When you filter through all the noise about inflation, interest rates, and war, the big story in the stock market for 2022 really comes down to the drop to bear market levels that has taken down just about every sector of the economy. The big question that remains is whether the economy will actually follow […]
Read More“Uncertainty” has been a good way to describe market conditions throughout 2022. To compound the difficulty, few analysts and economists expect things to change for the rest of the year, which makes it harder for investors to decide to keep their money working for them. Inflation continues to remain high, despite three interest rate increases […]
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 to grow its business, and as a result be forced to restructure its business in a way that makes most of the traditional measurables investors like to use look very unfavorable. […]
Read MoreDuring the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the sectors of market that experienced major shifts in its business models was the Healthcare sector. The entire system – local clinics, hospitals, and more – had to conform to the mass amount of patients, making the sector consider several alternatives. Public and market focus, […]
Read MoreGrowth investing leans heavily on the principle that “a stock tends to follow the direction of its previous trend,” which may just be a nerdy way to say that the longer a stock has been going up, the more likely it is to keep going up. It is also why growth investors shun stocks that […]
Read MoreThe Technology sector was a bright spot throughout 2020 and 2021, and what I see as a primary reason the economy managed to recover quickly from its initial collapse in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has also led the market into clearly bearish territory in 2022. One of the reasons the sector […]
Read MoreThrough the end of April, the Materials sector defied an uncertain market and economic picture in 2022. What a difference a couple of months makes! As measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB), the sector finally surrendered to the broadly bearish conditions of the rest of the market to drop from a peak […]
Read MoreOver roughly the last three years, I’ve been writing about the wisdom in being very selective about the investments you make. That includes taking a defensive approach by looking for industries and businesses whose operations aren’t as sensitive to the and ebb and flow of economic growth. In 2020, Food Products stocks were the clear […]
Read MoreThe Tech sector has enjoyed the lion’s share of attention among all segments of the economy for a number of years. That’s been a good thing during bull markets, but it also means the sector really gets pummeled when uncertainty increases. Since 2020, that attention – driven in no small part by the role of […]
Read MoreOne of the classic benchmarks of the economy’s health and strength is the housing market. Stocks of retail companies like Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) often serve as proxies of to guide the market’s perception of the housing market. It’s also pretty common to see experts and analysts referring to homebuilders like D.R. Horton […]
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