The stock is down 13% month to date.Shares of Tesla ( TSLA ) slipped on Wednesday, declining as much as 3.2%. As of 2 p.m. ET, the stock was down 2.1%.The stock's decline was likely primarily in line with weakness in many growth stocks on Wednesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting at 2:30 p.m. ET. But as the Fed meeting commenced, shares recovered some. As of 2:25 p.m. ET, the stock was down about 1.1%.Many growth stocks were initially sliding Wednesday as investors tried to guess the market's reaction to an expected announcement from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday about a plan for future interest rate hikes. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.7% and the S&P 500 was down more than 0.1% as of 2 p.m. ET. Though both indexes flipped to positive once the Federal Reserve meeting commenc

What happened ?Singapore-based e-commerce, payments, and online-gaming company Sea Limited (NYSE:SE) dropped 3.5% through 2:45 p.m. EST Tuesday afternoon after reporting mixed results for its fiscal Q3 2021.Analysts had forecast Sea would lose $0.65 per share on less than $2.5 billion in sales for the quarter. As it turned out, Sea booked sales of $2.7 billion -- but lost $0.84 per share in the process.Not all the news was bad. Sales for the quarter not only exceeded expectations but rocketed 122% year over year. Gaming revenue grew 93%, payments were up 111%, and e-commerce did best of all -- up 134% year over year.Gross profit margins on those sales were also up, and gross profits at the company therefore outperformed sales growth, rising 148%. Nevertheless, Sea Limited also doubled its

Elon Musk says he is ‘almost done’ selling Tesla stockTesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, who has sold more than $15bn worth of shares in the company since early November, said on Wednesday that he was “almost done” with his stock sales.The billionaire had made confusing statements as to whether he might or might not be done with his stated goal of selling 10 percent of his Tesla shares.“I sold enough stock to get to around 10 percent plus the option exercise stuff and I tried to be extremely literal here,” he said in an interview on Tuesday with conservative satirical website Babylon Bee.But on Wednesday he suggested he might not be done. “This assumes completion of the 10b sale,” he tweeted, referring to his prearranged sales plan related to his options.“There are still a few tr

Investors are fretting because the automaker is giving up a $1.3 billion subsidy.Good news for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) investors! Demand for electric vehicles in China is apparently so strong that Tesla has decided to invest $188 million to expand production capacity at its Shanghai factory. It's so high that Tesla is putting 4,000 more people on the payroll at the site, as Reuters reported Friday morning.  On the one hand, this sure sounds like upbeat news. Tesla initially wanted its Shanghai factory to produce 500,000 cars per year -- and it already has the capacity to manufacture 450,000 Model 3 sedans and Model Y crossovers annually. This decision speaks to CEO Elon Musk's confidence that even 500,000 vehicles a year soon won't be enough to meet the deman

Topic :Call Option DefinitionWhat Is a Call Option?Call options are financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. The stock, bond, or commodity is called the underlying asset. A call buyer profits when the underlying asset increases in price.A call option may be contrasted with a put option, which gives the holder the right to sell the underlying asset at a specified price on or before expiration.KEY TAKEAWAYS• A call is an option contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specified amount of an underlying security at a specified price within a specified time.• The specified price is known as the strike price and th

什么是买权或认购期权 (Call options)? 买权又称为认购期权，英文为 Call options，可分为买入认购期权（亦称买进买权，buy a call option）和卖出认购期权（亦称卖出买权，sell a call option)。 买入认购期权或买进买权（buy a call option）将赋予您在设定日期或之前以约定价格（行权价）购买标的资产的权利，但非义务。市场价格涨幅越大，您可以获得的利润就越多 您也可以卖出认购期权或卖出买权（sell a call option)。作为看涨期权的卖方，如果期权在到期时被买方执行，您将有义务以行权价卖出该资产 什么是卖权或认沽期权 (Put options)? 卖权又称为认沽期权，英文为 Put options，可分为买入认沽期权（亦称买进卖权，buy a put option）和卖出认沽期权（亦称卖出卖权，sell a put option)。 买入认沽期权或买进卖权（buy a put option）将赋予您在设定日期或之前以约定价格（行权价）卖出标的资产的权利，但非义务。市场价格跌幅越大，您可以获得的利润就越多。 您也可以卖出认沽期权或卖出卖权（sell a put option)。作为看跌期权的卖方，如果期权在到期时被买方执行，您将有义务以行权价买入该资产。

Snowflake Stock Fundamental AnalysisSoftware stocks typically trade as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS, companies, such as Salesforce.com (CRM), typically provide the highest revenue growth. Salesforce is a key marketing partner of SNOW stock.Snowflake also partners with consulting firms such as Deloitte and information technology firms such as privately held Informatica.Snowflake is not an SaaS company, however. Instead, it uses a consumption-based business model based on how much data its customers crunch and store.Snowflake's revenue growth stands out. But there's less transparency and predictability than with subscription-based, recurring-revenue SaaS business models, analysts say."SNOW has a consumption model, whereby customers contract for

The stock nose-dived 15% in the heaviest volume in more than three weeks. And 22.5 million shares exchanged hands that day, 42% above its average turnover over the past 50 sessions. Affirm stock also came close to undercutting a critical technical level on its chart, the 50-day moving average.But after reporting third-quarter results late that day, AFRM went into bungee cord-jumping mode. Shares rose as much as 24% intraday on Thursday, Nov. 11, then settled at 151.83. Good for a 13.7% gain. Volume soared again, rising more than double its usual level.Shares have cooled off again. Yet the fintech company, started by Max Levchin, entrepreneur and member of the so-called "PayPal mafia" of Silicon Valley fame, still sports a gain in excess of 175% from its initial public offeri

• Both companies have two appealing things I like to see: Flawless execution and share-price appreciation.• DigitalOcean is seeing dominance in its niche market, pushing out even the biggest competitors.• Atlassian is seeing immense success moving to the cloud.Plenty of high-growth tech stocks have been hit hard in 2021 despite stellar business performances. Upstart was recently cut in half in a matter of weeks, while Pinterest has had a slow, painful drop this year. However, many of these stocks have been beating expectations and running their businesses incredibly well. A small handful of stocks have had impressive price appreciation in 2021 while also executing perfectly. These businesses are often ones to hold for the long term, for winners like these could continue to win. Two perfect