Articles for author: The whipping post

Why Figma's Stock Lost 26% Last Month

Key Points Figma’s stock fell 26.2% in September 2025, its second consecutive month of double-digit losses following the company’s August IPO. Despite two months of steep declines, Figma shares still trade well above the $33 IPO price at nearly $52 per share. The dramatic first-day IPO pop from $33 to $65.57 set up unrealistic expectations ...

Interesting F Put And Call Options For November 14th

Investors in Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) saw new options begin trading today, for the November 14th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the F options chain for the new November 14th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at ...

Why Alibaba Stock Climbed 32% in September

Key Points Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) was among the winners last night as the Chinese tech giant continued to benefit from investments in artificial intelligence, as investors increasingly see it as a winner in AI. Additionally, Founder Jack Ma has returned to the company’s headquarters, showing relations between him and Beijing have improved. Where to invest ...

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Leads Modest Gains as Markets Digest Government Shutdown

Data by YCharts The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) rose 0.06% to 6,715.35 on Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) added 0.39% to 22,844.05. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) gained 0.17% to 46,519.72. All three benchmarks ended higher despite the official start of a U.S. government shutdown, which added a layer of fiscal uncertainty to an ...

Is Spotify's CEO Change Just Musical Chairs for Investors?

Key Points Daniel Ek will remain Spotify’s executive chairman with control over strategy and capital allocation, making this more of a title change than a real transition. The new co-CEOs, Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström, have been with Spotify for nine years or more and served as co-presidents since 2023, ensuring continuity rather than change. ...

Understanding This Quiet Yet Powerful Catalyst for Amazon Stock Is Key to the Bull Thesis (Hint: It's Not AWS)

Key Points Amazon’s ad business is growing fast and quietly reshaping the company’s profit engine. Prime Video ads, retail search, and Amazon’s demand-side ad-buying platform give the company a unique flywheel. Advertising adds another long runway alongside Amazon Web Services. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is ...

Buy Nike Stock After Crushing Its Q1 Expectations?

Crushing expectations for its fiscal first quarter after market hours on Tuesday, Nike NKE stock spiked over +6% in today’s trading session. Despite weaker digital sales and ongoing challenges in China due to higher tariffs, Nike’s strong Q1 results were driven by a combination of favorable wholesale distribution, growth in its core North American segment, and ...

Notable ETF Outflow Detected – DGRW, FB, GD, ITW

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (Symbol: DGRW) where we have detected an approximate $261.8 million dollar outflow — that’s a 1.6% decrease week over week (from 186,950,000 to 184,000,000). Among the largest underlying components ...