One of the challenges for every investor is the task of assimilating different storylines to put the market in practical context. In 2022, the focus has shifted from pandemic-driven questions to concerns about the pace of inflation and the rise in interest rates that some fear could push a growing economy into a full-fledged recession. […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving! The quest for useful value in the stock market is one of those things that applies to any market condition – bull, bear, or none. The current state of the market and the economy in general is what tends to shift the value focus from one sector to another. 2022 has been dominated […]
Read MoreTrying to keep a thumb on the pulse of the market is an inexact science at best. I’ve learned to start by narrowing my focus on a single industry or sector, and then work outward. One of the sectors that I have learned to pay attention to as a starting point to find the temperature […]
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 MoreStocks in the Technology sector get a lot of attention and buzz from investors, analysts and talking heads alike no matter the time of year or current status of the economy. A big reason comes from the reality that progress, innovation and evolution in just about every other sector of the economy is driven by […]
Read MoreFor most of 2022, supply shortages, along with increasing energy demand have been pushing the prices of energy products, including crude oil and natural gas to levels not seen since 2014. Oil prices have dropped off early summer peaks quite a bit as some of those shortages have moderated, however energy commodity prices in general […]
Read MoreMany of the principles behind different investing methods can be summarized by cute little sound bites that make them easier to remember and work with. One of the first ones I learned more than two decades ago has become a primary reference point for helping me think about the likelihood a stock will move the […]
Read MoreEvery year, market watchers and talking heads look for a central narrative that can weave the market and economy’s movements into a single cohesive thread. That storyline often focuses on one of any number of factors – economic, political, or social – that history has proved can impact the market in a material way. Through […]
Read MoreThe Technology sector was a bright spot throughout 2020 and 2021. It has also led the market lower throughout this year, with a lot of Tech stocks extending their own year-to-date losses well past traditional bear market levels. One of the reasons the sector led the market higher until 2022 is because so much of […]
Read MoreEach year, it seems that analysts and pundits alike spend a significant amount of time trying to identify the driving elements of market and economic activity. In a 2022 that has seen a lot of newsworthy events from war to inflation and everything in between, I think there is one word we can use to […]
Read MoreNo matter what your approach to the stock market may be, there are a myriad number of issues that come at you and demand attention. Some of those elements can be anticipated, if not predicted; for example, if a company is getting set for a new quarterly earnings report, it’s pretty normal to see a […]
Read MoreThe last month has seen the market rally off of its latest low point to mark the first positive month in about a year. Today’s big rally looks like it could be setting up a technical continuation of that bullish momentum. That broad, bullish momentum means that a lot of stocks have been rallying off […]
Read MoreOne of the big recovery stories over the past year or so has come from the Aerospace industry, which includes commercial airlines. From a disastrous 2020, and the first part of 2021, this is a sector that was radioactive not so long ago. The “reopening” theme that became a part of market commentary in the […]
Read MoreTraditional, growth-oriented investing puts most of its emphasis on stocks that have already started moving up. That makes sense when you consider the popular technical idiom that a “stock tends to follow the direction of its next longer trend.” It’s a basic tenet of trend-based analysis: when you can clearly see a stock going up, […]
Read MoreValue analysis, or growth-focused, momentum-based trading? Most investors tend to think of these two approaches as being in diametric opposition to each other as incompatible methods. Looking for stocks at the low side of their historical ranges is a no-brainer approach for a value-oriented investor, because generally increases the odds that the stock will represent […]
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