Month: September 2020

mRNA specialist Moderna (MRNA) is among the leading players in the race to be first to market with a COVID-19 vaccine and the market has been kind in return. Overall, the stock is up 254% year-to-date. According to Needham analyst Alan Carr, the market is not the only space where Moderna is performing well. After attending last week’s virtual R&D day, the analyst is encouraged by the progress across the company’s clinical programs. Moderna has several vaccines and therapeutics in the pipeline, with a focus on infectious diseases, oncology and rare diseases. The company presented encouraging initial data from its …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Ryan Cohen, the entrepreneur who built Chewy.com into a pet-supply giant and sold it for more than $3 billion, is now pitching GameStop Corp. on a lofty goal: becoming a true competitor to Amazon.com Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.After acquiring a nearly 10% stake in GameStop — making him the video-game retailer’s biggest individual investor — Cohen disclosed on Monday that he is holding talks with management and several board members. Cohen’s firm, RC Ventures, has expressed willingness to get more involved with the company in order “to produce the best results for all …read more […]

Here’s a question for you…
Will you ever see a blockbuster movie in the theater again?
Most likely, that answer is yes.
I’m willing to make the prediction that sometime in the future, we’ll all go to the movie theaters again and enjoy the next blockbuster Star Wars or Avengers movie.
But here’s where I think we’ll see a subtle change…
And if we act now, there’s a good chance we can profit off it.
You see, going forward, I think going to the movies will be a bigger eventthan it was before COVID-19.
In this new post-COVID-19 world, if you’re going to go through all the …read more […]

SMITHS FALLS, ON, Sept. 21, 2020 /CNW/ – Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) (“Canopy Growth” or “the Company”) today announced the voting results from its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held earlier today (the “Meeting”). …read more […]

Investing in property has been a well-known alternative to investing in stocks or bonds. One of the great benefits if you invest in property is that many investors are mortgage holders themselves. This gives them a sort of expertise in the asset already.
It’s also a good alternative to investments like annuities. That’s because you do not need to hold real etstate until a specific time to receive your principle back. This is another one of the benefits of investing in property.
So, the decision to invest in property may be right for you. However, how do you know the right …read more […]

Whole vs term life insurance: which one should you invest in? Income Expert Marc Lichtenfeld explains why he believes there’s a solid winner between the two.
It’s hard to believe it’s this time of year again. Where has the time gone?
No, I’m not talking about back to school, tight pennant races or the changing of the leaves.
It’s September, so that can mean only one thing – Life Insurance Awareness Month!
Do you have your decorations up yet?
I have been a life insurance customer for 20 years. After picking my jaw up off the floor, the first thing I did after my wife …read more […]

Stock futures were mixed Monday evening on the heels of another sharply negative day for US equities. The S&P 500 closed out the regular session lower for a fourth straight day, marking its longest losing streak since February. …read more […]

Colin Rusch, Oppenheimer Sr. Research Analyst, joined The Final Round to discuss what he is expecting out of Tesla’s highly anticipated battery day and his outlook for the stock. …read more […]

As the final quarter of 2020 approaches, so does the 2020/2021 flu season. As a result, the demand for COVID-19 testing is only expected to intensify, with those providing solutions set to be rewarded handsomely, according to Wall Street pros.Biocept (BIOC) is among those fighting the good fight against the deadly virus, offering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. These tests are used to directly detect the presence of an antigen, rather than the presence of the body’s immune response, or antibodies.On September 16, BIOC announced that it has received more than 35,000 COVID-19 specimens to-date, reflecting a roughly 14,000 increase …read more […]

The U.S. aviation regulator should require new cockpit procedures for Boeing Co’s 737 MAX to help pilots disable an erroneous stall alert that could be a serious distraction during mid-flight emergencies, major pilots unions said on Monday. The proposal about an erroneous “stick shaker” alert is among recommendations the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Allied Pilots Association submitted during a 45-day public comment period for proposed 737 MAX design and operating changes laid out last month by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The 737 MAX changes could pave the way for the FAA to …read more […]

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Monday improvements unveiled at the electric-car maker’s “Battery Day” event would not reach serious high-volume production until 2022. …read more […]