Author: Vitaliy Dadalyan

Rival parties take aim at Germany's Scholz over Wirecard scandal

Germany's Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is facing calls from rival parties to account for the regulatory failures that led to the collapse of Wirecard after it emerged he knew of concerns about the company 18 months ago. Scholz, seen as the party's best hope to succeed conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel next year, was informed in February 2019 that investigators were looking in "all directions" when regulators banned short-selling of Wirecard's shares, according to a parliamentary report seen by Reuters. While there is no suggestion that Scholz knew of any malpractice, rival parties have suggested the Social Democrats' (SPD) most prominent politician bears responsibility for regulators' failure to spot problems....

Why CrowdStrike Investors Should Be Prepared

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD) has had an epic run this year and has more than tripled off its March novel coronavirus lows. That's not necessarily unusual for a tech stock these days, and particularly not for one based in the cloud. But what's next for CRWD stock, and does this cloud-based security darling still have further to run?Source: GuruFocus.com CRWD Stock: All About the CloudLong before Covid-19 turned the world upside down, the rise of cloud computing was one of the dominant themes of the past two decades. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) essentially invented cloud computing as we know it today in 2006 via its AWS platform, and now it seems that virtually every major enterprise has moved at least part of their computing needs to cloud providers. The software-as-a-service model, in which users essentially rent web-based software as opposed to buying and installing software locally, is also part of this...

7 New Stocks to Buy for 2021 and Beyond

The Renaissance IPO Index is up 37.7% year to date compared to -1.3% for the S&P 500. If you're interested in making some long-term investments, here are seven new stocks to buy from this index.By new, I mean stocks that have either had an IPO in 2020 or went public last year but have been added to the index in 2020. As for IPOs themselves, Renaissance Capital, the people behind both the index and exchange-traded fund, says there have been 71 pricings so far in 2020, down 11.3% from July 14, 2019. InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips * 15 Growth Stocks That Are Being Propped Up By Low Rates In the past five years, 2018 had the most IPOs with 192. The average between 2015 and 2019 is 157. If 2020 keeps at the same pace, it will come in slightly below the five-year average. *...