The holiday season is in full swing, and this year that seems to be motivating investors to keep betting on good news. That seems to be coming in the face of conflicting accounts of progress on the trade front; while the White House, including President Trump suggests that a trade deal is neither imminent nor […]
Read MoreLeading into the fourth quarter of the year, and through most of it, the search for value has led me to put a lot of attention on the Energy sector. There are a lot of different aspects of the sector, including the Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels industry that present a number of different, interesting […]
Read MoreIs a trade deal between the U.S. and China imminent, or are comments from the Trump administration that delaying an agreement might actually be a superior option more than idle speculation meant to keep outsiders guessing? The truth is that no one really knows until a deal is actually announced; until that happens, the market […]
Read MoreVolatility has returned to the market since the Thanksgiving break; the expectation of a trade deal between the U.S. and China was countered at the beginning of this week with a contradictory statement from President Trump, who said that it might be better to delay a trade deal until after the 2020 election. Keeping trade […]
Read MoreAny experienced investor, no matter what their investment philosophy is, will undoubtedly tell you that one of the most useful ways they keep track of new opportunities as they come up is by maintaining a watchlist of stocks that they can check on a regular basis. A good, diversified list of stocks in a variety […]
Read MoreThere are a lot of different ways to scour the market for good investing opportunities – as many different ways, in fact as there are investors. One of the simple methods that I like to use to start filtering the more than 7,000 different stocks listed on the major U.S. exchanges to a more manageable […]
Read MoreTrade tensions, which have persisted for well over a year, have worked to amp up market tension at different periods throughout the year. Over the last couple of months, encouraging signs for trade compromise have helped the market continue the rally that has extended all year long. Autos have been shown to be particularly sensitive […]
Read MoreI suppose it’s appropriate that on Thanksgiving – the day retailers like to think of as “the day before Black Friday” – I’m focusing today on a company in the Consumer Discretionary sectors that produces many of most well-known apparel brands in the country. The last month has led the market to rally on the […]
Read MoreWhen technical traders see a stock’s price pattern diverging from its industry or sector, the question becomes whether that divergence represents an opportunity, or a risk. The commonly held principle that “a rising tide lifts all ships” usually means that if a broad segment of the market, such as the Consumer Discretionary sector, is performing […]
Read MoreOne of the challenges all businesses face is their ability to remain relevant over time. Market economies are incredibly competitive, and that means that no matter what industry a business exists in, there is a constant need to adapt and change with the times. A good current example of what I mean exists in world […]
Read MoreAs the economy pushes into the thick of the holiday season, the market seems keen on finding every opportunity to remain bullish right now. Whether those clues come from trade, interest rate policy, or corporate earnings forecasts seem far less important right now than whether investors are able to find a happy rack to hang […]
Read MoreIt’s no big surprise to say that trade tensions are continuing to play out at the forefront of investor’s famously short attention span. So far this week, rumors that the eagerly anticipated “Phase One” of a trade deal between the U.S. and China might not happen before the end of the year seem to have […]
Read MoreOne of the nice things about maintaining a fairly broad and diversified watchlist of stocks is that you can’t possibly watch every stock closely on a daily basis. Instead, you tend to scan the list, looking for quick-glance clues that might tell you to take a closer look. Because of that, many of the stocks […]
Read MoreThe longer you invest in the stock market, the more familiar you become with a lot of the concepts that are used to define and justify the various investing methods that drive them. Years ago, as I began to incorporate technical analysis and shorter-term trading strategies into my system, one of those basic principles was […]
Read MoreWhen investors start to get more nervous about the sustainability of economic growth, and therefore of the market in general, volatility tends to increase. That means that stock prices tend to see wider-than-normal swings from extreme high to extreme low. Lately, the cycle of uncertainty seems to have swung back to the side of optimism, […]
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