#stock-volatility

#stock-volatility

On Friday, Quantum Computing Inc. released its third-quarter 2025 financials-and the company announced an unexpected earnings and revenue beat. As noted by Investor's Business Daily, Quantum Computing reported earnings per share of 1 cent. Investors had been expecting the company to post a 6-cent-per-share loss. The company also reported revenue for the quarter of $384,000. Analysts had been expecting revenue of just $100,000.

The tariff-driven market volatility has been rough on shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc. ( NYSE: NIO), which in April fell to a multiyear low of $3.02. Shares rebounded afterward. They are now up 47.9% year to date, after a 10.2% retreat in the past week, ahead of the impending release of its third-quarter report and with cautious optimism among investors.

For a safer wager, you might just buy and hold Tesla ( NASDAQ:TSLA) stock since it's a well-known and widely analyzed company with a stake in the self-driving car market. On the other hand, Aurora Innovation stock is low-priced and under the radar, so it has the potential to explode higher. On the other hand, a recently released financial filing should remind investors that Aurora Innovation is still a "show-me" story.

Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue bounced back sharply at the opening bell Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines, and autism. "Don't take Tylenol," Trump instructed pregnant women around a dozen times during the White House news conference Monday, also urging mothers not to give their infants the drug, known by the generic name acetaminophen in the U.S. or paracetamol in most other countries.

Conservative investors might prefer to own shares of traditional insurance companies like Allstate ( NYSE:ALL) and Progressive ( NYSE:PGR), and that's fine. However, if you're more adventurous, you might choose to look into modern disrupters like Lemonade ( NYSE:LMND), Trupanion ( NASDAQ:TRUP), Hippo ( NYSE:HIPO), and the subject of today's analysis, Root, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ROOT). There are risks to investing in high-tech insurance plays, but the potential rewards could be substantial.

Last month, the stock skyrocketed after an analyst predicted a jaw-dropping 1,000% gain, fueling a frenzy among retail investors. However, the rally collapsed almost as quickly as it began.