The market is in full-blown bear market mode right now, and that means that a lot of stocks have really been getting beat up since the major indices all hit new all-time highs in mid-February. As of this writing, the S&P 500 has been testing support around 2,350 quite a bit over the last couple […]
Read MoreAs a pretty regular, retail investor, I have a lot of the same challenges most people do about tracking the stock market. Even though I do this for a living, I’m a busy guy, which means that paying attention to the entire market is hard, if not impossible to do. Like most smart investors, I’ve […]
Read MoreBuy Target – $51.50 or better Sell Target – TradersPro Sell Signal Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products. It operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment […]
Read MoreThe market seems set to keep selling off – but is the story really as bad as it seems? The news continues to revolve around coronavirus-induced fear. It’s true that the spread of the virus continues to get bigger; but there are also indications that the worst effects may have already begun tapering off. I […]
Read MoreThis week, the market continues to be volatile, but uncertain. Coronavirus, Super Tuesday, geopolitics, trade, interest rate policy – it seems like everything is getting added to the mix right now. Increasing uncertainty is a good reason to start looking for generally more conservative ways to put your money to work for you. That means […]
Read MoreMarket and popular news media alike has been dominated for the last week or so with headlines about coronavirus. Yesterday morning, before the market opened Jim Cramer even went so far as to render his opinion on air that containment of the virus had been lost – which raises the level of fear and risk […]
Read MoreIt’s interesting to see how market dynamics affect different industries and sectors of the economy at different points in time. Historical trends and norms prompt us to categorize certain areas of the market as “defensive” or “cyclical,” “aggressive” or “conservative” simply because of the way the price activity those areas, or even individual stocks have […]
Read MoreThe market’s rally to a new set of all-time highs is being taken as a sign that the economy is going to continue to grow throughout the rest of the year, which also means that for a many analysts and investors, the market is expected to maintain its long-term upward trend. The news hasn’t been […]
Read MoreBeing a value-oriented investor means that the general mindset around a stock’s historical trading ranges is a bit different than what most investors, who tend to focus primarily on growth, tend to pay attention to. Value means looking for stocks trading at a nice price, and that usually means that stocks trading at or near […]
Read MoreComing up on the end of the year, it’s easy to look at the stock market’s strong performance through the year, and positive news about trade, interest rates and geopolitics like Brexit and say that the market should be poised for another strong year in 2020. And that might be true; it is also true, […]
Read MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $5.58 Sell Target $6.65 Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural food ingredient company, develops and commercializes health and nutrition ingredient traits worldwide. The company offers a suite of agricultural productivity traits, including nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and drought tolerance, salinity tolerance, and Wheat Yield traits. It also provides nutritional oils […]
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, […]
Read MoreTrade Setup Buy Target – $6.00 or better Sell Signal – TradersPro Sell Signal Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural food ingredient company, develops and commercializes health and nutrition ingredient traits worldwide. The company offers a suite of agricultural productivity traits, including nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and drought tolerance, salinity tolerance, and Wheat Yield […]
Read MoreThe market’s recent surge in bullish momentum, driven by trade optimism, generally better-than-expected earnings, and lower interest rates appears to be giving investors lots of reasons to be as bullish as ever as we start the week. Monday the S&P 500 set a new all-time high, something that from a technical standpoint could mark the […]
Read MoreBeing a contrarian investor can mean a few different things. One is that while most investors shy away from stocks that are trading at historically low levels, a contrarian will usually immediately see an opportunity to look for a terrific bargain. That’s at odds with the natural way of thinking; it’s a lot easier to […]
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