Since mid-June, the broad market has pushed above a consolidation range that lasted the better part of two months and has spent the summer extending its upward trend. This week some of that momentum has waned just a bit, but at the same time the S&P 500 Index has continued to establish new, all-time highs […]
Read MoreThere is a lot of fundamental data that I rely on to help paint an overall picture about underlying strength of any stock I might consider using for a value-based investment. While some fundamental investors prefer to work with easy-to-reference, quick-glance data like earnings per share, I prefer to expand my view of a company’s […]
Read MoreOver the last few months, much of the commentary we’ve been seeing on market media and among analyst reports have revolved around the “reopening” theme – what stocks you should focus on as business and economic activity starts to shows signs of coming back from the long, pandemic-driven drop we all had to deal with […]
Read MoreThere’s a popular saying that you might have heard in a lot of different settings outside of the stock market: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and smells like a duck…then it’s a duck.” It’s interesting to me that I haven’t heard or seen the saying used when talking about stocks, […]
Read MoreAs all eyeballs focus on the remarkable record-breaking ascent of the major indices, less attention is paid on defensive names. That’s only natural because of immediacy bias or the tendency to perceive current emotions as more intense than previous emotions. Nevertheless, it might be time to think about hedging against this soaring valuation and what […]
Read MoreOne of the things that always seems to be a little bit ironic to me about the markets is the way that fear tends to weave a web of intrigue and uncertainty under just about all conditions. That often means that when the market starts to correct, investors, analysts and economists don’t just look for […]
Read MoreThe Food Products industry in the Consumer Staples sector is an area of the market that doesn’t get much buzz from market media types because it isn’t very sexy. Despite that fact, it is one of very few segments of the market that saw consumer-driven improvements in demand during the pandemic in a trend that […]
Read MoreInvestors are always looking for the “next big thing” in the stock market to give them something to talk about with their friends. That is part of the reason that market media outlets tend to drive so much of the investing public’s focus on the fastest-growing industries. Along the way, stocks in other industries tend […]
Read MoreAfter about two months of mostly range-bound activity, the market appears to have broken out of that range and looks set to extend its longer-term, upward trend yet again. Much of the push seems to be on the heels of economic data, including this week’s most recent jobs report, that economists seem to be taking […]
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. Names like Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon practically never make the value list because the massive amount of […]
Read MoreI have written quite a bit about how I like to pay attention to stocks in the Food Products industry when market conditions become more uncertain and broad volatility starts to increase. That’s because while the industry itself can hardly be described as disruptive – in fact, I’ve seen analysts throughout the year dismiss the […]
Read MoreShort-term trading to take advantage of swings between very near-term highs and lows, or long-term investing with an eye on how much a stock should be worth? it’s a question that anybody that wants to use the stock market to put their money to work for them has to figure out for themselves. Short-term trading […]
Read MoreAs much as everybody is anxious to put the pandemic and COVID-19 concerns and commentary in the rear view, the practical reality is that the aftermath – which includes dealing with ongoing health concerns – will continue to extend through the rest of the year. In the United States, it’s tempting to say that the […]
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