bjdlzx Headwater Exploration (OTCPK:CDDRF) is a Clearwater (pure play) Canadian heavy oil producer (that reports in Canadian dollars). Management is expanding into other areas as the production grows. But the clear strategy is very profitable heavy oil production. The growth story appears to be improving as management raised the capital expenditures and the guidance for…
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Intro We last wrote about Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) in February of 2023 when we rated the freight & logistics company a ‘Hold’. In hindsight (as confirmed by PBI’s technicals below), the ‘Hold’ rating was the right call as shares are basically ‘flat’ since our commentary over fourteen months ago….
bankerwin Welcome to another installment of our Preferreds Market Weekly Review, where we discuss preferred stock and baby bond market activity from both the bottom-up, highlighting individual news and events, as well as top-down, providing an overview of the broader market. We also try to add some historical context as well as relevant themes that…
Andrey Semenov Earnings Preview No one on Wall Street predicted the meteoric rise of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) thus far in 2024. Super Micro closed the first day of trading in January of 2023 at $83.86 and closed December 31st, 2023 at $284.26. The stock closed the year up 238.97%. Little did we all know…
Monty Rakusen Dear readers/followers, If you’ve followed my work to any extent over the past few years, you know that I’m a big investor in many areas that other investors shun – one of them is cyclical commodities, including metals – both precious and semi-precious. Copper is one of them. I invest both In European…
Charday Penn/E+ via Getty Images It has been over 4 years since my last CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) article when I was hesitant about gathering a heavy CRSP position due to the ticker’s premium valuation, volatility, and the company’s young pipeline. Yet, I was optimistic about the company’s prospects of their expansive pipeline, and partnerships. Despite…
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elevator Pitch Mazda Motor Corporation (OTCPK:MZDAY) [7261:JP] shares are assigned a Buy investment rating. In my January 2, 2024, initiation article, I wrote about MZDAY’s sales outlook for the China market and the company’s electrification transition. My decision is to revise my rating for Mazda Motor from a Hold previously…
“What underpins a world order is always the financial system. We are on the brink of a dramatic change where we are about to, and I’ll say this boldly, abandon the traditional system of money and accounting and introduce a new one. And the new one is what we call blockchain. It means digital. It…
NicoElNino/iStock via Getty Images Thesis The BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:NEAR) is a fixed income exchange traded fund. We have covered this name before extensively, with the last article dealing with the mandate change for the fund: On September 29, 2023, iShares filed to change the investment policy and fund name for the BlackRock…
We Are How should your approach to portfolio management change as you age, especially as you near retirement? Kathryn Del Greco, Senior Investment Advisor with TD Wealth, speaks with MoneyTalk’s Kim Parlee about the importance of having goals and time horizons when making investment decisions. Transcript Kim Parlee – How should your approach to investing…
cemagraphics The S&P 500 (SPY) worked its way to another new all-time high of 5189 this week, just above the Fibonacci target of 5179 outlined in my last article. To be honest, I nearly shut down my screens early on Friday as it surged higher – after all, 16 out of the last 18 weekly…
bin kontan/iStock via Getty Images Uniswap (UNI-USD) is a protocol and token that I’ve covered a few times for Seeking Alpha over the last couple of years. The protocol is the leading decentralized exchange, or DEX, in the crypto market and has integrations with 13 different EVM blockchains including Ethereum (ETH-USD), Aribtrum (ARB-USD), Polygon (MATIC-USD),…
Nemes Laszlo/iStock via Getty Images Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) has been one of my favorite growth stocks over the past several years. In fact, REGN is one of my “Top Ideas” in the Compounding Healthcare investing group on Seeking Alpha. Yet, I have never published a premium article covering Regeneron for Seeking Alpha despite all of…
Sean Anthony Eddy Introduction Two events have reshaped the economics of financial exchange management. First, the death of LIBOR revealed the exposure of futures exchange major markets to sudden death due to futures exchanges’ lackadaisical attitude resulting in their failure to protect the viability of the spot markets used to settle their important futures contracts….
gerenme Introduction This article explains why existing securities exchanges fail to compete. It examines new tactics and products that would make inter-exchange competition a reality. Finally, and most importantly, it shows why an ambitious broker-dealer might be motivated to build a new exchange that might be called ENEX. Why Securities Exchanges Do Not Compete The…
Slimoche Written by Ophir Gottlieb Lede We reiterate our bullish (but speculative) stance on Jumia but note bankruptcy risk. This is not an investment for everyone. The CEO, Francis Dufay, has a clear plan, but more importantly, is executing on that plan impeccably well. Our faith in Jumia is a reflection of our faith in…
HeliRy Note: I have covered Top Ships Inc. (NASDAQ:TOPS) previously, so investors should view this as an update to my earlier articles on the company. Following no less than twelve reverse stock splits over the past 15 years, the majority of Greece-based tanker operator Top Ships’ legacy equity holders have long been diluted to zero…
Don’t worry, this isn’t an article to either espouse or attack the current global climate change agenda. Debating whether the earth will perish in a few years or not isn’t my plan. While not only being a believer and investor in the Bitcoin echo-system, I am also an avid supporter of start-ups and innovators supporting…
Zerbor This article series aims at evaluating ETFs (exchange-traded funds) regarding the relative past performance of their strategies and metrics of their current portfolios. Reviews with updated data are posted when necessary. FTQI strategy and portfolio First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF (NASDAQ:FTQI) is an actively managed fund launched on 1/6/2014. It currently holds a…
Introduction People used to own real estate because of its utility value, which is characterised by the fact that you can live in it or use it for production. Today, however, it serves the world as the primary asset for storing value. A former function of money that is no longer possible due to decades…
AvigatorPhotographer Note: I have covered Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS, NASDAQ:PXSAP, PXSAW) previously, so investors should view this as an update to my earlier articles on the company. Two months ago, I downgraded shares of small, Greece-based product tanker operator Pyxis Tankers or “Pyxis” due to corporate governance and capital allocation concerns after the company surprisingly decided…
onurdongel Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) has had a quiet time since the Army Corps was ordered to come up with a new study on the effects of the DAPL pipeline. That has led more than a few investors to think that the issue died away and there was nothing left to it. In another words, Energy…
franckreporter Investment Briefing The hold rating on Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ:VREX) in the June publication turned out to be a frugal call. The stock has turned sharply and now sells 17% to the downside since then. Equity benchmarks continue to trade higher on aggregate, and those names without the business returns to support the case…
Klaytn is expanding its offerings to focus on the tokenization of real-world assets like jewelry and real estate on its blockchain. Klaytn Foundation, the entity responsible for the enterprise blockchain platform Klaytn, has announced its intention to use blockchain technology to drive positive social change. The Foundation aims to improve financial penetration in Asia and…
SingularityNET’s partnership with VeChain is one of many cases where blockchain is being integrated with AI. Artificial intelligence firm SingularityNET and blockchain firm VeChain have announced a collaboration that may reduce carbon emissions. VeChain declared the strategic partnership on August 24. How the Partnership with SingularityNET Will Pan Out Per the announcement, the firms will…