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With cyberattacks and fears surging in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, security software stocks are buzzing. But managing rapid growth brings its own challenges, and investor sentiment can get ahead of itself in such cases.  Take CrowdStrike for example.  While CrowdStrike  (CRWD) – Get CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Report beat expectations for…

Jeff Bezos became a billionaire and one of the richest men in the world as the founder and long-time CEO of Amazon  (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report. He held that chair until July 2021 when he stepped aside to spend more time focused on his space company, Blue Origin. His replacement, Andy Jassy, may…

In a boxing match, both opponents know that each round may be the last. But they often assume that the first rounds are moments of observation to try to destabilize the adversary; see if the lessons learned from the sparring partner were the right ones. Both opponents also know that if they take a violent…

It hasn’t been a bed of roses for short-sellers lately. Over the past couple of weeks, “shorties” have been crushed by a fast and furious market rally. As TheStreet’s James “Rev Shark” Deporre often notes, the biggest bounces tend to occur in the worst markets. “That is one of the main things that can make…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline In her first Tesla sales since January, famed stock picker Cathie Wood, the CEO of investment firm Ark Invest, has offloaded a massive stake in the electric vehicle maker helmed by Elon Musk over the past week, dumping more than $200 million in shares to instead splurge on…

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric  (FFIE) – Get Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. Report was long seen as the electric vehicle maker that would challenge Tesla’s  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report dominance. The company has even embraced the title of Tesla’s No. 1 competitor.  It is clear that the two groups no longer seem to play in…

We’re all tired of hearing about rising gas costs but, unfortunately, the inflation is affecting many aspects of our daily lives. Driving is expensive, food delivery is (more) expensive and those who don’t own a car but take regular Ubers  (UBER) – Get Uber Technologies, Inc. Report or Lyfts  (LYFT) – Get Lyft, Inc. Class A Report also…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin The wreckage of an Su-34 in Ukraine. Photo via Oryx blog The Sukhoi Su-34 was supposed to change the Russian air force. The twin-engine, twin-seat, supersonic fighter-bomber—a highly-evolved variant of the Su-27 air-superiority fighter—promised to usher in a new era of high-tech, precision bombing. Instead, the Su-34s have…

Elon Musk speaks at the opening of Tesla’s new electric car plant near Gruenheide, Germany. Getty Images Tesla may be the top-selling electric vehicle brand but in California, its biggest market in the U.S., the carmaker’s products have become too expensive for customers there to receive state rebates for non-polluting cars and trucks. The state’s…

The true enemy of the stock market isn’t inflation, it’s froth, Jim Cramer warned his Mad Money viewers Monday. That’s because froth only appears at the end of a rally, Cramer explained, and it always involves a lot of pain for shareholders. The markets are already down big from their November highs, and many speculative…