Over the last few months, much of the commentary we’ve been seeing on market media and among analyst reports have revolved around the “reopening” theme – what stocks you should focus on as business and economic activity starts to shows signs of coming back from the long, pandemic-driven drop we all had to deal with […]
Read MoreWithin the scope of long-term investing, there are two primary methods most investors use: investing for growth, or looking for value. I write a lot in this space about value-oriented investing, because more than two decades of study and hard experience have taught me that it is the investing method that suits me best. It […]
Read MoreFor most of the last year and a half, one of the areas that I have been able to find some interesting valuations to work have come from the Telecommunications industry. Some of the largest players in the industry do much more than just telecommunications; AT&T Inc. (T) has, of course long been one of […]
Read MoreIt’s a pretty well-documented fact that one of the best-performing sectors in the entire market for the last few years has been the Technology sector. Tech stocks have been a prime focus of attention for investors for more than two decades, and even with the early 2020 bear market drop, it is companies in this […]
Read MoreI write a lot about value investing in this space; each day, I like to try to to identify areas of the market where I think good value lies, as well as where some significant investment risks lie. If you listen to a lot of talking heads on TV, when a popular, well-known stock starts […]
Read MoreThere’s a popular saying that you might have heard in a lot of different settings outside of the stock market: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and smells like a duck…then it’s a duck.” It’s interesting to me that I haven’t heard or seen the saying used when talking about stocks, […]
Read MoreIncreasing concerns about the pace of inflation – and what that might mean for a host of issues like whether the Fed will need to start increasing interest rates earlier and faster than they have forecast or than most economists have predicted – have given the market a reason to be a little bit choppier […]
Read MoreFrom late March to the first part of April, one of the attention-grabbing stories in the market was the fall of ViacomCBS Inc. (VIAC) from a peak at around $102 in less than one week to below $50. VIAC announced announced it would be selling new shares to the market. The news diluted the value […]
Read MoreIn the Technology sector, one of the most interesting trends to follow for the past few years has come from streaming media. Services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu were the early entrants into this fast-growing segment that has since seen a number of major broadcasting companies see the light and jump into the fray […]
Read MoreLong, extended bull markets – either on a broad basis, or even in an individual stock – generally tend to work against value-focused investors. That’s usually because once investors start to pile into stocks at good valuation levels, it doesn’t take long for prices to increase well beyond the point of useful value. I say […]
Read MoreOne of the things that always seems to be a little bit ironic to me about the markets is the way that fear tends to weave a web of intrigue and uncertainty under just about all conditions. That often means that when the market starts to correct, investors, analysts and economists don’t just look for […]
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