I don’t think it’s too surprising that a lot of publicly traded companies have begun suspending their guidance forecasts over the last few weeks. The truth is that the extended, global economic shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to see an even more extended effect, even as countries, states and municipalities begin taking […]
Read MoreNo matter what your investing philosophy is, or how you go about identifying stocks in which to consider putting your money to work, one of the most basic questions you have to ask yourself if whether the potential opportunity outweighs the opposite potential for loss. I like to call that portion of my system reward: […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of about $200 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 MoreIn my search for value, I’ve found it useful to develop a watchlist of stocks that I can check on a regular basis. That means that I often recycle stocks that I’ve previously used to make useful investments in, but don’t currently have a position in. That’s useful, because the familiarity that comes with the […]
Read MoreI started my market analysis this week by turning my focus to the Aerospace industry – which to the casual observer might seem pretty silly given the fact that, according to numbers cited this morning by the CEO of Boeing (BA), commercial air travel has plunged by -95% since COVID-19 has taken over the global […]
Read MoreThe last couple of weeks have seen the market rallying strongly, driven primarily by plans announced by various state governments loosening restrictions on business operations and on public lands access. Some have already begun doing that, while others plan to begin on or around May 1. Others in some of the hardest-hit areas of the […]
Read MoreOver the last few months, the Aerospace industry, which includes commercial airlines has been one of the biggest, unquestioned losers in the stock market. Yes, the biggest portion of the fact that the industry is down more than -37% since February is because commercial travel has dried up to practically nothing because of global shutdowns […]
Read MoreOne of the challenges of everyday investing, and trying to stay abreast of current events and major news is that sometimes you can start to get lost in the noise of right now. By that, I mean that most good investment decisions are made with an eye on what your end goals are, and where […]
Read MoreNo matter what kind of broad-based damage is seen in the stock market when economic conditions become difficult, or even recessionary, there are always pockets of strength – in certain defensive-oriented industries, and also in smaller segments of sectors and industries that may not traditionally be considered defensive, but still generally benefit from other shifts […]
Read MoreHealthcare stocks remain a prime area of focus for my analysis right now, and will continue to be as all of North America struggles to find a justifiable reason to get national economies restarted. I think that the basis for any kind of reopening of businesses has to come from evidence not merely that infections […]
Read MoreThe market appears to finally be taking notice of the swan dive in oil prices. Lost in the frenzy and angst of COVID-19, shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders, at least until now, was the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that began at the start of the year and saw West Texas Intermediate crude prices […]
Read MoreOver the last few weeks, I’ve been turning my attention more and more to companies in the Health Care sector, simply because as COVID-19 quickly turned from a distant, overseas problem to a global crisis that has now impacted the world on multiple levels, health care is among the few areas of the economy that […]
Read MoreThis week the market has followed last week’s precedent pretty strongly, moving higher to mark the strongest one-month increase since 2015. Investors have seemed anxious to look for reasons to start buying stocks again, and while it can be argued that a lot of risks remain in place, this really looks like a case where […]
Read MoreBeing a contrarian investor can mean a few different things. One is that contrarian investing is often correlated with value investing, and I think that makes sense in a lot of ways. That includes the reality that all price trends – up or down – are finite in length and duration. That means that eventually, […]
Read MoreYears ago, as I began my career in the investing world, I was introduced to a book written by famous mutual fund manager Peter Lynch, One Up on Wall Street. In it, Mr. Lynch outlined some of the methods he used to identify the stocks that helped him build the Fidelity Magellan Fund into the […]
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