Why Stocks Sometimes Fall After Beating Earnings
A stock can fall after beating estimates when expectations were higher, guidance disappoints, the beat is low quality or the stock had already rallied.
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How Stock Beta Is Calculated and What It Tells You
Beta measures how much a stock tends to move relative to the market: covariance ÷ market variance. A beta of 1.5 implies about 15% on a 10% market move.
How to Calculate Your Exposure on a Stock CFD
Exposure = shares × price in your account currency. 50 CFD shares at $200 is $10,000 of exposure on $2,000 of margin, so a 1% move is 5% of margin.
Spot vs Futures Prices in Commodity Markets
Spot prices are for delivery now; futures prices are for delivery later and include storage, financing and expectations. How they differ and why it matters.
What Is a Short Squeeze?
A short squeeze is a rapid rise forced by short sellers buying back shares. How squeezes start and accelerate, and what Volkswagen and GameStop showed.
Spot FX vs Currency Futures
Spot FX trades over the counter in flexible sizes; currency futures trade on exchanges in standard contracts like CME's 125,000-euro contract. A comparison.
How Short Selling Works With CFDs
With a CFD you can sell first and profit if the price falls, without borrowing shares. How short positions work, what they cost and why losses are open-ended.
Short Selling Myths That Mislead New Traders
A long and a short in the same share, run side by side, show where short selling myths break: open-ended losses, holding costs, gaps and growing exposure.
How Shorting Bitcoin With a CFD Works
Shorting a bitcoin CFD lets you profit if bitcoin falls without borrowing coins. How it works, a 0.2 BTC example, the costs and why short risk is open-ended.
What Is Short Interest and What Does It Signal?
Short interest is shares sold short and not yet covered, often as a percentage of float. What high short interest signals, days to cover and why squeezes start.
Why Companies Buy Back Their Own Shares
Buybacks return cash by cutting the share count, lifting EPS. S&P 500 companies spent a record $942.5 billion in 2024. Why companies do it, the pros and cons.
What Is Sector Rotation?
Sector rotation is money moving between stock sectors as growth, inflation and rate expectations change. How it works, typical patterns by cycle and its limits.