Traditional, growth-oriented investing puts most of its emphasis on stocks that have already started moving up. That makes sense when you consider the popular technical idiom that a “stock tends to follow the direction of its next longer trend.” That means that when you can clearly see a stock going up, it should continue to […]
Read MoreWith no fourth stimulus check, these COVID programs still offer billions in aid Federal policymakers, focused on negotiating President Joe Biden’s budget, show no signs of providing more broad stimulus payments. But many Americans who lost income in the pandemic are still looking for help, battered by rising prices for much of what they buy. […]
Read MoreIt has become pretty normal over the last several years to see the Technology sector leading the market – after all, Technology is increasingly at the center of just about every part of our daily lives in one sense or another. During the pandemic, Technology has been both catalyst and a hindrance to overall economic […]
Read MoreAs recently as a few months ago, a lot of signs about the global pandemic seemed to suggest that the worst of the worst was over, and we could all finally begin to put COVID-19 concerns and commentary in the rear view. As contagious variants of the virus have emerged, however, it has become more […]
Read MoreBeing a value-oriented investor means that seeing stocks trading at or near all-time highs is actually a demotivating factor; that’s because value-based analysis compares the value of the company’s book of business against the stock’s current price. Since the market tend to inflate stock values, upward trends also tend to outpace the growth in profitability. […]
Read MoreThe Food Products industry in the Consumer Staples sector is an area of the market that tend 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 during the pandemic. That gave a lot of […]
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 generally don’t look very sexy – but I’m far less interested in being sexy than I am in being […]
Read MoreIf you listen to a lot of “talking head” market analysts on TV, when a popular, well-known stock starts to drop in price, you’ll almost always start hearing about what a great deal the stock is at that price, and how you should “buy the dip” to take advantage of the next swing upward. For […]
Read MoreThe longer a bull market lasts, the more extended price valuations become. The longer that condition continues, the harder it becomes for value-oriented investors to justify long-term investments in most of the stocks, industries and sectors that everybody else is talking about. I think this is a pretty good description of current market conditions, as […]
Read MoreSince 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 MorePlus, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is likely to begin tapering before the end of this year, Apple announced App Store updates, and Rivian Automotive confidentially filed to go public.
Read MorePlus, Ulta reported second quarter sales jumped more than 60%, Salesforce delivered an earnings beat, and Forbes is going public via a SPAC merger.
Read MoreNo matter what the current economic climate is, one of the many questions active investors have to try to answer is what sectors and industries in the market provide the best opportunities. Some industries tend to be cyclical in nature, meaning that their profitability is positively correlated to the ebb and flow of the broad […]
Read MoreInvestors can be divided into a lot of different categories. Day traders, swing traders, long-term investors these are just a few broad description you often hear used to describe some of the different attitudes about how to find and take advantage of opportunities that emerge in the marketplace. Even among long-term investors, there are important […]
Read MorePlus, Lordstown Motors said it will begin limited production next month, Microsoft is protesting the NSA’s decision to award a $10 billion contract to Amazon, and the a U.K. regulator said Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy presents competition concerns.
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