What Happened in the GameStop Short Squeeze?
In January 2021, retail buying drove GameStop from about $17 to near $483 as short sellers covered. The timeline, the broker restrictions and the lessons.
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How to Calculate Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures. A worked example gives $100 million, or $2 a share, and why investors trust cash over earnings.
What Happens to a Stock CFD on Ex-Dividend Day?
On the ex-dividend date a share usually drops by about the dividend; long CFDs are credited and shorts debited. A worked example with 200 CFD shares.
What Is EV/EBITDA and When Is It Better Than P/E?
EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, including debt, with operating earnings before depreciation. How to calculate it and when it beats P/E.
Mistakes Traders Make Around Earnings Season
Earnings season mistakes mapped as a decision tree: full size into reports, trading headlines, chasing first moves, ignoring peers and stacking leverage.
How Earnings Reports Move Share Prices
Share prices react to earnings by comparing results and guidance with expectations. What investors look at, why gaps happen and how Meta lost $200 billion.
How Earnings per Share Is Calculated
EPS = net income ÷ shares outstanding. A worked example shows basic EPS of $1.95 and diluted EPS of about $1.88, plus adjusted EPS and why one-off items matter.
What Caused the Dot-Com Crash?
The Nasdaq peaked at 5,048 in March 2000, fell about 78% by October 2002 and took 15 years to recover. What caused the dot-com bubble and crash, the lessons.
How to Calculate Dividend Yield and What a High One Can Signal
Dividend yield = annual dividend ÷ share price. A $1.17 dividend on a $39 share yields 3%. Why a very high yield can signal risk and how payout ratio helps.
Cyclical vs Defensive Stocks
Cyclical stocks rise and fall with the economy; defensive stocks sell essentials and hold up better in downturns. How each behaves, with 2022 as an example.
How Rights Issues, Mergers and Spin-Offs Affect Stock CFDs
Corporate actions change share prices and counts. How CFD providers typically adjust positions for rights issues, mergers, takeovers and spin-offs.
What Is Company Guidance and Why Can It Outweigh Earnings?
Guidance is a company's own forecast for revenue or earnings. Why markets often react more to guidance than to the quarter just reported, with Meta's 2022 case.