One of the primary criteria I’ve learned to use to filter through the thousands of publicly traded companies in the stock market is the payment of dividends. it’s a useful, relatively quick-reference approach to finding stocks with superior fundamentals than what most average investors pay attention to. Among many fundamental, value-driven investors, dividends are ore […]
Read MoreOne of the ways that I think a smart investor keeps track of industry and economic trends that can have a carryover effect on broad market activity. One of the sectors that is useful for the purpose is the Energy sector, since energy products such as petroleum and natural gas are used in the production […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
Read MoreOne of the big themes this year of the “reopening” trade has come from a generally expected increase in consumer activity in activities that were almost completely restricted in 2020 such as travel to take vacations. That generally implies consumer demand for airlines, hotel bookings, and resorts should also increase, which is typically good news […]
Read MoreThe impact of the global pandemic sometimes seems to have no end in sight – even though economic activity has been picking up enough this year to start raising a lot of questions about inflationary pressures, their impact on interest rates, and more. One of the sectors that has rallied strongly since November of last […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
Read MoreOne of the big themes this year of the “reopening” trade has come from a generally expected increase in consumer activity in activities that were almost completely restricted in 2020 such as travel to take vacations. That generally implies consumer demand for airlines, hotel bookings, and resorts should also increase, which is typically good news […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
Read MoreSince the beginning of this year, the energy sector has rebounded strongly from the pandemic-driven pressures that had kept prices – particularly in crude oil – depressed throughout 2020. From a November 2020 low point at around $34, for example, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude more than doubled to an early July peak at around […]
Read MoreThrough most of the pandemic, one of the hardest-hit sectors in the market was the Energy sector. Global restrictions on social gatherings and shelter-in-place orders meant that demand for crude oil products collapsed to practically nothing. The story for 2021 has shifted, of course, as vaccinations led to dropping infections and hospitalizations that have allowed […]
Read MoreOne of the sectors that has seen an impressive rally since late 2020 is the Energy sector. As measured by the U.S. Energy iShares ETF (IYE), the sector has increased from a trend low point at the end of October by more than 100%. Much of that increase was driven initially by a push among […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
Read MoreA reopening economy in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world is generally giving analysts reasons to start pointing to stocks they believe are well-positioned for recoveries in consumer activities that have been hampered by pandemic-driven restrictions. One of the sectors that has been seeing a boost, particularly in the last couple […]
Read MoreSometimes there are forces that affect a sector or industry in such a way that it creates a storyline that extends into not merely weeks, or months, but years. These can be positive or negative, but one of the things that I find interesting as an analyst is to look for those threads and try […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
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