Show Me the Money! 14 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital At the end of the first quarter of 2020, Harley-Davidson had $1.47 billion of cash on the balance sheet, and management is cutting costs to get through the pandemic, but Harley-Davidson may see full-year demand fall even further than it has in previous years. High unemployment...
Show Me the Money! 13 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Amazon.com is launching a new fleet of bigger, boxier trucks like those favored by rival package carriers United Parcel Service and FedEx. The world’s largest online retailer ordered more than 2,200 heavy-duty Utilimaster “walk-in” delivery trucks from Shyft Group, a...
Here’s a Thought! 13 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Disney World parks in Orlando, Florida are open again nearly four months after shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopened Saturday, while Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will reopen on July 15. Will it help...
Show Me the Money! 10 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital An ongoing change in eating and shopping habits is causing consumers to visit supermarkets more often, which is a trend that benefits many retailer stocks, of which perhaps the cheapest one is Albertsons. Rising number of coronavirus cases and reversal in certain states'...
Here’s a Thought! 9 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Stocks of gold miners have been performing very differently. Thus, Wheaton Precious Metals stock (WPM) has increased by over 43% so far in 2020, while close rival Barrick Gold stock (GOLD) has increased 37% in 2020 so far. However, Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) barely changed...
Show Me the Money! 9 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Nikola Corporation (NKLA) rose over 30% to $52.50 as JP Morgan Chase upgraded this stock from Neutral to Overweight and announced a $45 price target. Nikola has been promoting itself as a rival to Tesla’s Cybertruck, with its newly introduced Badger pick-up truck designed to...
Here’s a Thought! 8 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital As Bitcoin prices continue to move towards the $10,000 price mark, many investors are putting more thought into security of their crypto assets storage. A recent survey done by iTrustCapital showed that 71% of customers feel more safe having their assets stored with an...
Show Me the Money! 8 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Broadwind Energy stock went up by 14.01% from its latest closing price when compared to the 1-year high of $4.14 and moved 15.3% up with the last five trading sessions. Two of the analysts out of 2 provided ratings for Broadwind stocks as a “buy” while 0 as overweight, 0 as...
Here’s a Thought! 7 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Shares of IPO Lemonade had a second strong day of trading Monday gaining almost 17% following the internet insurance broker’s launch last Wednesday. At some point Lemonade shares touched an intraday high of $96.50 but since then rolled back to $81.20. On its first trading day...
Show Me the Money! 7 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital NVIDIA (NVDA) shares are climbing to new heights almost every trading session yielding year-to-date more than 65%. Is this kind of gain justified? Nvidia is a leading PC designer of graphics processing units that enhance the experience on computing platforms. The firm's chips...
Show Me the Money! 6 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital According to World Gold Council, global gold central bank net purchases totaled 39.8 metric tons in May, in line with net purchases in March and April, and above the monthly average of 35 tons over the first four months of this year. Gold is increasingly recognized as a...
Show Me the Money! 3 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Tesla wasn’t able to sustain its 2019 performance level despite highly expected input from its Shanghai factory and Model Y. The automaker’s second-quarter deliveries fell 4.8% year over year to about 90,650 units. However, that number well beaten the Wall Street’s shy...
Show Me the Money! 3 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital General Mills (GIS) released robust fiscal fourth-quarter 2020 results, with the top and the bottom-line surpassing consensus estimates. Moreover, earnings and sales increased on a year-over-year basis. The company’s adjusted earnings per share of $1.10 increased 33% year over...
Here’s a Thought! 1 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Gold futures briefly hit a $1,800 mark per ounce, marking the precious metal’s first settlement above this threshold since September 2011. Gold also hit an intraday high of $1,804, its highest level since Nov. 8, 2011. There’s an “explosion” in demand for gold, and investors...
Show Me the Money! 1 July, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Papa John's second-quarter comparable sales at worldwide pizza restaurants were up 22.6%. At North America franchised restaurants, the figure was up almost 30%. The pizza making company boasted that almost all traditional restaurants in North America remain open and fully...
Show Me the Money! 30 June, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital The Boeing Company (BA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration started running test flights of the company's troubled 737 MAX aircraft yesterday seen as a critical step to getting the planes up in the air again after two crashes in November 2018 and March 2019 that killed...
Here’s a Thought! 29 June, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital The fourth largest U.S. food chain Albertsons has announced the launch of a road show related to the upcoming IPO. The IPO, which is likely to begin late next week, plans to raise about $1.25bn in the company's valuation of about $19bn if the target range per share is in the...
Here’s a Thought! 29 June, 2020, by Vladimir Rojankovski, Chief Analyst, Grand Capital Tesla’s Q2 (second quarter) sales, impacted by COVID, will be key for the stock dynamics this week. Consensus calls for sales of 67,000 vehicles in most-recent quarter depending on help from reopened Shanghai plant and versus 88,400 vehicles in the first quarter, a performance...