Over the last couple of months, as market sentiment has focused heavily on geopolitical news like the U.S.-China trade war, Brexit, and Iran-driven tension in the Middle East, I’ve noticed an increasing number of analysts start talking about a shift in market momentum away from growth-oriented stocks and focusing on more defensively-positioned strategies. That conversation […]
Read MoreThese 4 areas of the market could help investors mitigate the current risks to the market.
Read MoreIn the last week, one of the interesting threads that I’ve seen come out of the market’s latest run of volatility is a wave of investor rotation into “defensive” sectors, which usually includes Utilities, Consumer Staples and other pockets of the market that investors tend to think of as safe havens when market uncertainty is […]
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Read MoreWhile a lot of sectors in the market are showing a heightened level of volatility and sensitivity lately, many of them remain up quite nicely year to date, or over the past year. Trade concerns have become more and more heightened lately, spreading volatility throughout the market and pushing the curve between short-term and longer-term […]
Read MoreIn this shaky market, stocks like these offer safety according to Goldman.
Read MoreThe market may be pessimistic about these stocks, but Goldman Sachs says investors should consider them now.
Read MoreMy focus on value-based investing opportunities over the years has, in many cases, led me to pass over some of the most dominant players in a respective industry or sector. That’s been especially true as the stock market’s bullish trend extended itself into the longest upward trend in recorded history. A big piece of the […]
Read MoreOne of the things that has helped the market perform very well this year, along with the expectation that a trade deal between the u.S. and China will eventually get worked out, is the fact that most economic data measurements in the U.S. have continued to come in pretty healthy. Even the fact that tariffs […]
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