After COVID-19 dominated headlines through 2020 and 2021, there is one word that can sum up market concerns this year, and it isn’t pandemic. Inflation is one of those words that tends to stoke fear in the marketplace, because it is usually tied so closely with the ebb and flow of interest rates. The reality […]
Read MoreSince 2019, I’ve used economic uncertainty – first from a year-long trade war through 2019, and then of course the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020, and certainly broadly inflationary news to this point in 2022, from rising consumer prices and producer input costs, continuing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and what most now expect to […]
Read MoreAs a conservative-minded, value and fundamental-driven investor, my natural tendency is to shy away from stocks that market experts and popular market media analysts tend to talk to the most about. That means that my investments rarely look very sexy – but I’m far more interested in being able to keep my money working for […]
Read MoreThe Food Products industry in the Consumer Staples sector is an area of the market that tends to get overlooked because, let’s face it, it just isn’t very sexy. Even so, it is one of very few segments of the market that saw consumer-driven improvements in demand through the worst of the pandemic and into […]
Read MoreMarket uncertainty can be a scary thing to do deal with, and if you haven’t been investing for a very long time, it might seem even more mysterious and dangerous. One of the thing that does to a lot of investors is to make them more hesitant about taking on new positions. I think that’s […]
Read MoreFor most of the last three months, we’ve seen a pretty significant shift in market attention and commentary away from the pandemic-driven questions that have defined the last two years. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its resulting economic and political isolation from the rest of the world have been a primary focus, since the conflict […]
Read MoreThere are practically as many methods to analyze the stock market and opinions about the best way to invest your hard-earned dollars as there are investors. As a value-oriented investor, I often find myself on the opposite side of the table with growth-focused investors. Growth investing leans heavily on the principle that “a stock tends […]
Read MoreAs a conservative-minded, value and fundamental-driven investor, my natural tendency is to shy away from stocks that market experts and popular market media analysts tend to talk to the most about. That means that my investments rarely look very sexy – but I’m far more interested in being able to keep my money working for […]
Read MoreLooking for value in the stock market is something that I have found can be done in any market condition, but it is something that tends to get dismissed by most pundits simply because it isn’t very sexy. Popular, “buzzy” names like Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon practically never pass the value test because the massive […]
Read MoreFor more than two years – even before COVID-19 became a global pandemic that collapsed economic and social activity for most of 2020 and that strained health care systems and kept pressure on a variety of economic forces through all of 2021 – I’ve been writing about the wisdom in being very selective about the […]
Read MoreThis week has seen the market pick up a lot of bearish momentum and increased volatility, but now the commentary and focus doesn’t center around economic indicators, COVID infection rates, or even about the spectre of increasing interest rates. Market commentary is now primarily dominated by headlines and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and […]
Read MoreNo matter whether you prefer to focus on short-term trading strategies that emphasize a stock’s current price momentum or longer-term methods focusing on fundamental strength and a stock’s value-based price, there are a myriad number of issues that come at you and demand attention. Some of those elements can be foreseen to a certain extent; […]
Read MoreLooking for value in the stock market is something that I have found can be done in any market condition, but it is something that tends to get dismissed by most pundits simply because it isn’t very sexy. Popular, “buzzy” names like Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon practically never pass the value list because the massive […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Clorox Co. shares fell by the most since 2000, erasing their pandemic-era gains, after the company said it would take “several years” to rebuild margins that have been hammered by higher costs. The maker of disinfectant wipes and cleaning products expects a steeper drop in gross margins this fiscal year, which ends in […]
Read MoreMarket volatility has picked up since the beginning of the year, with all three major indices now sitting at legitimate correction levels. The good news is that this week, all three indices look like they may have started to stabilize, finding support that could provide a new basis for another rally back in the direction […]
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