Over the last couple of weeks, the market has been largely range-bound, with an increasing level of volatility that has been making stocks pretty choppy. I think the shift in the uncertainty of which that volatility is a reflection is interesting; the ongoing health crisis remains a part of it, but most of the commentary […]
Read MoreFor the last year and a half, 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 2020 as commercial […]
Read MoreEven before the coronavirus pandemic started to take down entire sectors of the economy last year, the Auto industry was experiencing quite a bit of bearish pressure. Sales were down globally, reflecting economic slowing in various parts of the world as well as the effects of an extended trade war between the U.S. and China […]
Read MoreOne of the surprising areas of strength in the economy over the last year are the Homebuilders and Construction industries. Against the backdrop of economic pressures from the pandemic, it’s natural to think that the economically sensitive industries like Homebuilders, Construction, and others would see decreases in demand. The shift of corporate America to work-from-home […]
Read MoreIn the Energy sector, there are a lot of different industries to think about, with a wide range of types of businesses related to it. It’s easy to correlate Energy to crude oil, because that is the single commodity that most of the companies in the sector are tied to in one way or another; […]
Read MoreThere is a lot of fundamental data that I rely on to help paint an overall picture about underlying strength of any stock I might consider using for a value-based investment. While some fundamental investors prefer to work with easy-to-reference, quick-glance data like earnings per share, I prefer to expand my view of a company’s […]
Read MoreOver the years, I have come to consider the stock market as a reflection of investor’s emotions. That is because investor emotion is at least part of the reason that the stock market tends to anticipate news, good or bad, and then to price that anticipation into stocks. That emotion – driven by the kind […]
Read MoreInvestors can be divided into a lot of different categories. Day traders, swing traders, long-term investors these are just a few broad description you often hear used to describe some of the different attitudes about how to find and take advantage of opportunities that emerge in the marketplace. Even among long-term investors, there are important […]
Read MoreOver the last year, one of the best sectors of the stock market’s rally back to, and even above pre-pandemic levels has been the Materials sector. From last year to a fresh high this week, the sector had increased in value by almost 70%, as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB). This […]
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 within 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 MoreSince late 2020, much of the commentary in the market has shifted from questions about when the end of the pandemic might actually come to how quickly the economy will be able to rebound. Increasing vaccinations have made a big difference in reducing infection rates across the United States, which has allowed state and local […]
Read MoreI’ve written quite a bit in this space about my opinion that the Consumer Staples sector – and more specifically, stocks in the Food Products and Food and Staples Retail industries – are smart places to find good values in today’s market. That’s because most of the stocks in these industries are benefitting from the […]
Read MoreWhen economists and market analysts look back at the last year and talk about the most impactful trends that emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conversation inevitably steers towards remote work. Corporations around the world were forced to adjust their operational models in rapid fashion, sending large numbers of their workers to […]
Read MoreA reopening economy in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world is generally giving analysts reasons to start pointing to stocks they believe are well-positioned for recoveries in consumer activities that have been hampered by pandemic-driven restrictions. One of the sectors that has been seeing a boost, particularly in the last couple […]
Read MoreIntel Corp (INTC) is a stock that I’ve followed for quite some time, and that I’ve written about in this space quite a bit over the past year. This is one of the 600-lb gorillas of the Technology sector, after all, and the company that is easily considered the gold standard of companies in the […]
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