Identifying Opportunities in Economic and Regulatory Changes
Economic Changes
1. Tesla (TSLA) is -17.18% at the current date (February 4, 2020). As I have checked since then, the author of the post on MarketWatch.com has since changed his tune on Tesla's stock being undervalued. Considering stock prices fluctuate in a second, it is no surprise that the author has since changed his position on the matter all together.
At the time, the article stated that this was an unfortunate position for the company, but a fortunate position for stock brokers and market aficionados who sought to buy Tesla stocks. This enabled them to buy from day traders and others who would sell at subpar value simply because they want out.
The prototypical customer is either a day trader or an experienced stock trader who is looking to amass Tesla shares. The article is based on real time stock prices, which is a decent gauge of the health of a public company.
This is an easy opportunity to exploit in theory but not so in reality. You could buy up Tesla stocks at a reduced price, but the reduced price is still expensive, especially in my current state of being poor.
The link for the article is below:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-perfect-combination-for-teslas-stock-gains-future-fantasies-short-selling-and-fomo-2020-02-04?mod=stocks
I saw this opportunity to facilitate, or simply put make money off of Tesla's discount stock, because it is the day trader in me. Oh the buck you can make with a little bit of knowledge and a whole lot of patience! All I would need to do is buy up a couple of these stocks and sell them later at a higher value.
2. Casper's IPO was an embarrassment to the company. The CNN article states that Casper's IPO was a flop due to several mistakes made by the company: a cut in their IPO price, high marketing costs, and reports of higher gains than actually retained by the company.
The ideal customer is Casper itself. They are the ones suffering from a poor IPO and from other mistakes made by the company. The article restates and synthesizes information from Casper's official statement on the matter and their stock value.
This is a difficult opportunity to exploit as one would need a way to have the information and knowledge to assist Casper through their failure of an IPO to a sustainable future within the stock market.
The link is below for the corresponding article:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/investing/casper-ipo-share-price/index.html
I saw the above opportunity mostly because at a point I wanted to be a business consultant. This is to say, I wanted to go and help rehabilitate companies who had suffered short and long term damage. I would love the opportunity to be the reason for Casper's success, especially after being such a failure in its IPO.
Regulatory Changes
1. The regulation proposed limits the definition of service animal to a dog trained to aid a person with a disability, not an emotional support animal, for the purposes of air travel. While this is not a topic of much consequence to me, those who actually require emotional support animals during travel and other experiences would have much to say about this. Especially because it divides those who have physical ailments from those who have mental ailments.
The prototypical customer here would be those who have emotional support animals that they wish to bring on flights with all the same privileges as those who have service animals. The opportunity here is quite nice for an up and coming airline or perhaps one looking to steal from the massive airlines. They could offer those with emotional support animals all the same benefits as those with service animals provided they actually provide documentation. This is an easy way to bring on new and hopefully continued business.
The link for the regulatory site where this proposal resides is below:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOT-OST-2018-0068-12959
I saw this particular opportunity because I had read news articles on both sides of this problem, from the airline's side and the emotionally supported people's side. I however think there is a way for airline companies to exploit this, which is by being the frontrunner of accepting emotional support animals.
2. This proposal is for a regulation that ensures equal treatments of faith based organizations by the Department of Health and Human Services ("Department"). This is a topic that is quite intriguing as it has much to do with the current president in office as it is an effect of President Trump's Executive Order 13831. It is supposed to make easier the ability of faith-based organizations to receive financial assistance by eliminating certain requirements they must possess and clarify the Department's own ability to distribute these funds.
The ideal customer here would be any and all faith-based organizations who seek to access more government funds with less regulation. The near certainty of it becoming an actual regulation is more of an incentive to get involved. If you have ever volunteered with a faith based organization, specifically a charitable and community centered organization, there exists a constant lack of funds to serve everyone in need. Even small amounts of money can make big differences. If one could work closely with these organizations, or for these organizations, to gain more in funds, it would benefit them via salary and also the abilities and goals of the organization.
The link for the proposal is here below:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=HHS-OS-2020-0001-0001
I saw this particular opportunity because I know how hard it is to turn away those who need help that you can no longer provide. Whether it be medical, physical, or mental help, there comes a time when an organization will run out of money to pay for these services.
1. Tesla (TSLA) is -17.18% at the current date (February 4, 2020). As I have checked since then, the author of the post on MarketWatch.com has since changed his tune on Tesla's stock being undervalued. Considering stock prices fluctuate in a second, it is no surprise that the author has since changed his position on the matter all together.
