Stocks

Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.”

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News Of KPMG Audit Triggers Spike In Wirecard Shares
News Of KPMG Audit Triggers Spike In Wirecard Shares
October 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Shares in digital payment company Wirecard went up almost 7 percent on Monday (Oct. 21), following news of an independent audit by KPMG. Bloomberg is...

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SmileDirectClub Shares Slide On New Consumer Protection Law
SmileDirectClub Shares Slide On New Consumer Protection Law
October 15, 2019  |  Markets

A new California law has sent shares of SmileDirectClub down 12.9 percent on Monday (Oct. 14) and its stock is now down 60 percent since...

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Airbnb Could Forego IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing
Airbnb Could Forego IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing
October 01, 2019  |  IPO

Home rental marketplace Airbnb is reportedly considering a direct listing instead of an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Bloomberg. The San...

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Potential US Investment Curbs Prompt Chinese Stock Losses
Potential US Investment Curbs Prompt Chinese Stock Losses
September 27, 2019  |  International

Shares of well-known Chinese companies, like Alibaba, JD.com and others, dropped sharply on Friday (Sept. 27) amid news that the United States might be curtailing...

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On-Demand Fitness Startup Peloton Pursues $8.2B Valuation 
On-Demand Fitness Startup Peloton Pursues $8.2B Valuation 
September 26, 2019  |  IPO

Fitness startup Peloton is hoping for an $8.2 billion valuation as it goes public, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Sept. 25). Under the PTON...

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Death Knell – Or Big Fizzle – For The High-Growth, Red-Ink IPO?
Death Knell – Or Big Fizzle – For The High-Growth, Red-Ink IPO?
September 06, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Are we witnessing the death knell for the IPO that is tied to high-growth, but money-losing, companies? Whether WeWork – specifically, the parent company We,...

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Zuora Faces Revenue Woes Due To Slow Integration, Poor Sales Execution
Zuora Faces Revenue Woes Due To Slow Integration, Poor Sales Execution
August 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As Zuora’s stock has fallen over the past year, one analyst is giving the company a neutral rating. Zuora provides companies with the tools to...

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Prime Day, Grocery Delivery Boost Walmart’s Q2 Performance
Prime Day, Grocery Delivery Boost Walmart’s Q2 Performance
August 15, 2019  |  Earnings

Walmart managed to come out ahead of analysts’ predictions across the board when it reported Q2 earnings earlier today (Aug. 15), with slight beats in...

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For Cryptos, Geopolitics And Liquidity Don’t Mix
For Cryptos, Geopolitics And Liquidity Don’t Mix
August 14, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Cryptos and liquidity do not go hand in hand, especially not where geopolitics is concerned. Conventional wisdom may hold that cryptos are the place to...

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