Last week, the U.S. and China finally signed the first phase of what everybody hopes ultimately becomes a long-term trade agreement. That, along with expectations that central banks all over the globe will continue to follow the Federal Reserve’s accommodative lead have a lot of investors looking hopefully into the rest of the year, looking […]
Read MoreNo matter what current market conditions are at any given time, the point of value-oriented investing is to find stocks that offer attractive long-term upside. For my approach, that means using a combination of valuation, fundamental strength, and technical analysis to filter through the thousands of stocks that are available. With market enthusiasm set to […]
Read MoreSince the end of April, it hasn’t been all that unusual to see stocks down -10% or more. Since both the Trump administration and Chinese officials have announced agreement on phase one of a trade agreement last week, however, the market is pushing to a new set of all-time highs – something that should give […]
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 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 MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $42.51 Sell Target $46.71 Daqo New Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufactures in the People’s Republic of China. The photovoltaic product manufactures further process its polysilicon into ingots, wafers, cells, and modules for solar power solutions. It offers ready-to-use polysilicon, and packaged to […]
Read MoreWith most market indicators seeming to point in a bullish direction right now, it probably seems a little counter-intuitive to focus on areas of the economy that don’t generate a lot of buzz or attention. As a value-oriented investor, however, I’ve gotten a lot of mileage over the years out of finding fundamentally solid companies […]
Read MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $7.55 Sell Target $8.24 The ExOne Company develops, manufactures, and markets three-dimensional (3D) printing machines, 3D printed and other products, materials, and services to industrial customers primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company manufactures and sells 3D printing machines that serves direct and indirect applications, including components and tools […]
Read MoreAs the market began to move into the final quarter of the year, things seemed to be reaching a tipping point; many analysts were even forecasting that the market would repeat its bearish performance of the end of 2018, when all of the major indices tested bear market levels. As has been the case throughout […]
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 MoreWhile a lot of sectors in the market are showing a heightened level of volatility and sensitivity lately, many of them remain up quite nicely year to date, or over the past year. Trade concerns have become more and more heightened lately, spreading volatility throughout the market and pushing the curve between short-term and longer-term […]
Read MoreIn the latter part of June, I wrote about Westrock Company (WRK), a stock in the Materials sector that had dropped to the extreme low end of its historical range and is in a long-term downward trend that dates back to January of 2018. At the time, there were enough holes in the company’s fundamental […]
Read MoreThe last week of July has been a pretty significant one for the market, despite the fact that the summer months are traditionally seen as a period of decreasing volatility and price action. A large number of large cap, S&P 500-listed companies have been reporting their earnings this week, with more to come by the […]
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