The Tech sector has easily been one of the most closely watched segments of the economy throughout the past year and a half. Technology companies provided the tools that allowed much of corporate America to keep things going during the pandemic by shifting their workforces to remote working models, and investors bought those stocks enthusiastically, […]
Read MoreWhile most of the Tech sector has been leading the market throughout the past year, there are some stocks that have definitely not kept pace. That is always true in any sector, not matter what the broad sector momentum looks like, there are always individual companies that will diverge from the normal pattern. In 2020, […]
Read MoreOne of the things that I like to do as an economist is to look for emerging trends and markets. For some, an emerging market means looking outside the borders of the U.S. or other, established market economies to areas of the world showing dramatic progress in terms of economic or political progress. For me, […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of about $193 billion, they are also one of the largest, if not THE largest player in the Networking & Communications segment. They are, without question, the standard that all other networking businesses are […]
Read MoreThe Tech sector has been one of the top-performing areas of the market for the past year, which isn’t too surprising given the way Technology has enabled the corporate world to shift operational models to remote, work-from-home, and flexible working arrangements because of the ongoing pandemic. As analyst, I’ve been interested to see how it […]
Read MoreIt’s a pretty well-documented fact that one of the best-performing sectors in the entire market for the last few years has been the Technology sector. Tech stocks have been a prime focus of attention for investors for more than two decades, and even with the early 2020 bear market drop, it is companies in this […]
Read MoreIntel Corp (INTC) is a stock that I’ve followed for quite some time, and that I’ve written about in this space quite a bit over the past year. This is one of the 600-lb gorillas of the Technology sector, after all, and the company that is easily considered the gold standard of companies in the […]
Read MoreAs a value-focused investor with more than a bit of a contrarian bent, I tend to get nervous when stocks keep making one new high after another, and I like it when I see stocks trading at or near historical lows. That’s pretty different than the mindset of most investors that focus on growth first, […]
Read MoreWhile most of the Tech sector has been leading the market throughout the year, there are some stocks that have definitely not kept pace. That is always true in any sector, not matter what the broad sector momentum looks like, there are always individual companies that will diverge from the normal pattern. In 2020, the […]
Read MoreI like to keep a pretty broad watchlist of stocks that I can check up on every day. That watchlist feeds most of the investments I end up making; that also means that many of those stocks have become “good, old friends” that I’ve used on multiple occasions. Another advantage of keeping a watchlist of […]
Read MoreOne of the traps that a lot of investors tend to fall into comes from the idiom “a rising tide lifts all boats.” In the broadest sense, the implication is that when the broad market is going up, stocks in general should be going up. The concept also drills down to individual sectors and industries […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of about $167 billion, they are also one of the largest, if not THE largest player in the Networking & Communications segment. They are, without question, the standard that all other networking businesses are […]
Read MoreAs a value-focused investor with more than a bit of a contrarian bent, I tend to get nervous when stocks keep making one new high after another, and I like it when I see stocks trading at or near historical lows. That’s pretty different than the mindset of most investors that focus on growth first, […]
Read MoreWhile the Tech sector has been a bit depressed over the last month, most analysts continue to expect Tech stocks to lead the market for the foreseeable future. That is especially true for stocks that specialize in the technologies that enable remote networking and cloud-based operations. If you follow the sector, or this particular trend, […]
Read MoreThe last few weeks appear to have brought uncertainty back to the market. Rising infections in a number of states seem to coincide with the reopening of schools, with the demographics showing most of those infections coming among teen to college-age young people. To some, that might not sound like a big deal, but it […]
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