(Bloomberg) — Retail traders on platforms including Robinhood are reminiscent of the day traders of 1999 and 2000 — and “it’s a little bit frightening,” short-seller Jim Chanos said. Most ...
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How One Hedge Fund Manager Is Using The Retail Investing Frenzy To Turn A Profit
Retail investors have become a force to be reckoned with over the past few years, but what does the dramatic increase in retail activity mean for hedge funds and other institutional investors? Moez Ka...
Kohl’s Stock Surges as Retailer Feels Pressure From 2 Possible Suitors
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s shares surged more than 28% in premarket trading Monday following reports the retailer could be fielding takeover offers from two suitors. The Wall Street...
20 Years On From ‘Minority Report’, Are We Living In Spielberg’s Vision Of A Retail Future?
Tom Cruise runs in a scene from the film ‘Minority Report’, 2002. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images In preparing for the sci-fi movie “Minority Report” (rel...
Starboard-Backed Acacia Research Makes $9 Billion Bid for Kohl’s. What to Know.
Text size Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Activist hedge fund Starboard Value is behind a group that made a $9 billion bid for department-store operator Kohl’s , according to a report. The bidding...
Opinion: Peloton’s stock price is disconnected from reality, and it will fall below $15 before hitting bottom
We have been recommending that investors short Peloton since October 2020. Even after falling 76% in 2021 and continuing to drop this month, Peloton’s valuation remains disconnected from the reality o...
A $500 Billion Market In 2022 As Amazon, Google, Facebook, TikTok Jump In?
Livestream shopping is projected to rake in a massive $480 billion in China this year, according to eMarketer, but only $11 billion in the United States, according to Foresight Research. That could ch...
Fastenal and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week
Text size Fastenal increased its quarterly dividend by 11%. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fastenal , Consolidated Edison , and J.B. Hunt Transport Services were among the U.S. companies that declared divide...
Chips may be sold out for 2022 thanks to shortage, but investors are worried about the end of the party
The global semiconductor shortage, sparked by pandemic-influenced demand spikes, reportedly led to a near-sellout of 2022 chip supply before the year even started, but investors and analysts are conce...
PetSmart Deal To Go Public Could Trigger Dog-Eat-Dog Competition
Petsmart reportedly is in discussions to go public in a SPAC deal. Moment Editorial/Getty Images Is the world, or Wall Street, big enough for three publicly-traded big dogs in the pet space? An invest...
Stash CEO says it’s an opportune time for retail investors to enter the crypto market
Brandon Kreig, the CEO of Stash, believe it is the perfect time for retail investors to invest in the crypto space. He said this during an interview earlier today, noting that Stash offers investors a...
Consumers Expect Retailers To Share Their Values
Young woman recycling used clothing getty COVID-19 will go down in history as a global catastrophe — like the start of World War II — that ignited a sudden shift in how we see ourselves in relation to...
Alibaba Stock and JD.com Are Outperforming Apple and Tesla. Here’s Why.
Text size Shares in Chinese tech giants Alibaba and JD.com are rising after China cut rates. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images It’s a good day for Chinese tech stocks. While the wider U.S.-listed tech...
Vinco Ventures Stock Takes Breather After Retail Trading Frenzy
Vinco Ventures Inc (NASDAQ:BBIG) was last seen down 20.8% at $4.11, taking a step back from yesterday’s 27.5% surge. Tuesday’s session marked BBIG’s largest jump since late-August, t...
Bitcoin Rebounds Past $42K Amid Increasing Bond Yields and Spike in Retail Interest
According to a TradingView chart, Bitcoin (BTC) rebounds from intraday lows of $41,138 to reach highs of $42,528 seen at press time. The altcoin market was also showing signs of recovery as tokens suc...
Johnson & Johnson’s got a new CEO and a plan to split the company in two. Here’s what else to expect out of J&J’s earnings
Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.31% has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies, given its early slot in the earnings calendar and a business model that spans everything f...
The Opportunity And The Danger Of Artificial Intelligence At Retail
When humans and machines work as one, will human values always triumph? getty If a crate of products is delivered to a store and left in the back room rather than unpacked and put on the shelf, an all...
Brace for a volatile 2022, but cling to this tech stalwart when the storm comes, says investment adviser
The pain is piling up for equity investors after the long U.S. holiday weekend, with bond yields at levels not seen since early 2020, and oil prices tapping 2014 highs. The pace of Federal Reserve mon...
NZD/USD forms bearish flag pattern as NZ retail sales jump
The NZD/USD pair tilted upwards after the latest New Zealand retail sales data. It is trading at 0.6780, which was slightly above Tuesday’s low of 0.6755. It is still about 9% below the highest level ...
Retail Giant Walmart Files Trademarks for Its Own NFT Marketplace and Cryptocurrency
New trademark documents indicate retail giant Walmart is interested in joining the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the retail...
Amazon Scraps Plan to Stop Accepting Visa’s U.K. Credit Card
Text size British shoppers will continue to be able to shop on Amazon with their Visa credit cards. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amazon.com will continue to accept Visa credit cards in the U.K., the e...
Monday’s worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 are down as much as 42% for 2022
Monday’s stock-market decline accelerated, and a closer look at the day’s worst performers highlighted painful double-digit year-to-date drops. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.92% was down a...