One of the biggest challenges for most investors, no matter what your preferred investing strategy actually is, is being able to see past all of the latest news and market buzz to identify where the real opportunities lie. Politics, current events and “the next big thing” often tend to get in the way, prompting average […]
Read MoreThe thing that is exciting about many of the stocks that have come to be referred to as “Gig Economy” stocks, and that understandably draws in average investors as well as seasoned market veterans, is that many of these companies make their mark by introducing the world to a new way to use technology in […]
Read MoreIf you’re old enough to remember the 1990’s, you probably remember the nascent years of the Internet and the World Wide Web. As businesses began to realize the commercial opportunities that it offered, online businesses of seemingly every type were springing up. The wave of invention and innovation that period fueled impressive growth in the […]
Read MoreIf you read my highlights in this space on a regular basis, you’ve seen me highlight a number of stocks in the semiconductor industry. It’s an interesting segment of the market to me for a number of different reasons. Over the last decade-plus, it’s been one of the highest-performing pockets of the market, arguably one […]
Read MoreIt’s interesting to see the different reactions people have to news. Not surprisingly, a lot of it has to do with the kind of news we pay attention to. If you pay more attention to politics, then you’re likely to be most passionate about current political events and issues. If you’re an active investor, then […]
Read MoreWhile the market has found itself on increasing shaky ground throughout the month of May, one stock in particular seems to have stood out above the entire market. Roku, Inc. (ROKU) has nearly quadrupled in value from its bottom at the end of December, running from about $26 per share to its Friday close at […]
Read MoreMonday marked the beginning of a new chapter in the trade war between the United States and China that is beginning to ripple clearly into the market. Before the market opened, analysts were surprised by the announcement that tech giants Alphabet (GOOGL) and Qualcomm (QCOM) were taking steps to cut off Chinese telecomm behemoth Huawei […]
Read MoreOngoing trade uncertainty has continued to contribute to a high degree of volatility in the market. With both sides only seeming to be intent on ramping up their own respective rhetoric, it seems unlikely that any kind of resolution is unlikely to be found in the near term. I expect that to translate to ongoing […]
Read MoreTrade war, trade war, trade war…it really seems like investors are discounting all other information in favor of the next sound bite or tweet from the Trump administration or from China. After ending last week with a big sell off, and starting this week on the same note, the market is hyper-aware and super-sensitive to […]
Read MoreThe market rallied strongly yesterday; I guess that shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise, since investors are apparently so fearful of the prospect of what an extended escalation of the trade war that the entire market seems to be hanging on every tweet or sound bite that comes from the White House or […]
Read MoreFriday at 12:00 a.m., the Trump administration followed through on its threat to increase tariffs against China from 10% to 25%. Experts and pundits, including corporate heads, politicians, and economists seem united in the opinion that this latest phase of the trade war will be felt more acutely on the consumer level. The consensus seems […]
Read MoreThe market has been set on increasingly uncertain footing in the last two days as all of us try to figure out how the week is going to end between the U.S. and China and tariffs. The Trump administration continues to hold to their story that China reneged on previous agreements, but investors and analysts […]
Read MoreOne of the elements that I’ve come to rely on as a value investor to identify good bargains in the stock market is to look for fundamentally strong stocks that are trading at the lower end of their historical ranges. That’s a technical addition to the value-oriented investing system I’ve built over years of study […]
Read MoreAlphabet Inc. (GOOG) rocked the entire stock market on Tuesday after the parent company of Google released its Q1 earnings report late Monday afternoon. Despite beating bottom-line estimates, the company missed on the top line and reported sharply lower ad revenue growth from the year-ago quarter. GOOG’s losses weighed down the tech-centric Nasdaq, as the […]
Read MoreAs the market pushes to a new set of all-time highs, more and more analysts seem inclined to shrug aside the volatility and uncertainty that defined practically all of 2018. In fact, the market has reclaimed all of the decline that pushed the market nearly to bear market levels. Most of the indicators of the […]
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