Category: Projects

Recently, lots of companies have been investing in ride-sharing services in order to glean understanding and experience in an industry that will become a big part of the value-proposition for self-driving cars. Apple, too, has now invested $1b in a Chinese ride-sharing service. Apple has long been rumored to be producing a self-driving car. And… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Apple ($104.50)

Amazon is starting to introduce their own versions of more products. These “Amazon Basics” are everything from electronics to office supplies, home goods and groceries. These new products are lower-cost and higher profit than their other offerings, and signal a paradigm shift for Amazon. They took over the world of online retail by selling other… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Amazon ($737)

Normally, Alphabet would be a slow-mover, though a safe bet. But unique circumstances in the next few months which make this a good buy now for faster growth. Nasdaq reports that 34/35 analysts are currently bullish on Alphabet. Research shows that Alphabet now has more staff devoted to developing their VR division than Facebook and… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Alphabet ($780)

I have been Blogging about hypothetical trades and their timing in order to establish a baseline and a reasonable performance expectation before spending any actual money. Year to date, I am up 6.3%. +5% betting on the Tesla unveil +5% betting on the Valeant short -2.5% betting on the Tesla earnings -2.5% betting on Disney… Continue reading Update on My Hypothetical Portfolio: Up 6.3% YTD

Nvidia this week announced a new line of graphics cards which greatly reduces cost while dramatically increasing performance, this puts them firmly on the leading edge of this expensive, niche market. Consumer sentiment on this new product line has been very favorable. , but there is some danger that their competitor AMD could release a… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Nvidia

This one is an experiment with a different strategy, according to my research, 60% of analysts are currently bullish on Disney. Their upcoming earnings report will cover the release of several blockbusters like Star Wars and Captain America, but also the worrying performance of ESPN. A huge amount of coverage suggests that Star Wars in… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Disney Earnings After Record Breaking Quarter

Starbucks has plateaued for over a week at $56 after losing 13% on an earnings miss last month. I couldn’t find any analysts who recommended anything other than strong-buy or hold, and Nasdaq.com reports the average 12 month price target at $68, or growth of over 21% this year! As someone who used to work… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Starbucks Cutting Costs

Tesla is announcing earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Currently, it is down a bit after its 13% jump following the announcement of their new electric vehicle. The bottom line for me is that they have sold almost a half-million of this new car since then and they have not even started production yet. Each of those people paid… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Tesla Reports Earnings Wednesday After Close

On my commute to work this morning, I heard the news that Valeant’s ex CEO will be testifying before congress today. He is accused of having acquired exclusive rights to several cardiac drugs and manipulating corporate transactions in order to cause the prices of the drugs to go up. NPR elaborated that recently, numerous cases like… Continue reading Hypothetical Stock Picks: Shorting Valeant

For several months now, I have been learning as much as possible about investment as a precursor to getting into trading; before doing any actual trading, I decided to formulate clear goals and strategies. I posted before about the broad strategy I have decided on; splitting all the money I invest evenly between the two apps Robinhood… Continue reading Formulating A Strategy For Speculative Investment