One of the sources of a lot of conversation among talking heads and market analysts in general lies around the “reopening” concept. This theme has been pretty constant for most of the year, even as COVID variants – omicron is just the latest – have extended the health crisis well into 2022, with some experts […]
Read MoreOne of the fairly consistent themes of 2021 has been the impact of the global pandemic on different pockets of the economy. While everybody is anxious to look past the days of social isolation, quarantine and shelter-in-place requirements at the early stages of the crisis, and talk about seeing life get “back to normal,” the […]
Read MoreThe Consumer Discretionary sector includes stocks that cover a wide variety of the Retail industry. Because there are so many retail companies that offer different products to consumers, it’s hard to pinpoint any kind of specific niche. In the sporting goods category, there were significant challenges even before COVID-19 became a global pandemic. Declining revenues […]
Read MoreUncertainty in the financial markets, and in the economy is usually considered a bad thing, because it makes things more difficult and stressful for everybody. Even though the major market indices have been pushing to new all-time highs for the last month, for example, there is still plenty of concern about the pace of inflationary […]
Read MoreAmong the interesting trends I have been watching for most of the last two years, and that have emerged at least in part as a practical response to the global health crisis we continue to struggle with has been a shift in consumer focus towards health, wellness and fitness. Given the constant messaging about personal […]
Read MoreOne of the sources of a lot of conversation among talking heads and market analysts in general lies around the “reopening” concept. With social and business restrictions easing across the United States, many of the activities we all enjoyed prior to the global pandemic are coming back into a vogue. This seems to have remained […]
Read MoreAmong the interesting trends I have been watching for most of the last two years, and that have emerged at least in part as a practical response to the global health crisis we continue to struggle with has been a shift in consumer focus towards health, wellness and fitness. Given the constant messaging about personal […]
Read MoreI find it interesting that even when conditions are uncertain, there are companies in normally cyclical industries that find new ways to succeed. Sometimes that is planned, and sometimes it happens to be the opportunistic happenstance of being in just the right place at the right time. Some of the most obvious examples of what […]
Read MoreOver the last year or so, it has been interesting to see a number of normally unremarkable, under-the-radar stocks get a lot of attention in the marketplace for different reasons. Earlier this year, the so-called “meme stocks” were getting a lot of buzz, as investors used social media platforms like Reddit to compare notes about […]
Read MorePlus, Virgin Galactic shares are up after the company announced it is reopening ticket sales for its space flights, Novavax said it is delaying submission to the FDA for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine until the fourth quarter, and Levi Strauss is breaking into the athletic apparel industry in purchasing Beyond Yoga.
Read MorePlus, SolarEdge delivered an earnings beat, PepsiCo said it is selling its Tropicana and other North American juice brands to French private equity firm PAI Partners for $3.3 billion, and DHL is buying 12 electric cargo plans from Eviation for U.S. deliveries.
Read MorePlus, Gap’s Athleta brand is launching a workout and wellness platform, Tesla is reportedly moving its showrooms out of malls, and ride sharing app Swvl is going public via a reverse merger with a SPAC.
Read MoreThese are the 2 stocks to watch in the athleisure and workout sector now. The back to school season could give 1 of these stocks a boost, while the other’s technical picture looks ripe for short-term gains.
Read MoreThe past year and a half has provided a lot of interesting case studies not only in how corporations have evolved to survive and get by, but also in how consumer behaviors and trends have shifted. Broad-based shutdowns that shuttered businesses all over the U.S. at the beginning of the pandemic sent people home for […]
Read MorePlus, Virgin Galactic shares skyrocketed after the FAA granted the company the license it needs to fly passengers on future spaceflights, Microsoft unveiled its Windows 11 operating system, and Google announced it is pushing back its timeline to kill third-party tracking cookies to 2023.
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