In the latter part of June, I wrote about Westrock Company (WRK), a stock in the Materials sector that had dropped to the extreme low end of its historical range and is in a long-term downward trend that dates back to January of 2018. At the time, there were enough holes in the company’s fundamental […]
Read MoreCisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is one of the most recognizable and established companies in the Technology sector. With a market cap of nearly $200 billion, they are also one of the largest, if not THE largest player in the Networking & Communications segment. They are, without question, the standard that all other networking businesses are […]
Read MoreAs trade tensions have restored volatility to the market, sectors like Industrials and Technology appear to be on the bleeding edge of risk exposure. That’s because the longer tariffs remain in place – and both the U.S. and China keep drawing their own respective hard lines in the sand about trade – the more the […]
Read MoreMarket volatility has come back in a big way over the last two days. I don’t think it should be all that surprising, given the way that trade and tariffs have dominated market commentary for most of the last year and a half. Even as officials from both the U.S. and China resumed negotiations last […]
Read MoreEarlier this week, I wrote about Alaska Air Lines (ALK) as an interesting stock, primarily because of the fact that it doesn’t have any of Boeing’s (BA) 737 MAX, the plane that has been grounded by governments across the world after two fatal crashes that left no survivors. The aftermath hasn’t been pretty for the […]
Read MoreWhen technical traders see a stock’s price pattern diverging from its industry or sector, the question becomes whether that divergence represents an opportunity, or a risk. The commonly held principle that “a rising tide lifts all ships” usually means that if a broad segment of the market, such as the Consumer Discretionary sector, is performing […]
Read MoreAs you start analyzing individual stocks as potential investing opportunities, one of the most logical steps to take is to analyze the stock’s industry. A strongly performing industry, more often than not should act as a positive catalyst to the stock you’re considering. In the same light, concerns about the industry can usually be expected […]
Read MoreThe last week of July has been a pretty significant one for the market, despite the fact that the summer months are traditionally seen as a period of decreasing volatility and price action. A large number of large cap, S&P 500-listed companies have been reporting their earnings this week, with more to come by the […]
Read MoreOne of the industries that hasn’t been participating in bullish rally enjoyed by the broader Consumer Discretionary sector is apparel manufacturers. While the sector has increased 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), even the leading apparel […]
Read MoreThe “once in a decade opportunity” in these stocks hasn’t been seen in two decades.
Read MoreFor growth investors, stocks making new all-time highs are usually seen as the best kinds of stocks to buy. When new all-time highs happen at the top of a long-term upward trend, many of those same investors get even more excited, because traditional trend analysis usually suggests that those are among the highest-probability signals to […]
Read MoreThere is a common idiom that states, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” For investors, that saying suggests when the broad market is going up, most stocks should go up as well. On a more macroeconomic level, the same principle applies on a sector basis; if a sector is showing signs of strength, most investors […]
Read MoreOver the last couple of weeks, it seems like the market has finally started to look for storylines to help guide its direction other than trade. It’s as though the market has finally realized that tariffs and the ongoing debate between the U.S. and its trading partners, which has been going on for more than […]
Read MoreWhile the rest of the market has been pushing to a new set of all-time highs – as of the end of last week, the S&P 500 was up nearly 19% year-to-date – the energy sector has been struggling lately. As measured by the S&P 500 Energy Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), the sector is down […]
Read MoreIf you pay attention to the stock market, you inevitably become familiar with some of the personalities that take up space on market media to talk about it. On CNBC, for example, Jim Cramer is an ever-present commentator. Not only does he host his own “Mad Money” show in the afternoons on the network, you’ll […]
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