Benzinga PreMarket Prep

Wednesday’s top pre-market movers had one thing in common, and it’s the same thing just about every stock is moving on: blockchain. Longfin Corp (NASDAQ: LFIN) went from $5.30 to $142.82 after acquiring blockchain micro-lender Ziddu.com. Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc (NASDAQ: SSC) spiked...

Since the start of the year, the Canadian marijuana market has quietly exploded. The industry expanded from fewer than 10 publicly traded licensed producers to 23, all contributing to a total of 67. “It’s gotten a lot more challenging for people to kind of stumble into the Canadian...

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) is largely overlooked by Wall Street, but that doesn’t mean it’s escaped notice from anyone else. “It’s a very good fit for a number of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers,” Dan Forman, technology sector specialist at Maxim Group,...

Ivan Feinseth, partner and chief investment officer at Tigress Financial Partners, is the only analyst on the Street with a Buy rating on Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN). While some consider Garmin an obsolete personal navigation company, Feinseth looks beyond its earliest focus at a “clever...

When Michele “Mish” Schneider first joined the trading-floor boys club with a continental grain and commodities firm, she felt a bit of culture shock. Schneider was one of “maybe four” women in the pit, which was a physically grueling arena, packed with bodies jostling one...

This earnings season has been a mixed bag for many of the big name technology and semiconductor companies. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) surprised analysts with impressive sales for the first quarter, but Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE...

Social media data indicates Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) had a rough fourth quarter. That's according to Andy Swan, the co-founder of LikeFolio, a company that tracks social media analytics among brands and stocks. Swan was a guest on Friday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares tumbled more than 11 percent Thursday after the company released less-than-impressive quarterly earnings. But technology expert Sean Udall isn’t ready to jump ship. Wait Patiently “The bears are going to be totally empowered today,” Udall said on...

After more than a year of rallies, primaries, debates, controversies and scandals, we’re only one day from the Presidential election--meaning investors are closer than ever to that long-awaited clarity on how the election will be felt in the markets.  Chris Versace, CIO & co-...

Gary Kaltbaum, an investment advisor, was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep Monday to talk about many topics that interest investors, including the state of the IPO market in 2016. Kaltbaum said he keeps a watch-list of up to 70 companies new to the stock market and said that they are "all...

"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" is an influential stock market and investing related book written by Burton Malkiel, a leading economist, professor and former director of the Vanguard group and trustee of Vanguard Mutual funds. Malkiel's book created the random walk theory, which argues that prior...

Nic Chahine, author of Create Income With Options Spreads, was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep show on Tuesday to discuss among many things, his view on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Apple stock used to be considered a "slam dunk" according to Chahine, but now he's worried...

Wednesday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket Prep featured an interesting conversation on what stocks are affected by hurricane season. Two hurricanes, Lester and Madeline, are honing in Hawaii and residents are being encouraged to stockpile on water and emergency supplies ahead of what...

Benzinga's own Garrett Cook was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep daily show on August 24 to talk about the oil market. Cook was invited to discuss his in-depth knowledge of the oil market and to offer his expertise at a time when the commodity was showing erratic trading characteristics. On...

Nic Chahine, an options expert who specializes in selling options spreads to create a steady income, was a guest on Tuesday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket Prep to discuss how to take advantage of risk arbitrage. Chahine started off by saying that while the market is "dangerously bullish" and "...