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PreMarket Prep Recap For July 5: Trading The Range In The S&P 500; Sean Udall Joins The Show
Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 9:54am | 551Read More...On Thursday's PreMarket Prep, Joel and Dennis were joined by Sean Udall, chief investment officer of Quantum Trading Strategies. Sean discussed his bullish theses on Redfin Corp (NASDAQ: RFIN), Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) and Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD), as well as...
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4 Reasons Why Twitter's Stock Is Back In Favor
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 3:21pm | 835Read More...Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares have gained about 67 percent year-to-date and are sitting at a three-year high. The stock was setting fresh highs for 10 consecutive sessions in the run-up to Thursday, when it pulled back on the news of a $1-billion convertible senior note offering. Twitter stock...
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Tech Strategist: Twitter Is The Main Beneficiary Of Facebook's Privacy Scandal
Friday, April 6, 2018 - 8:00am | 787Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) started 2018 with roughly the same valuation, but vastly different sentiments. Both companies started 2018 at around $18 billion in market cap, but a lot has occurred in the social media realm since then. First there was the infamous Kylie Jenner...
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Snap Vs. Twitter: Who Will Thrive In 2018?
Thursday, January 4, 2018 - 5:03pm | 793Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) entered 2018 with similar valuations, but vastly different sentiments. Snap started the year with an $18-billion valuation, and was one of the most anticipated yet disappointing IPOs of 2017. Twitter shares fluctuated wildly in 2016 on merger...
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Strategist Breaks Down A Stagnant Tech M&A Scene
Sunday, October 29, 2017 - 1:23pm | 738Read More...If you ask Sean Udall, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO)’s acquisition of BroadSoft Inc (NASDAQ: BSFT) was a long time coming — both for the pairing and for the markets. “Probably the most surprising thing actually this whole year is how quiet M&A has been, specifically M...
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Tech Expert Sean Udall Predicts No Major Earnings Misses, Q4 Rotation
Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 12:15pm | 681Read More...You’d be hard-pressed to find an investor betting against NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), whose stock trades up 171 percent year over year. The firm has 21 Buy ratings against 11 Holds and just three Sells. But contrarian Sean Udall has been short Nvidia all year and hopes it breaks a $204...
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Is The iPad Suddenly Cool Again?
Monday, August 21, 2017 - 2:02pm | 295Read More...After suffering 13 consecutive quarters of declining sales, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported a 15-percent increase in iPad sales in the third quarter. Why the resurgence? One tech stock strategist believes he knows why. “Most electronic devices have a shelf life from 12-24 months. The iPad...
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Is It Time For A Twitter Rebound?
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 2:08pm | 511Read More...Sean Udall, the Tech Stock Strategist, recently took a crack at deciphering the unpredictable trading action in Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) in 2017. Twitter shares have been as high as $25.25 and as low as $14.12 and everywhere in between in the past year on flurries of buyout rumors, fleeting signs...
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Could Facebook's Purchase Of Instagram Be The Best Acquisition Of All Time?
Monday, July 24, 2017 - 10:00am | 807Read More...With Instagram’s current growth trajectory not slowing down anytime soon, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s $1 billion acquisition of the photo-sharing app five years ago may go down as one of the smartest investments of all time. With over 700 million users and 400 million people serving as...
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Snap Within A Penny Of IPO Price; Is It Code Red For This Social Media Platform?
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 11:40am | 490Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has seen significant downward pressure since reaching its early lifetime high shortly after its initial public offering on March 2. The social media company began its run in the publicly traded stock markets at $17.00 and climbed to $29.44 in its early days. Since then, the...
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Will The Return Of Biz Stone Alleviate Fundamental Concerns At Twitter?
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 11:35am | 989Read More...Biz is back, but his excitement to return to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), a company crippled by public criticism and metric declines, hasn’t exactly resonated with investors. Although Biz Stone's Tuesday announcement initially prompted a 2-percent stock spike, shares ultimately closed down 6...
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A Premium Twitter May (Finally) Be On Its Way
Friday, March 24, 2017 - 9:15am | 398Read More...Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) may soon attempt to solve its revenue growth problem by charging users for premium membership. According to a new survey Twitter sent out to certain users, the company is assessing the viability of a paid membership option that would be free of advertisements and provide...
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Tech Expert: What Twitter Has To Do To Survive
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:49pm | 510Read More...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...
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The Bullish Case For Cybersecurity In 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 4:26pm | 460Read More...For the second consecutive year, the PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSE: HACK) lagged the S&P 500 in 2016. However, a number of market analysts believe that the two-year consolidation period for cybersecurity stocks may have finally come to an end. Left's Perspective Notable short seller...
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4 Election-Proof Stocks: Biotech And Software Take The Lead
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 4:22pm | 617Read More...Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies, was a guest in Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep show in early 2016 and predicted an S&P 500 index around 2,350 to 2,450 when most traders were calling for an S&P 500 around 1,450 to 1,600. “I stand by the call [...] I think we got a...
