This week, I’ve been turning my focus to Healthcare stocks, most particularly to the Healthcare Equipment industry of that sector. The most-established stocks in the industry all seem to be at or very near to all-time high levels – something that I believe is driven by broad fundamental strength among most of these companies as […]
Read MoreThe Consumer Discretionary sector has been one of the highest-performing sectors in the market year-to-date; as the broad market has pushed to new all-time highs, so has this sector, increasing about 24% year to date and more than 4% in the last month, as measured by the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector SPDR ETF (XLY). […]
Read MoreBut these 4 stocks in the tech space could still see big upside ahead.
Read MoreIn the last week I’ve been focusing my attention in this space on a few of the biggest, most established names in the pharmaceutical space. It’s an industry that I think is becoming more interesting under current market conditions, as some of these names remain significantly off of multi-year, or even all-time highs even as […]
Read MoreIf you’ve followed my highlights in this space, you’ve seen me write on a number of occasions about how my value-focused investing approach tends to make me think in defensive terms under current market conditions. As the major indices are driving to new all-time highs, a lot of growth-oriented folks think that sounds pretty silly; […]
Read MoreIt seems inevitable right now that no matter what other element may be at play in the market, the conversation right now inevitably turns back to trade and tariffs. The big news in the market yesterday initially was the latest Fed meeting, and its decision to keep interest rates steady for the time being. 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. Another is that the simple fact that a stock is going up often means […]
Read MoreIt’s always been interesting to me, up to a point, to note how practically all of the talking heads on popular media seem to focus almost exclusively on growth-driven investing strategies. Not that it’s surprising – after all, they’re generally trying to play to the broadest possible market, which means they need to emphasize strategies […]
Read MoreOne of the most basic tenets of value analysis can be summed up by a sound bite offered by the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren Buffet: “I want to buy a good company at a nice price.” The idea sounds simple enough – but I always find it interesting to see so many different approaches […]
Read MoreOver the last month the market has been rattled by heightened geopolitical tensions from trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, and in the last week Mexico as well. This week the market has rebounded a bit, with the market moving upward in a big way yesterday on speculation that a deal with Mexico could […]
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 MoreIt’s been a shaky couple of weeks leading up to Monday’s Memorial Day holiday. At the end of April, the market pushed to a new all-time high, and most experts were singing the praises of the economy and the market. Most reports seemed to indicate that a trade deal between the United States and China […]
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 […]
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