NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In an era of algorithms, data overload, and advertising that often leaves audiences numb, DDB Worldwide is taking a stand for emotion with the launch of the Feels Barometer—a first-of-its-kind global tool designed to measure, decode, and harness human feelings at scale."We are in a crisis of marketing effectiveness," said Tomas Gonsorcik, Global Chief Strategy Officer at DDB Worldwide. "Brands are spending more but moving people less. The Feels Barometer is our antidot ...

Palantir Technologies (PLTR 23.99%) and Tesla (TSLA 2.22%) were two of the most popular stocks among retail investors last year as measured by net inflows. But most Wall Street analysts expect both stocks to decline this year.Among the 23 analysts who follow Palantir, the median target price of $39 per share implies 62% downside from the current price of $102. Brent Thill at Jefferies is particularly bearish. He has a sell rating, and his target price of $28 implies 73% downside.Among the 52 analysts who fo ...

Michael Wiggins De Oliveira is an inflection investor. This means buying into cheap companies at the moment when their narrative is changing and the business is on a path toward becoming significantly more profitable over the next year.With a focus on tech and “the Great Energy Transition (including uranium)”, Michael runs a concentrated portfolio with approximately 15 to 20 stocks and an average holding period of 18 months. Through his 10+ years analyzing countless companies, Michael has accumulated outsta ...

Value-focused billionaire asset managers are trading out pricey stocks for perceived-to-be safe, income-producing, brand-name businesses.For more than two years, the bulls have been running wild on Wall Street. Since 2023 began, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.72%), and growth-powered Nasdaq Composite have soared by 34%, 57%, and 88%, respectively, through the end of January 2025.While rising tides have given investors plenty of reason to smile, it's also made the stock ...

Small deep value individual investor, with a modest private investment portfolio, split approx. 50%-50% between shares and call options. I have a B.Sc. in aeronautical engineering and over 6 years of experience as an engineering consultant in the aerospace sector. The latter statement is not relevant in any way whatsoever to my investment style, but I thought to add it for self-indulgent purposes. I have a contrarian investment style, highly risky, and often dealing with illiquid options. How illiquid? Well ...

Innovative Industrial Properties' (IIPR 2.96%) stock has lost almost half of its value since hitting a 52-week high in October 2024. Wall Street is increasingly worried about the real estate investment trust's (REIT's) strategy. A large tenant default at the end of 2024 hasn't helped. Although there are reasons to be worried, the default and its quick resolution may actually highlight one of the strengths of Innovative Industrial's approach.What does Innovative Industrial Properties do?From a big-picture pe ...

Shares of Amazon.com and PDD Holdings, the owner of popular Chinese shopping app Temu, fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.The move comes after the U.S. imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods, and importantly, ended a customs exception for small-value parcels under $800 to enter the U.S. without paying tax. ...

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD -0.42%) recently reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2024. The master limited partnership (MLP) posted record financial results fueled by record volumes across its midstream network. That gave it the wherewithal to increase its distribution by another 5%, pushing its payout to its current yield of around 6.5%. That also brought its streak of annual distribution hikes to 26 straight years.The high-yielding MLP expects to build on that record year in 2025. H ...

Shares of Banco Santander jumped after Spain's largest lender reported record profit in the fourth quarter and announced plans for 10 billion euros ($10.4 billion) in share buybacks from 2025 and 2026 earnings and anticipated excess capital.The bank's net profit picked up by 11% year-on-year to 3.265 billion euros in the fourth quarter and by an annual 14% to 12.574 billion euros across the full-year stretch, as Santander noted a pick-up in customer activity, robust margin management and growth across opera ...

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. DJT had thin trading volumes on Tuesday as its valuations have skyrocketed and its stock has fallen since the reelection of President Donald Trump, the recent charts point towards a weakness in the stock.What Happened: DJT’s trading volume was significantly lower than average as of Tuesday’s close. Only 3.53 million shares were traded compared to the average of 20.03 million.The technical analysis of its simple daily moving averages signals a downtrend with mixed momentu ...