On Monday, activist investor Carl Icahn snatched up an additional 372,342 shares of Herbalife, putting his investment at $1.2 billion.
This was the latest move in a 14-year fight between the billionaire and his activist investor rival, Bill Ackman.
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Here's What National and Global Politics Have in Store for Our Rally
Let's put politics aside, for a moment, and look at the facts. Markets liked what they heard last night from President Donald Trump.
Asian markets reacted favorably overnight, European markets are up nicely this morning, commodities prices are rising, and U.S. stock futures (pre-open) point to another round of record all-time highs.
But politics are the bump in the road ahead.
Your Uber Stock and IPO Guide
There's no doubt that everyone on Wall Street wants to get their hands on Uber stock.
After all, the company could reach a valuation of $100 billion before it goes public.
This Tool Is Tripling Returns Left and Right
According to the Options Clearing Corp. (OCC), the average daily options volume was 6,470 in 1973, the year in which listed, exchange-traded options first launched.
Since then, the average daily options volume has soared to 16,443,005 – 2,500 times more than it was over 40 years ago.
And since weekly options trading started, it's become the most widely traded of any options class – averaging 25% of any option on the S&P 500.
This impressive growth is no coincidence. People are making a beeline to options trading because, the truth is, there's simply no better, easier way to risk so little and still make piles of money in days or weeks.
You just can't top options for big returns, and now the "secret" is out, and regular investors know it.
Take a look at what these can do for your bottom line...
Why the Facebook Stock Price Dropped Today, and Why We're Bullish
The Facebook stock price today is down because investors are dropping stocks from their portfolios and aren't adding any new positions before 2016.
The Facebook stock price may be down today, but that isn't the story investors need to focus on.
Apple Stock Is Cheap - and It's Because of China (Nasdaq: AAPL)
Apple stock was up about 3.5% today (Wednesday) following an impressive Q4 earnings report, but AAPL stock should be trading much higher.
Wall Street has drastically undervalued Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) because it has misread what's going on in the Chinese economy as well as the true growth potential of the iPhone.
Here's what the "experts" just don't understand...
Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) Still "Head and Shoulders Ahead in the Electric Car Front"
After several delays, Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) started deliveries of the Model X on Sep. 29.
This was the first delivery for those who placed reservations back in 2012. But who is going to sink money into a vehicle exceeding $130,000 moving forward?
Watch the video to learn what Tesla's biggest hurdle will be for future releases...
Cold, Hard Metrics on Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
Money Morning Technical Trading Specialist D.R. Barton, Jr. joined Bloomberg Radio last week, offering a critical perspective on Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).
Barton explained how technical indicators can work in concert with the strong investor sentiment that comes with the huge followings these companies have. But these indicators can also show when price movements are out of line with this kind of emotional buying and selling.
And that's where the opportunity lies...
How to Play LNKD, FEYE, EXPE, GOOG, and FB Stock Today
Investors in LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD), FireEye Inc. (Nasdaq: FEYE), Expedia Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE), Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL), and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) have seen significant share-price jumps this week.
Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani joined "Varney & Company" on FOX Business Friday to provide a trading expert's take on a rapid-fire list of these noteworthy stocks.
Watch the video below to find out which ones he's buying and selling now...
The Biggest Difference Between Alibaba Stock and Amazon Stock
Alibaba stock is frequently compared to Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock because both companies are each the biggest e-commerce companies in their home countries.
But Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) has a very different business model from Amazon.