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At first glance, California-headquartered life-sciences company Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) might seem like a good business to invest in. After all, BNGO stock is cheap and that is what traders should look for, right? Source: Dennis Diatel / Shutterstock.com The important lesson here is to avoid confusing “cheap” with “good.” As the old Benjamin Graham/Warren Buffett saying

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ:APPS) and its investors have been on quite a journey since the company listed as a penny stock in July 2006. I think it’s safe to say that APPS stock provides testimony that multi-baggers can occur from the most niche of domains. Source: Shutterstock However, the past is the past, and APPS stock

It’s been just over a year since traders on Reddit’s WallStreetBets incited the GameStop (NYSE:GME) trading frenzy and the term “meme stock” entered our lexicon. Early on, this retail army also set its sights on struggling movie theater chain AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC). An initial short squeeze in early 2021 took AMC stock from around $2

If you’re reading this, chances are, you’re not part of the 1% that handsomely benefitted from the prior housing and equities boom that capitalism created. Therefore, it’s difficult not to sympathize with the phenomenon known as meme stocks. There is a word in German that’s a favorite of mine to deploy from time to time:

Life sciences equipment manufacturer Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) was a popular meme stock last year. Consequently, its management raised a massive amount of cash through equity offerings. However, it has failed to sustain investor interest, as its flagship optimal genome mapping tool Saphyr hasn’t gained much traction in the medical community. It continues to grow at

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) is a speculative pre-revenue stage company operating in the next-generation electric battery industry. The company claims to have advanced technology that could represent a great leap forward in electric battery performance. However, short sellers published scathing criticisms of QuantumScape’s technology and management team last year, leading to a massive decline. QS stock is

I’ve written quite a few articles for InvestorPlace in which I’ve argued that a successful company doesn’t always equate to a promising stock. It’s crucial for investors to understand the power of market forces — and the influence of institutional investors. Case in point? Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY). Fact of the matter is that TLRY stock is suffering

Shares of up-and-coming electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) surged following its initial public offering (IPO) late last year. In fact, RIVN stock skyrocketed more than 100% from its IPO price of $78. However, the stock is down over 40% in the past three months. Now, investors are skeptical about the stock and its ability

Last month’s rate hike-driven drop for stocks drove another big slide for GameStop (NYSE:GME). But as the market eases slghtly about higher interest rates, GME stock — the one that started the whole meme-stock phenomenon — has started to bounce back. Source: Emil O / Shutterstock.com Briefly falling below $100 per share for the first

After a rough few weeks, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) — like other major electric vehicle (EV) stocks — has started to bounce back. Starting on Jan. 31 when it surged 15%, RIVN stock has been trending higher. After falling to a low of around $50 per share, the stock is back to the $64 mark. Source:

AMC (NYSE:AMC) stock has been struggling for the past few months, and it is now at its lowest point in the last year. That’s a bad omen for mem stock investors. Source: viewimage / Shutterstock.com AMC is reportedly in the midst of talks to refinance debt to lower their interest burden. This would also see

DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG) has started 2022 with poor performance, contrary to what investors may have expected. DKNG stock has lost approximately 16% of its value year-to-date (YTD) and currently trades just above $23. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com A few months back, specifically in late September, I wrote that “It’s time to bet against more

Let’s not mince words. There are a number of loose ends with California-based ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) which ought to be tied up by now, but haven’t been. Without a doubt, it must be frustrating to own WISH stock in hopes of fresh, material updates, only to be disappointed day after day. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com For example,

Space-tourism play Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) stock have been butchered at the stock market in the past year. Over the last 12 months, its stock has shed more than 80% of its value. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com With such a massive pull back in price and the huge potential of the space tourism sector, you’d probably

On Jan. 28, it will be exactly one year since GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock hit its all-time high of $483. Just days after the peak, I wrote a story in which I said meme stock traders and speculators should have fun trading the stock. But I also said there’s “absolutely no reason to be holding GME

AT&T’s (NYSE:T) latest quarterly results did not inspire confidence. Shares of the world’s biggest telecommunications company fell 10% following the latest financial results that showed a further decline in the company’s wireless business. T stock opened at $24.06 on Jan. 27. Source: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock That AT&T’s streaming platform, HBO Max, performed better than expected in

Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) stock is not in a good place, which is a little hard to understand. Source: PREMIO STOCK/Shutterstock.com The company is tied to a win-win platform with the iBuyer business model, the mechanism that enables it to buy homes quickly for subsequent flipping. It was essentially real estate agent-free. The iBuyer model undergirding OPEN

Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) has apparently closed on the purchase of 80% of Lomotif, a Tik Tok competitor that recently launched in India. However, its holding in the 80% is through a division that in which it has just a 50% interest. In effect, it controls just 40% of Lomotif. So far that acquisition has done

GameStop (NYSE:GME) has taken a huge hit in the past month and a half since its earnings came out for the quarter ending Oct. 30. As of Jan. 28, GME stock is at $94.65 per share, down from $148.39 at the year-end and also from a recent peak of $247.55 on Nov. 22. Source: Shutterstock

At just under $2.50 per share, there’s no question that ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) is a low-priced stock. But is WISH stock a cheap stock, in terms of valuation? That’s another question entirely. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Sure, with a market capitalization of $1.4 billion, against $2.59 billion of trailing 12-month sales, its price-sales (P/S) ratio of around