Eight high-profile companies have announced stock splits in 2024. Two of these businesses make for smart buys, while another highflier looks to be setting its shareholders up for disappointment.Volatility and uncertainty are something every investor has to contend with. Even though we're in a rip-roaring bull market right now, this decade began with all three major stock indexes trading off bear and bull markets in successive years (through 2023).For the longest time, when the going got tough on Wall Street, investors would seek out the safety of the FAANG stocks. But over the last three years, it's stocks enacting splits that have been investors' security blanket.A blank paper stock certificate for shares of a publicly traded company. A blank paper stock certificate for shares of a public

$Natural Gas - main 2402(NGmain)$ Since I wrote my last analysis on Nov. 29, 2023, Natural Gas futures were trading at $2.626, struggled to find a breakout above their immediate resistance at $2.858, but could not and started to slide downward and hit this seasons low at $2.235 on Dec. 13, 2023 before a steep reversal that continued till Dec. 22, 2023.Natural Gas Futures Daily ChartOnce again, the natural gas futures are just below the 200 DMA in the daily chart, making the situation extremely uncertain as the bulls are still not comfortable loading long positions till the natural gas futures confirm the first trading session of the upcoming week with a sustainable move above the 200 DMA in th

With the relaxation of pandemic restrictions in China, mobility and activity are expected to increase this year, boosting the global economy. So, investors could look to buy discounted and fundamentally strong China stocks FinVolution Group , LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. , and Tarena International, Inc. .The main development has been the reopening of China, where surging consumption is boosting growth across the region despite weaker demand from the rest of the world. KPMG China’s economists have forecast 5.7% GDP growth for 2023.Given these factors, investors could consider the featured stocks. Let’s take a closer look at their fundamentals.FinVolution Group $信也科技(FINV)$ Headquartered in Shanghai, FINV operates in the online consumer finance indust