Tech stocks often lead the market down, and the current decline is no exception. Just two weeks into the new year, the S&P 500 is down 8%, which is substantial, but not as big as the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite’s 10%-plus drop. While tech weakness is widespread, one of the most vulnerable stocks is extreme action camera company GoPro (Nasdaq: GPRO). [Note: The weakness in tech has put solid companies on sale, including two major firms that made our list of the Top 10 Trades for 2016. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday,… Read More
Tech stocks often lead the market down, and the current decline is no exception. Just two weeks into the new year, the S&P 500 is down 8%, which is substantial, but not as big as the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite’s 10%-plus drop. While tech weakness is widespread, one of the most vulnerable stocks is extreme action camera company GoPro (Nasdaq: GPRO). [Note: The weakness in tech has put solid companies on sale, including two major firms that made our list of the Top 10 Trades for 2016. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21 to access the report. Click here.] Shares of GoPro are down 36% in 2016 and now trade for less than half their $24 IPO price. The latest blow to the stock came when the company announced ugly preliminary results for the fourth quarter last week. #-ad_banner-# Management said they expect revenue to be just $435 million. That would represent a 31% year-over-year decline and is significantly below the $521 million expected by analysts and the $500 million to $550 million GoPro had itself projected. In response, the company laid off 7% of… Read More