China is threatening stricter regulations on its businesses who are listed on American exchanges. What could this mean for long-term investors? 7investing Lead Advisors Maxx Chatsko and Simon Erickson dig into variable interest entities, what it means to be ‘delisted’, and what China is ultimately trying to achieve on the global stage. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

In a Sunday surprise Square reported its second quarter earnings and dropped the news that it will buy Australian buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firm Afterpay for $29 billion. The all-stock transaction will give Afterpay shareholders 0.375 shares of Square class A stock for every share they own. That’s roughly a 30% premium from where shares closed at the end of the market day Friday. Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson join the Monday edition of 7investing Now to break down the deal and to explain what the move means for Square’s long-term plans. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

It has been a very busy earnings season and a lot of big tech companies have followed the same pattern -- report good, even great, numbers, then warn that the next quarter may see things slow down. That’s what happened with both Facebook and Amazon. The two companies ostensibly killed it, but they did warn that future growth won’t be as big. In addition, we’ll talk about whether Intel can complete its comeback and take on AMD in the fight for artificial intelligence dominance. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Finding a stock that returns 100 times your initial investment might sound like an improbable dream for most investors. After all, who would think that anyone could possibly turn $10,000 into $1 million with any reasonable degree of certainty? In fact, there are hundreds of stocks that have done exactly that in recent years. And anyone can find them if they know what to look for. In his book, “100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How To Find Them,” author, portfolio manager, and Woodlock House Family Capital co-founder Chris Mayer focuses on the characteristics shared by the remarkable companies underlying these stocks, and the challenges investors face buying and to realize life-changing returns. This week 7investing Lead Advisor Steve Symington sat down to down to talk with Chris about his own portfolio-management style, the most common traits of 100-bagger stocks, and how anyone can find them with patience and a long-term mindset. Stocks discussed include: Teledyne (NYSE: TDY), Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SUBX), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Square (NYSE: SQ), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Constellation Software (TSE: CFU), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Tesla kicked off earnings season with some strong numbers despite having to manage supply chain issues related to the chip shortage. Apple followed that with some blockbuster numbers but shares in the tech giant fell because it warned that chip shortages could impact its iPhone output. Starbucks had a similar trajectory with the company delivering strong numbers but warning that it expects weakness in China in the next quarter. Microsoft closes out our quartet of companies with its own blockbuster numbers and some mildly negative news that may overshadow the good news. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The pandemic has come roaring back as the Delta variant of COVID-19 has led to a big increase in people being infected and hospitalizations in U.S. states with low vaccination levels. Does this pose a threat for the economy at large? Is it a bump in what has already been a bumpy road or something that could set the economy back to where it was during the worst of the pandemic? Maxx Chatsko joins Dan Kline to discuss how you should be viewing this as a long-term investor. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Both companies had impressive earnings and have performed well during the pandemic. The question -- and it’s one a lot of investors are asking -- is can both companies keep growing at the impressive rates they have been for a very long time (with one E-coli-related blip for Chipotle). Is there anything either chain needs to worry about and can investors still expect outsized returns given how well these stocks have been performing? Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Mergers and acquisitions play a crucial role in the business world. Companies that combine forces can expand their overall book of business, execute in new markets, or serve new customer groups where they previously had no presence. The importance of M&A is even more pronounced in today's digital age. Popular websites, apps, or platforms can now serve hundreds of millions or even billions of users. Innovative technologies or new products can be infinitely scalable and quickly applied across an entire business. Sometimes, even very small teams who possess extremely promising IP or serve a strong product-market fit can be acquired by the right company for a huge premium. Those premiums paid for acquisitions can also be extremely rewarding for investors. When a publicly-traded company gets acquired, its stock price can increase by 50%, 100%, or more in a single day on the news of the acquisition. And the companies who build their businesses around M&A activity -- such as Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD), or Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) -- can methodically unlock hidden value that compounds their own investment returns for decades. So where are the most lucrative potential acquisition targets today? Are there sectors of the market that are particularly appealing? Are there clever leadership teams leveraging new technologies that could fit perfectly in a more established company? Are there specific signs that investors should look for, which might suggest to us that a company is gearing up to make an acquisition...or to have itself be acquired? In our July Team Podcast, our 7investing advisors share seven companies we believe could be prime acquisition targets right now. We describe what makes these companies particularly appealing and who their most likely suitors could be. We even taking things one step further, and predict which of our previous 7investing recommendations these acquisitions would have the greatest impact on. If you'd like to see that report, as well as get immediate access to all 119 of our previous recommendations, use this link to sign up for 7investing today. We'll also be providing a short text description below of each potential acquisition target we mentioned in the podcast. We'll update these recaps daily (adding one new writeup each day), so come back often to see our most updated descriptions! Potential Acquisition #1: Alteryx (Nasdaq:AYX) -- Anirban Mahanti believes Alteryx's (Nasdaq: AYX) expertise in transforming raw data sets into insightful analytics positions it as an excellent acquisition target. Its stock price has languished on slowing growth, though Anirban believes this was largely due to the COVID pandemic and also a change in the company's revenue recognition policy. Alteryx was a leader in on-premise deployments, making it attractive for any company looking to expand its expertise to the cloud. He believes Salesforce, IBM, or Oracle could be the most likely suitors. Click here to read Anirban's Potential Acquisitions perspective! Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Alteryx, IBM, and Salesforce. 7investing's advisors may have positions in the companies mentioned.

Going public with less scrutiny can be a wonderful thing for some companies but scrutiny tnd to benefit investors. The SEC may be difficult to deal with, but the long road to a traditional IPO contains a lot of checks and balances that tend to make those deals more transparent. Simon Erickson joins Dan Kline on 7investing Now to discuss where SPACs stand, why the number of companies going public this way has slowed, and when/if investors should buy shares in companies that go public this way. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Dr. Sandy Magnus has quite literally seen the world from a much higher point of view. As a former NASA astronaut, one who even lived four months on the International Space Station, she’s had a direct look for decades at the world’s most innovative technologies. She’s also a hero and an incredible role model to millions of people across our planet. But outer space is also capturing the imagination of the business world as well. Billionaire entrepreneurs are committing fortunes to launch companies that build reusable rockets, offer satellite-based internet, or even launch tourists into orbit. There are huge opportunities now developing for the private sector. In this exclusive interview with 7investing, Sandy shares her thoughts about the new “space economy”. She also discusses what technologies will be most-needed for off-world colonization and describes several things that people interested in this space should have on their radar. This interview was recorded in March 2020, and republished on July 20, 2021. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing