Over the last several months, one of the best sectors of the stock market’s rally back to, and even above pre-pandemic levels has been the Materials sector. Beginning in mid-May to a peak last week, the sector had increased in value by nearly 93% as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB). This […]
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 […]
Read MoreThrough the summer, one of the best sectors of the stock market’s rally back to, and even above pre-pandemic levels has been the Materials sector. Beginning in mid-May to the end of the last week, the sector had increased in value by more than 71% as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB). […]
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 […]
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 […]
Read MoreSince state governments began loosening COVID-19 mandated restrictions about six weeks ago, local economies have been getting restarted on a gradual basis. Today before the market opened, a new report on consumer spending seemed to show the kind of pent-up eagerness consumers have had to get back to some semblance of “normal”, as retail sales […]
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 MoreThe Materials sector is one of the more interesting sectors of the market, because it encompasses a pretty wide range of business types. It’s also an industry that the average consumer probably doesn’t think much about, I think primarily because as consumers we tend to be aware of just the finished goods and products that […]
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 […]
Read MoreThe market seems to be looking for reasons to start functioning something relatively close to normal right now – at least, as much as normal is possible under current circumstances. Last week saw the major indices stage their biggest short-term rally in the last seven decades as investors used unprecedented Fed action to inject the […]
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 MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $22.09 Sell Target $24.23 Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi)-based pharmaceuticals. The company develops pharmaceuticals using its GalXC RNAi platform for the treatment of diseases involving the liver, including rare diseases, viral infectious diseases, chronic liver diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.
Read MoreI’ve started this week by diving into stocks in the Materials sector. The market’s rally over the last week or so has been good for a number of sectors, including Materials, as economic indicators show that the U.S. remains healthy. Volatility in the oil market can wreak havoc at times with some of the stocks […]
Read MoreWhile a lot of investors are wringing their hands and fretting about what the near-term future of the market is going to be, the truth is that market corrections tend to be healthy in the long-term. It is true that the market could move beyond the corrective stage into a long-anticipated and much-feared bear market. […]
Read MoreLast week, the U.S. and China finally signed the first phase of what everybody hopes ultimately becomes a long-term trade agreement. That, along with expectations that central banks all over the globe will continue to follow the Federal Reserve’s accommodative lead have a lot of investors looking hopefully into the rest of the year, looking […]
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