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The stock “market” has been on a sugar-high for some 14 months now, but a few stocks have exploded with such shameless verve that they merit special attention. What’s especially interesting about these nearly vertical ascents is that these aren’t $5 million start-ups; these are gargantuan, lumbering, very old companies. Do with these what you will – – jump aboard the bull train, sell options against them, short them, whatever you like. I simply offer them here because they are extraordinary.
A fireman inspects the wreckage of a Tesla Model S that crashed into a tree in self-driving mode, killing two passengers. Image via KPRC 2 Houston.
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When it was primarily known for making video game chips, Nvidia would have models dressed up as video game characters at its trade show booths. Here, one dresses up as some kind of fairy.
(more…)Although I admit I kind of resent how lame gold and silver have been, I know some people are still enthusiastic about miners (I’m looking at you, Rev!) I offer below five charts of mining stocks I think are good long ideas.
Bill Hwang looking unperturbed, presumably before Archegos blew up (photo by Emile Wamsteker for Bloomberg).
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