For the last week or so, I’ve been focusing a lot of attention and analysis on the Food Products industry in the Consumer Staples sector. A lot of the stocks in this industry have increased nicely since the beginning of the year, but remain well below their 52-week highs. That’s opened up a lot of […]
Read MoreOver the last week or so, I’ve written about a few companies in the Food Products industry that I think offer some interesting possibilities under current market conditions – something that is even more true if the market sees an increase in short-term volatility. Investors are putting a lot of focus on geopolitics right now, […]
Read MoreThe market has had a pretty good dose of good news so far this week; President Trump tweeted that progress in trade talks with China had progressed enough, and shown sufficient promise to ensure the imposition of new tariffs at the March 1 deadline would be delayed. The President has even gone so far as […]
Read MoreAs the market continues to recover from its lows in late December, I’m seeing more and more reports and opinions that while economic growth in the United States may begin to slow (and based on some measurements, that might already be starting to happen), it isn’t expected to actually reverse and begin contracting for as […]
Read MoreEconomic reports this week set the market on edge this week, although optimism related to trade gave investors reasons to push the market higher late in the week. One of the risks that I’ve seen some experts and economists start talking about more lately is the possibility that if and when a trade deal with […]
Read MoreYesterday I highlighted General Mills (GIS) as a stock that could offer an interesting value proposition right now. The Consumer Staples sector is starting look like a market segment that smart investors should be paying attention to right now. The market has been moving nicely since the beginning of the year, but with indications that […]
Read MoreEconomic reports this morning, in particular global factory orders and January housing sales and inventory both seem to be reigniting concerns about global and domestic economic activity. The market is also paying attention on the trade front, as negotiations between the U.S. and China by all accounts progress at a slow, but steady pace. The […]
Read MoreI know – it’s cheesy to use Valentine’s Day as a tagline today. And it’s also more than a little odd to use it with a tech stock. Even so, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is set to make its latest quarterly earnings report after the market closes today, and the fact is that this is a […]
Read MoreAs the market has rebounded from the end of December until now, the Industrial sector has rebounded from declines around 25% to reclaim about half of the distance lost as measured by the S&P 500 Industrial Sector SPDR (XLI) since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the week, you might have thought […]
Read MoreFibonacci technical analysis is the popular study of identifying potential high probability support and resistance levels in the future, based on past price trends and reversals. The most common Fibonacci tools that are used by traders on the charts of the financial markets are known as: Fibonacci Internal Retracements Fibonacci analysis is based on the […]
Read MoreWhen market uncertainty gives way to fear, stocks generally tend to fall, and while the market in the past week has been trying to rebound from lows in December that tested bear market territory for the major indices, the general tone has really focused more on the negative than anything else. If investors and analysts […]
Read MoreIt seems like the global market has been waiting for the last couple of days for the next shoe to drop in the U.S. The Christmas holiday meant that U.S. markets closed early, and remained closed for Christmas Day itself as always, but that didn’t stop markets in Asia from their regular activity, and most […]
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