Company Profiles

Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) stock set its all-time intraday high of $392.95 on Feb. 19 and then traded as low as $290.25 on March 17. This put the stock into correction territory at 15.3% below the high. The stock fell below its annual pivot at $314.45 on recent weakness but stayed well above its March monthly…

What Are Participatory Notes? Participatory notes also referred to as P-notes, or PNs, are financial instruments required by investors or hedge funds to invest in Indian securities without having to register with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). P-notes are among the group of investments considered to be Offshore Derivative Investments (ODIs). Any dividends…

Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) shares rose more than 14% during Thursday’s session after the company reported better-than-expected fourth quarter financial results across both marketplace and services. Revenue rose 35% to $270 million, beating consensus estimates by $5.08 million, and earnings per share came in at 25 cents, beating consensus estimates by nine cents. Looking ahead, management…

Wayfair Inc. (W) shares rose more than 4% during Thursday’s session despite Loop Capital downgrading the stock to Sell with a price target of $35 per share. Loop Capital analyst Laura Champine believes that slowing growth isn’t reflected in Wayfair’s current share price even after the recent declines. She believes that sales growth will slow…

Outperforming your average bond fund on a risk-adjusted basis is not a particularly difficult task for the savvy retail investor. For investors, learning how to create a successful bond portfolio starts with learning some simple allocation methods. The advantages of doing so can be immediate, such as avoiding the high management fees some fund managers…

What Is Loan Grading? Loan grading is a classification system that involves assigning a quality score to a loan based on a borrower’s credit historyquality of the collateraland the likelihood of repayment of the principal and interest. A score can also be applied to a portfolio of loans. Loan grading is part of a lending…