This stock has been propelled out of this world this year, but a slip up last weekend pushed the stock lower this week. But despite the drop, one technical analyst says the stock is still on track to keep heading higher.
Read MoreFor investors looking for bargains, these 3 unloved stocks could soon be bouncing back. Here’s what you need to know now.
Read MoreThe Consumer Discretionary sector includes stocks that cover a wide variety of the Retail industry. Because there are so many retail companies that offer different products to consumers, it’s hard to pinpoint any kind of specific niche. In the sporting goods niche, there were significant challenges even before COVID-19 became a global pandemic. Declining revenues […]
Read MoreThroughout the year, the Aerospace industry, which includes commercial airlines has been one of the biggest, unquestioned losers in the stock market. Yes, the biggest portion of that drop comes from the reality that the industry took some of the biggest drawdowns in the market starting in February as commercial travel dried up to practically […]
Read MoreEver since coronavirus found its way to American shores, a large amount of media attention has been given to the Healthcare sector – and especially to the Biotechnology industry, where many of the biggest names across the world have been working hard to develop effective treatments for the disease. From the market’s bearish low in […]
Read MoreOne of the big headlines to start the week has been the long-anticipated FDA approval of the first coronavirus vaccine in the United States. News media were all over shipping companies in the early hours of market trading today outlining in detail how the vaccine was being distributed on a nationwide basis. The scrutiny and […]
Read MoreWhile most of the Tech sector has been leading the market throughout the year, there are some stocks that have definitely not kept pace. That is always true in any sector, not matter what the broad sector momentum looks like, there are always individual companies that will diverge from the normal pattern. In 2020, the […]
Read MoreFor the last few years, one of the worst underperformers in the market has been General Electric Company (GE). While the stock has seen a sizable month in the last month, and more than doubled from its March, bear market low as of this writing, it remains in an extremely extended downward trend that began […]
Read MoreSometimes, answering the question of whether a stock represents a legitimate, attractive value opportunity can be hard to do. A company could be struggling not only to grow its business, but may be forced to restructure its business in a way that makes most of the traditional measurables investors like to use look very unfavorable. […]
Read MoreThe Consumer Discretionary sector cuts a wide swath across the economic landscape of the United States. It’s easy to think about the sector as the place you’ll find retail stocks, but the truth is that there are a lot of other businesses within the sector that are much more than just the department stores and […]
Read MoreGiven the way the market – and let’s face it, just about all of us – have been focusing all year long on pandemic-related news, including the prospects for practical vaccines, it’s safe to say that this week could see some uncertainty coming back into play. Positive news about clinical trials for a couple of […]
Read MoreOne of the hardest-hit sectors of the market this year is the Energy sector. While COVID-19 has dominated headlines throughout the year, and indeed has contributed to a massive decline in demand for petroleum products all over the globe as shelter-in-place orders have forced a massive shift for most corporations to remote work, the fact […]
Read MoreI like to keep a pretty broad watchlist of stocks that I can check up on every day. That watchlist feeds most of the investments I end up making; that also means that many of those stocks have become “good, old friends” that I’ve used on multiple occasions. Another advantage of keeping a watchlist of […]
Read MoreI hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I’ve written a lot in this space about my belief in defensive sectors and industries for more than a year now. The market is showing a lot of bullish momentum right now, but I think the initial relief that I attribute mostly to decreasing political uncertainty is […]
Read MoreFor many investors, value investing is a useful to analyze potential investment opportunities because of the way that it naturally gravitates to stocks that are generally already at or near historical low prices. That sounds counter-intuitive to most of us, because the overwhelming majority of analysts and talking heads always talk more about stocks that […]
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