About Turtle Beach Turtle Beach Corporation(ticker: HEAR) is an audio technology company. It designs audio products for consumer, commercial, and healthcare markets. The company markets premium headsets for use with personal computers, mobile devices, and video game consoles under the brand Turtle Beach (TurtleBeach.com). Under the brand HyperSound...
About Horizon Therapeutics Horizon Therapeutics(ticker: HZNP) is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on researching, developing, and commercializing medicines that address unmet treatment needs for rare and rheumatic diseases in the United States and internationally. It has collaboration agreements with Alliance for Lupus Research, Syneos Health, Inc., and...
With another week of earnings in the books, investors are starting to get a better idea of the impact that coronavirus is having on S&P 500 companies. It’s not pretty. For Q1 2020, the S&P 500’s earnings decline accelerated from -14.5% last week to -15.8% (worst since Q3 2009). The fall in earnings can be attributed to cyclical sectors- materials (down 25%),...
While the stock market continues to march higher, economic fundamentals continue to deteriorate. Forward-looking in nature, the stock market tends to discount (ignore) what is happening now in anticipation of what is to come over the next 6-9 months. Although top-down stimulus from central banks and governments have propped up financial markets, economic data...
What is B2Gold? B2Gold Corp. operates as a gold producer with three operating mines in Mali, the Philippines, and Namibia. It operates the Fekola Mine in Mali, the Masbate Mine in the Philippines, and the Otjikoto Mine in Namibia. The company also has an 81% interest in the Kiaka Project in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, it has a portfolio of evaluation and...
Earnings season is well underway. For Q1 2020, 45 S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. Of the companies that have reported, 66% have reported a positive EPS surprise (beat earnings expectations) and 70% of S&P 500 companies have reported a positive revenue surprise (beat revenue expectations). The earnings decline for Q1 2020 thus far has clocked in at...
What is CTXS? Citrix Systems ( ticker: CTXS) , Inc. provides workspace, networking, and professional services worldwide. The company offers workspace services, including Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops; Citrix Content Collaboration, a cloud-based file sharing, and storage solution, which provides enterprise-class data services on various corporate and personal...
Earnings season for the first quarter of 2020 kicked off yesterday, with 21 S&P 500 companies reporting results. Of the 21 companies, 16 reported positive EPS surprise and 15 reported a positive revenue surprise. For Q1, 72 S&P 500 companies have issued negative EPS guidance and 32 have issued positive EPS guidance. 54 companies report(ed) earnings today,...
Diversification is one of the keys to growing and preserving wealth. Putting all of your eggs in one basket (pun intended) can be dangerous. Luckily, diversifying your investment portfolio has never been easier. There are more than 7,000 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that provide investors with exposure to various markets and asset classes across the globe...
One of America’s greatest bull markets ended earlier this month. From the depths of the Great Recessions, the S&P 500 roared, generating ~400% over the last decade before falling victim to the coronavirus. However, corona isn’t the only virus eating away at the U.S economy. A deeper look at the stock market’s rise shows the symptoms have been apparent. America’s...