What You Should Know About Investment Risk Period

Investment risk periods are times in which the market is more volatile and typically experiencing a larger number of corrections. Knowing when this time period is, can help you identify the best time to invest, letting you avoid higher market volatility.

The first step to understanding is identifying what factors contribute to fluctuations in market volatility. There are many contributing factors that are difficult to predict such as geopolitical or economic conditions, or earnings announcements (among others). Below we will look at five stocks with high fluctuation and how these stocks affect other stocks and risk periods.

This post breaks down 5 different stocks that had major swings in their values during investment risk periods over the last year; NVIDIA Corporation, Micron Technology Inc., Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), Tradebot Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: TRBDTF), Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: COGNX), and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD).

High Risk 1 – NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation is one of the leading companies for semiconductors for the global market. This is a chip manufacturer that designs and sells chipsets, GPU’s (Graphics Processing Units), and system on a chip solutions for computer manufacturers. In late Januray 2017 it was determined that global sales revenue were anticipated to drop 10% to $3.9 billion due to a product recall affecting the GPU market, which in turn affected NVIDIA stock price.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a chip manufacturer that designs and sells chipsets, GPU’s (Graphics Processing Units), and system on a chip solutions for computer manufacturers. In late Januray 2017 it was determined that global sales revenue were anticipated to drop 10% to $3.9 billion due to a product recall affecting the GPU market, which in turn affected NVIDIA stock price.

In April of 2017 it was determined that Nvidia will be recalling all GTX 1070 and 1080 graphics cards after 40 reports of the cards catching fire. The reason for this is said to be due to excessive heat from overclockers on the boards, in some cases resulting in parts melting or catching fire.

Investment risk periods are times in which the market is more volatile and typically experiencing a larger number of corrections. Knowing when this time period is, can help you identify the best time to invest, letting you avoid higher market volatility. The first step to…