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It has been quite some time since Evan Schnidman, the co-founder of MarketReader.com, was a guest on the "PreMarket Prep" show. On Tuesday’s broadcast, the PreMarket Prep crew caught up with him to find out what he has been up to.

For most companies, depending on their fiscal year, the second-quarter earnings season is not off to a good start and it has not even officially begun yet.

Bottom fishing can be a dangerous sport but can be rewarding if executed correctly. Once again, an issue in the growth technology sector offered up an opportunity to "buy the dip" Tuesday. 

Today's market environment is one of extremes, mainly on the downside. Several growth technology companies and many in other sectors are getting crushed, making new lows on a daily basis.

Geopolitical tensions are taking precedence over just about everything else, and that means most days in recent weeks have not been good days for companies to report. 

One discernible trend this earnings season has been that if companies miss, they either bounce immediately or get punished.

There are several different ways investors make money in the financial markets. One way that is not found as often in the daily headlines is risk/merger arbitrage.

With the insane price action in Affirm Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AFRM) over the last few days, investors could be distracted from the actual fundamentals of the company.

With the recent swoon in payments/IT services sectors, a longer-term perspective is needed to evaluate the sector. Moshe Katri, the FinTech/Payments/IT Services analyst at Wedbush, offered up this perspective on today’s “Wednesday’s With Wedbush’ segment on PreMarket Prep.