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CHIP GIANT INTEL (INTC) ANTES UP ON CHINA’s TENSIONS WITH TAIWAN
About a year ago, small e-truck maker Workhorse Group (WKHS) started popping up in conversations about “depot-based logistics”…
THE WAY BACK: CHINESE MEDIA GIANT iQIYI (IQ) LIVES TO STREAM AGAIN
About a year ago, small e-truck maker Workhorse Group (WKHS) started popping up in conversations about “depot-based logistics”…
The Year in Valuation: It’s “In” to Be Human
Pandemics change the way we act. They change the way we think. And, not surprisingly, economists are recalibrating how investors value the changes in our actions and thoughts. …
Ford (F) : The Tesla of Pickups
The business of making things – not virtual things, but real things made by traditional manufacturers – is suddenly brisk. So while pandemic-induced production freezes in durable goods cratered output, forecasters say demand was surprisingly steady.
The Decline and Fall of Online Travel: Airbnb (ABNB)
Airbnb’s lastest financial statements make great SciFi reading.
Generating Return: Generac Holdings (GNRC $192.50)
Noisy, low-tech internal combustion engines, rigged to generate emergency power in a blackout, have always caught the attention of the professional investor during a disaster.
The Hospital Glut: Tenet Healthcare (THC $28.45)
It was immediately clear that hospital-administered healthcare had no ready cure for Covid-19. Social distancing rules and general panic curtailed most elective medical procedures.
The Big Art Short: Museum Selloffs Pressure Art Valuations
What would it say about the business of sports if the owners of the New York Yankees, the Steinbrenner family, sold out?
Questions Worth Asking
About a year ago, small e-truck maker Workhorse Group (WKHS) started popping up in conversations about “depot-based logistics”…
Fine Dining Efficiencies:PAR Technology Group (PAR, $38.80)
Star celebrity chefs like Rene Redzepi, Wolfgang Puck, and Alain Ducasse, might make more modern and interesting dishes than the stuffy fare from classic chefs from a century ago.
A Copper-Plated Hedge: First Quantum Minerals (FM, $9.90)
Health concerns and changes in electric vehicles are giving ancient copper a modern luster.
Zoom To Go: Ricoh Theta (RICO $7.73)
Sometimes all that’s needed is a new world view. Case in point, Ricoh’s wonderfully clever Theta 360-degree imaging system.
The Decline & Fall of Online Travel: Booking Holdings (BKNG $1,746)
Online travel is beginning to resemble the ancient hero in Ryszard Kapuściński’s voyaging classic, Travels of Herodotus.
Vacuuming Up Semiconductors: LAM Research (LRCX $291.84)
Semiconductors have always been easy to make -- in a toxic, costly, and incredibly wasteful sort of way.
11 Million Shares of Exactly What?Essent Group (ESNT $38.88)
Since when did raising the money needed to ride out a rough patch indicate the rising tide of opportunity?
Zoom But For Construction:Trimble (TRMB)
It’s bittersweet fun watching The Office during the dead quiet COVID nights: Steve Carell’s glorious jerk-boss quip, “Why don’t you explain this to me like I’m five.”
Trouble in Dodge City: Student Dorm Bonds Flunk Pandemic Restructuring
It’s not just students who must tough it out through college these days.