019. That's more than twice the gains of the...
Waiting for Uber IPO? Here Comes Yandex
Everyone's waiting for Lyft and Uber to go public. Did you know Russia's top Internet stock is also active in the ride-sharing space? Last month, Yandex (YNDX) reported 216 percent revenue growth for its Taxi division as ridership more than doubled. The service...