For a sizable portion of this entire year, the Basic Materials sector has offered some of the most interesting cases for value-based investing. That case included a number of stocks that diverged from the uncertain, bearish conditions of the rest of the market until the beginning of summer. While a number of those stocks have […]
Read MoreTrying to keep a thumb on the pulse of the market is an inexact science at best. I’ve learned to start by narrowing my focus on a single industry or sector, and then work outward. One of the sectors that I have learned to pay attention to as a starting point to find the temperature […]
Read MoreAPA Corporation (APA) APA Corporation, through its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas properties. It has operations in the United States, Egypt, and the United Kingdom, as well as has exploration activities offshore Suriname. Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the […]
Read MoreFor a sizable portion of this entire year, the Basic Materials sector has offered some of the most interesting cases for value-based investing. That case included a number of stocks that diverged from the uncertain, bearish conditions of the rest of the market until the beginning of summer. While a number of those stocks have […]
Read MoreAmerican Vanguard Corporation (AVD) American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc. PDC Energy, Inc. (PDCE) PDC Energy, Inc., an independent exploration and production company, acquires, explores for, develops, […]
Read MoreTrying to keep a thumb on the pulse of the market is an inexact science at best. I’ve learned to start by narrowing my focus on a single industry or sector, and then work outward. One of the sectors that I have learned to pay attention to as a starting point to find the temperature […]
Read MoreComing into the end of the third quarter of the year, most of the market talk has been about the terrible performance of the past six weeks. There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there right now as the market is wrapping up a really ugly September. How bad is it? After a hopeful […]
Read MoreFor a sizable portion of this entire year, the Basic Materials sector has offered some of the most interesting cases for value-based investing. That case included a number of stocks that diverged from the uncertain, bearish conditions of the rest of the market until the beginning of summer. While a number of those stocks have […]
Read MoreConocoPhillips (COP) ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids worldwide. It primarily engages in the conventional and tight oil reservoirs, shale gas, heavy oil, LNG, oil sands, and other production operations. LSB Industries, Inc. (LXU) LSB Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture, […]
Read MoreMethanex Corporation (MEOH) Methanex Corporation produces and supplies methanol in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and South America. The company also purchases methanol produced by others under methanol offtake contracts and on the spot market. In addition, it owns and leases storage and terminal facilities. Olin Corporation (OLN) Olin Corporation manufactures and distributes chemical […]
Read MoreTrying to keep a thumb on the pulse of the market is an inexact science at best. I’ve learned to start by narrowing my focus on a single industry or sector, and then work outward. One of the sectors that I have learned to pay attention to as a starting point to find the temperature […]
Read MoreBeginning in April, the Materials sector, which had diverged from the rest of the market up to that point in 2022, surrendered to broad market momentum to drop into its very own bear market. It’s been stabilizing for the past month – and I think that could equal opportunity. Big drops in price, over a […]
Read MoreAny experienced investor, no matter what their investment philosophy is, will undoubtedly tell you that one of the most useful ways they keep track of new opportunities as they come up is by maintaining a watchlist of stocks that they can check on a regular basis. A good, diversified list of stocks in a variety […]
Read MoreThrough the end of April, the Materials sector defied an uncertain market and economic picture in 2022. What a difference a couple of months makes! As measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB), the sector finally surrendered to the broadly bearish conditions of the rest of the market to drop from a peak […]
Read MoreIn my search for value, I’ve found it useful to develop a watchlist of stocks that I can check on a regular basis. That means that I often recycle stocks that I’ve previously used to make useful investments in, but don’t currently have a position in. That’s useful, because the familiarity that comes with the […]
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