Over the last few months, the Aerospace industry, which includes commercial airlines has been one of the biggest, unquestioned losers in the stock market. Yes, the biggest portion of the fact that the industry is down more than -37% since February is because commercial travel has dried up to practically nothing because of global shutdowns […]
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Read MoreNo matter what kind of broad-based damage is seen in the stock market when economic conditions become difficult, or even recessionary, there are always pockets of strength – in certain defensive-oriented industries, and also in smaller segments of sectors and industries that may not traditionally be considered defensive, but still generally benefit from other shifts […]
Read MoreHealthcare stocks remain a prime area of focus for my analysis right now, and will continue to be as all of North America struggles to find a justifiable reason to get national economies restarted. I think that the basis for any kind of reopening of businesses has to come from evidence not merely that infections […]
Read MoreThe market appears to finally be taking notice of the swan dive in oil prices. Lost in the frenzy and angst of COVID-19, shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders, at least until now, was the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that began at the start of the year and saw West Texas Intermediate crude prices […]
Read MoreThis week the market has followed last week’s precedent pretty strongly, moving higher to mark the strongest one-month increase since 2015. Investors have seemed anxious to look for reasons to start buying stocks again, and while it can be argued that a lot of risks remain in place, this really looks like a case where […]
Read MoreYears ago, as I began my career in the investing world, I was introduced to a book written by famous mutual fund manager Peter Lynch, One Up on Wall Street. In it, Mr. Lynch outlined some of the methods he used to identify the stocks that helped him build the Fidelity Magellan Fund into the […]
Read MoreInvestors, like the entire the market, and like all of us seem anxious to find some kind, any kind of reason to see hope in the future – either for the prospect of seeing some form of a “return to normal” for the U.S. at large. Get the kids going back to school, churches open […]
Read MoreAs more and more data comes in about COVID-19, the easier it becomes to think in practical terms, not only about how big the problem right now really is, but also to think about its impact in real economic terms. It’s easy to say there is an economic impact taking place right now, but understanding […]
Read MoreWith the entire world’s focus – financial market or otherwise – turned almost exclusively to coronavirus, social distancing, and how long it is going to take for the world to return to any kind of normalcy in the foreseeable future, it isn’t all that surprising to see market commentary emphasizing health care. I’ve spent enough […]
Read MoreAs an investor that prefers to focus on value, my preference is to emphasize stocks that are currently trading at significant discounts to their basic valuation metrics. That usually means that most of my attention is directed on stocks that are also trading at or near to yearly or historical lows. That also means that […]
Read MoreFor the last few weeks, I believe that one of the biggest reasons investors, and the public at large have been so uncertain is simply because the scope of the spread of COVID-19 infection really is. Shelter-in-place orders in some cities and states followed stay-at-home and self-isolating policies that have taken place pretty much everywhere […]
Read MoreJust a few weeks ago – as concern about COVID-19 was rising, but hadn’t quite reached the panic stage that officially propelled the market into the first bear market in more than a decade – I profiled Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) as a stock you should be watching. At the time, the stock had declined […]
Read MorePlus, President Trump abandoned his hope of re-opening the U.S. economy by Easter as cases surge to more than 143,000, Macy’s said it is furloughing the majority of its 130,000 employees, and Johnson & Johnson said it will begin human trails on its experimental COVID-19 vaccine by September.
Read MoreOver the weekend, the focus in news media seems to have shifted a bit. It isn’t that discussion and commentary has materially changed – COVID-19, and its accelerating rate of infection in the U.S. is still front and center – but as it relates to the market and the economy, much of the conversation is […]
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