Articles written by Alexander Voigt - Benzinga

DocuSign 69.52% Down From All-Time Highs Despite Announced Microsoft Partnership

|Shares of DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) opened 23.78% lower at $66.5 on Friday after the e-signature software maker reported Q1 2023 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) that were below consensus estimates.

Salesforce (CRM) Shares Gain as Profit and Revenue Come Ahead of Expectations

|Shares of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) are up more than 8% in premarket trading Wednesday after the cloud-based software maker reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings results and hiked its guidance for fiscal 2023.

Amazon Shares (AMZN) Plunge On A Big Profit Miss And Soft Outlook

|Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) saw the slowest quarterly revenue growth in more than two decades, sending its shares tumbling nearly 9% in extended trading Thursday.

Why Bank Stocks Like U.S. Bancorp (USB), Goldman Sachs (GS) And Citigroup (C) Are Trading Higher Today

|The Q1 earnings season is officially underway, with the major US banks reporting on their performance in the three months to the end of March.

What To Expect From Q1 2022 Earnings Season

|The second earnings season of the year is due to start next week once the US banks report how they performed in the first three months of 2022. Earnings Surprises Dominated The Last Earnings Season

The GameStop (GME) Saga Continued

|In January 2021, a group of retail traders from the Reddit page r/wallstreetbets had collectively sent the share price of GameStop (NYSE: GME) to all-time highs, causing hedge fund managers and institutional investors who shorted the stock to lose millions of dollars.

Zoom (ZM) Stock Now Down Nearly 80% From All-Time Highs

|Shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) are down nearly 3% today after the communications technology company once again reported disappointing results.

Alibaba (BABA) Shares Under Pressure Again As Concerns Continue To Mount

|Shares of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) are trading lower in pre-open Tuesday in the United States on several reports that are being interpreted as headwinds for the e-commerce giant. Alibaba's share price closed 3.05% in the red in Hong Kong on the concerns discussed below.

Will Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Go To The Moon Anytime Soon?

|Sir Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) had its official IPO on the New York Stock exchange on October 28, 2019. The official IPO followed the merger with a public-traded special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which had its IPO in September 2017.

Why Twitter (TWTR) Is Exceptionally Volatile Today

|Twitter (TWTR: NYSE) released their Q4 earnings 2021 today before market open and announced a new $4 billion buyback plan. Right after the earnings announcement, the stock jumped up to the pre-market high of $41.54 (+10%) and hit major resistance levels. Finally, 5 minutes before the start of the regular trading hours, the price temporarily hit the pre-market low of $36.21 (-5.6% vs.

How Meta Platforms (FB) Made History In An Unexpected Way

|In September 2021, Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) joined the 1 Trillion Dollar market capitalization club of U.S.-listed companies. Together with Apple Inc.

Is This The Right Time To Start Short-Selling Stocks?

|By the end of 2021, the stock market showed similarities to the dot-com bubble burst. Still, the extent of the latest down-movement was anything else but expected by market participants.

Will The Santa Rally Lead Wall Street To New All-Time Highs Soon?

|The S&P 500 and Nasdaq made new highs during a strong earnings season in November 2021, even with raising concerns about inflation and ongoing supply chain problems. Trillion Dollar Companies Dominate The Market

5 Of The Most Popular IPOs Of 2021 Are -47.3% Below All-Time-Highs: Is It Time To Be Cautious With IPOs?

|2021 is the most intensive IPO year since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. We saw immense volatility, especially with long-awaited IPOs during the first few days of trading. But it seems to be a common pattern right now that investors quickly lean towards new IPOs instead of staying invested in the longer term.

Nvidia Stock Is Up More Than 50% So Far This Quarter: What To Expect Next?

|Semiconductor giant, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), has shot up by more than 50% - from $200 to over $340 – since early October. This latest run is the most impressive yet by a stock that has been making record high after record high since 2015.

The Reasons For Tesla's Latest Surge: Is It The Time For New All-Time Highs?

|In October, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) set a record with the largest dollar value increase in market capitalization, in the shortest period of time, in stock market history.

Top 5 Brokers Raked In Over $1 Billion Payment For Order Flow During The First Quarter Of 2021

| TD Ameritrade, Robinhood, E*Trade, Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW), and Webull collected $1.02 billion in payment for order flow in the first quarter of the year. $436 million of these payments came from equity trades, while $587 million have been paid for options trades

What To Consider Before Short Selling Stocks

|Shorting stocks is an unfavorable long-term investment idea, mainly because markets tend to rise in the long term. But there are day trading strategies that involve short selling. Shorting stocks intraday creates the significant potential to grow an account.

The Best Chart Time Frames For Day Trading

|New traders tend to test every possible time frame and often choose a time frame for the wrong reason. But there is a simple concept to chose the right time frame for day trading to make the right decision right from the beginning.

Insights Into S&P 500 Performance During Presidential Elections