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Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT)  Ready To Hit The Ground Running In January
December 20, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) Ready To Hit The Ground Running In January

Sam Quirke

There’s probably never been a better time to be a cybersecurity company, and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) can well attest to it after the year they’ve had.

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Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC): The Construction Company That's Hitting All Time Highs
December 20, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC): The Construction Company That's Hitting All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

A 4% jump in Friday’s session was enough to make shares of Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) among the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 index.

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It's RingCentral (NYSE: RNG) You Want In Your 2021 Portfolio, Not Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM)
December 17, 2020 11:00 PM ET

It's RingCentral (NYSE: RNG) You Want In Your 2021 Portfolio, Not Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM)

Sam Quirke

RingCentral (NYSE: RNG) is a cloud-based communications platform used by businesses to allow employees make and take calls from their computers. In other words, a textbook work-from-home stock at first glance.

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Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Looks In Great Shape To End The Year
December 16, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Looks In Great Shape To End The Year

Sam Quirke

A 4.4% jump in yesterday’s session was enough to make shares of social game developer Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) among the best performing of US equities.

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Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) Lines Up A Killer 2021 Plan
December 10, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) Lines Up A Killer 2021 Plan

Sam Quirke

It might have taken them a bit longer than expected to undo the damage done back in March but shares of fintech Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) are closing the gap fast.

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Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Fresh Round Of Funding Sends Shares Rallying
December 8, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Fresh Round Of Funding Sends Shares Rallying

Sam Quirke

Is there anything that can hold Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock down right now? Typically when a company raises more money from an additional stock offering, shares see some weakness creep in as their value is diluted

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Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) Gets Ready For A Fresh Rally
December 7, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) Gets Ready For A Fresh Rally

Sam Quirke

Despite raising plenty of fanfare prior to its IPO in October 2018, shares of Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) were effectively carried into 2020 on a stretcher.

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Buy Square (NYSE: SQ) For The 2021 Recovery Play
December 6, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Buy Square (NYSE: SQ) For The 2021 Recovery Play

Sam Quirke

As if they hadn’t been performing well enough this year already, shares of mobile payment company Square (NYSE: SQ) have been on a fresh rally to all-time highs since reporting Q3 earnings a month ago

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Why Is Wall Street So Excited About Asana (NYSE: ASAN)?
December 3, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Why Is Wall Street So Excited About Asana (NYSE: ASAN)?

Sam Quirke

Piper Sandler’s upgrade earlier this week to shares of Asana (NYSE: ASAN) made it three months in a row that the task management cloud platform has received laudits from Wall Street.

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Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Lining Up For A Killer December and Q1
November 30, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Lining Up For A Killer December and Q1

Sam Quirke

That’s the reality for investors of San Francisco bank Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), whose stock has just had its best month of the year and looks on track to finish out 2020 on a strong note.

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Get Ready To Buy The Dip With Best Buy (NYSE: BBY)
November 27, 2020 4:45 AM ET

Get Ready To Buy The Dip With Best Buy (NYSE: BBY)

Sam Quirke

For a while now Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the $30 billion electronics retailer, has been pinned as one of the better-performing retailers in 2020, a year that has forced many to adapt or die.

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Is Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) Still A Buy At $1,000?
November 22, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Is Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) Still A Buy At $1,000?

Sam Quirke

Back at the start of 2020, few on Wall Street could have imagined that shares of Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) would be trading above $1,000 by the time Q4 rolled around.

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The Cheesecake Factory Continues to Look Appetizing (NASDAQ: CAKE)
November 16, 2020 11:00 PM ET

The Cheesecake Factory Continues to Look Appetizing (NASDAQ: CAKE)

Sam Quirke

The same is true for restaurant stocks, with shares of the California based Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) already seeing a strong bid.

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Is Now The Time To Buy Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)?
November 12, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Is Now The Time To Buy Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)?

Sam Quirke

There were plenty of stocks stuck in industries that were just about treading water and trudging along. In the financial services sector, Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW)

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Levi’s (NYSE: LEVI) Continues To Impress
November 11, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Levi’s (NYSE: LEVI) Continues To Impress

Sam Quirke

It’s been a solid start to Q4 for shares of denim king Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), who have rallied close to 40% in just the past 6 weeks. Prior to that they’d been trading sideways since June and well below their pre-COVID levels

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Fresh Upgrades To Beleaguered Stocks As Vaccine Hopes Rise
November 9, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Fresh Upgrades To Beleaguered Stocks As Vaccine Hopes Rise

Sam Quirke

Unsurprisingly, many individual names that have been hit hard by the coronavirus just got a whole lot more attractive.

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SQ (NYSE: SQ) Looks Set For A Record Q4
November 8, 2020 11:00 PM ET

SQ (NYSE: SQ) Looks Set For A Record Q4

Sam Quirke

It’s not often you see a $90 billion company top EPS estimates by 100% in their quarterly earnings report but that’s exactly what fintech payments provider Square (NYSE: SQ) was able to do last week.

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Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) Vs Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN); Which Should You Buy?
November 5, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) Vs Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN); Which Should You Buy?

Sam Quirke

With investors less than impressed with Alibaba’s most recent numbers, is there more opportunity to be had from the likes of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)? Or is it merely a little bump on their seemingly continuous march higher?

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Prop 22 Clears The Way For A Fresh Uber (NYSE: UBER) Rally
November 4, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Prop 22 Clears The Way For A Fresh Uber (NYSE: UBER) Rally

Sam Quirke

This is particularly pertinent for ride-sharing apps like Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) who’s combined 5 million-odd drivers have always operated on a contractor basis.

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Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) Ready To Stretch Its Legs
November 1, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) Ready To Stretch Its Legs

Sam Quirke

A 3% jump on Friday was enough to put Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) shares within a couple of cents of their 52 week high as well as their highest level since 2007’s all-time highs.

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How Can Slack (NYSE: WORK) Get Back To Winning Ways?
October 21, 2020 11:00 PM ET

How Can Slack (NYSE: WORK) Get Back To Winning Ways?

Sam Quirke

Despite rallying more than 160% from March through June of this year, shares of Slack (NYSE: WORK) have had a disappointing couple of months where they’ve been putting in lower highs and lower lows.

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InterContinental Hotels (NYSE: IHG) Continues To Impress Wall Street
October 20, 2020 11:00 PM ET

InterContinental Hotels (NYSE: IHG) Continues To Impress Wall Street

Sam Quirke

While Wall Street might put them in the same bucket at casinos, cruise ships and airlines, InterContinental Hotels (NYSE: IHG) has been writing their own story for much of 2020.

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Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) Makes Another Drive For All Time Highs
October 20, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) Makes Another Drive For All Time Highs

Sam Quirke

“Well-positioned to outperform” was how Goldman Sachs described Fortinet’s (NASDAQ: FTNT) current status when they upgraded the company on Tuesday.

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Infosys (NYSE: INFY); The Stock That Offers 60% Annual Returns And A Dividend
October 14, 2020 11:00 PM ET

Infosys (NYSE: INFY); The Stock That Offers 60% Annual Returns And A Dividend

Sam Quirke

Infosys (NYSE: INFY), the $70 billion Indian multinational, has had a year of years, and there’s still ten weeks to go in 2020.

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