At the time, the article stated that this was an unfortunate position for the company, but a fortunate position for stock brokers and market aficionados who sought to buy Tesla stocks. This enabled them to buy from day traders and others who would sell at subpar value simply because they want out.
The prototypical customer is either a day trader or an experienced stock trader who is looking to amass Tesla shares. The article is based on real time stock prices, which is a decent gauge of the health of a public company.
This is an easy opportunity to exploit in theory but not so in reality. You could buy up Tesla stocks at a reduced price, but the reduced price is still expensive, especially in my current state of being poor.
The link for the article is below:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-perfect-combination-for-teslas-stock-gains-future-fantasies-short-selling-and-fomo-2020-02-04?mod=stocks
I saw this opportunity to facilitate, or simply put make money off of Tesla's discount stock, because it is the day trader in me. Oh the buck you can make with a little bit of knowledge and a whole lot of patience! All I would need to do is buy up a couple of these stocks and sell them later at a higher value.
2. Casper's IPO was an embarrassment to the company. The CNN article states that Casper's IPO was a flop due to several mistakes made by the company: a cut in their IPO price, high marketing costs, and reports of higher gains than actually retained by the company.
The ideal customer is Casper itself. They are the ones suffering from a poor IPO and from other mistakes made by the company. The article restates and synthesizes information from Casper's official statement on the matter and their stock value.
This is a difficult opportunity to exploit as one would need a way to have the information and knowledge to assist Casper through their failure of an IPO to a sustainable future within the stock market.
The link is below for the corresponding article:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/investing/casper-ipo-share-price/index.html
I saw the above opportunity mostly because at a point I wanted to be a business consultant. This is to say, I wanted to go and help rehabilitate companies who had suffered short and long term damage. I would love the opportunity to be the reason for Casper's success, especially after being such a failure in its IPO.
Regulatory Changes
1. The regulation proposed limits the definition of service animal to a dog trained to aid a person with a disability, not an emotional support animal, for the purposes of air travel. While this is not a topic of much consequence to me, those who actually require emotional support animals during travel and other experiences would have much to say about this. Especially because it divides those who have physical ailments from those who have mental ailments.
The prototypical customer here would be those who have emotional support animals that they wish to bring on flights with all the same privileges as those who have service animals. The opportunity here is quite nice for an up and coming airline or perhaps one looking to steal from the massive airlines. They could offer those with emotional support animals all the same benefits as those with service animals provided they actually provide documentation. This is an easy way to bring on new and hopefully continued business.
The link for the regulatory site where this proposal resides is below:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOT-OST-2018-0068-12959
I saw this particular opportunity because I had read news articles on both sides of this problem, from the airline's side and the emotionally supported people's side. I however think there is a way for airline companies to exploit this, which is by being the frontrunner of accepting emotional support animals.
2. This proposal is for a regulation that ensures equal treatments of faith based organizations by the Department of Health and Human Services ("Department"). This is a topic that is quite intriguing as it has much to do with the current president in office as it is an effect of President Trump's Executive Order 13831. It is supposed to make easier the ability of faith-based organizations to receive financial assistance by eliminating certain requirements they must possess and clarify the Department's own ability to distribute these funds.
The ideal customer here would be any and all faith-based organizations who seek to access more government funds with less regulation. The near certainty of it becoming an actual regulation is more of an incentive to get involved. If you have ever volunteered with a faith based organization, specifically a charitable and community centered organization, there exists a constant lack of funds to serve everyone in need. Even small amounts of money can make big differences. If one could work closely with these organizations, or for these organizations, to gain more in funds, it would benefit them via salary and also the abilities and goals of the organization.
The link for the proposal is here below:
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=HHS-OS-2020-0001-0001
I saw this particular opportunity because I know how hard it is to turn away those who need help that you can no longer provide. Whether it be medical, physical, or mental help, there comes a time when an organization will run out of money to pay for these services.
Hey Meaghan,
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read about various stock market changes and the regulation changes that you found. I did not know that they were changing the definition of service animal to not include emotional support animals. I imagine that these animals have to go through similar training and receive a similar certificate. After putting in all this work these animals hold almost the same level of importance in the lives of their as those with the new definition of service animals.
Meaghan,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your post. I want to speak on the one about the Tesla stocks. My father recently bought a Tesla, and we aren’t the richest family. So as a person who is interested in stocks I think a person would want to buy a stock in this company. I think for the simple reason that it’s attractive. People who don’t have the means will find a way a will get a Tesla if they really wanted to. With that being said I can see a stock in this company being crazy expensive. Thank you for sharing.
Elly