Last week in Seattle, Amazon (AMZN) held an all-hands company meeting. When asked by an employee about the company’s future, founder and CEO said something that I don’t think most people would expect of any CEO, much less the CEO of one of the most disruptive companies in the world. “Amazon is not too big […]
Read MoreBlue chips are usually solid buys. They might not be the most exciting stocks, but they’re household names and have been around the block. Blue chip equals safe, right? But sometimes blue chips struggle and become the kind of investments that investors should avoid at all costs. The kind of investments that do damage to […]
Read MoreWe’ve been seeing more down days than up in the stock market recently, and it’s giving many investors understandable anxiety. But in times of stress, the consumer staples sector is a good one to look to. Companies in this sector offer products that consumers need regardless of the economic conditions, making them great options for […]
Read MoreIn yesterday’s post, I wrote about the Materials sector as a segment of the economy that seems have started to attract the interest and attention to institutional investors. Sector rotation is an approach to market analysis that suggests that if you want to find good investments in any market, it’s a good idea to pay […]
Read MoreVideo game stocks have seen explosive growth over the last five years, with big names like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) up more than 600% at their peaks reached this year. While these stocks have taken a tumble recently, there’s no denying the video game sector is a phenomenon and one […]
Read MoreThe month of October put investors on notice that volatility in the stock market wasn’t going to go away anytime soon. I think it makes sense; investors are becoming more and more aware of the difficulty associated with extending an unprecedented period of economic expansion.
Read MoreThroughout most of the year, stocks that are considered cyclical in nature – think autos, airlines, transportation, and energy, to name just a few – have been among the most volatile stocks in the market. That has included companies in the air freight & logistics industry; and while there are a number of players in […]
Read MoreOctober was a tough month for stocks, and so far, November hasn’t been much better. Everything from FANG stocks, to strong stocks like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), to marijuana stocks, and even oil have struggled recently. While it has felt like there’s no where to hide with everything falling, some stocks have fallen into bargain territory […]
Read MoreWe all know Jim Cramer. CNBC’s “Mad Money” host and outspoken commentator said Monday—a day that saw the Dow fall 600 points, and a retreat for oil—that the market is in “a very serious correction” that has been underscored by the fact that there aren’t very many fundamental reasons why everything is heading downward. “The […]
Read MoreNektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) has been on a rollercoaster ride. Between March 2017 and March 2018, the stock rose more than 600%. Since then however, it has fallen -65%. The commercial-stage biotech fell -36.5% in October alone as investors lost faith in the stock. So what happened? Earlier this year, Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) shelled […]
Read MoreThis morning as the market opened, I was watching CNBC and scrolling through market headlines on my phone as I usually do, trying to get a sense for what the day’s drivers might be. A couple of headlines caught my attention because they were effective at using attention-grabbing words; if you’re a little attention deficit-oriented […]
Read MoreThe stock market has seen a lot of turmoil and turbulence since the beginning of October, with all three major indices touching, or coming very near to the 10% level that most technicians consider correction territory. What you may or may not be aware of, however is that at nearly the same time the stock […]
Read MoreApple Inc. (AAPL) is one of the biggest companies in the world; in August of this year, with the stock pushing nicely above $200 per share, they were the first company in the modern era to officially cross the $1 trillion dollar threshold. And over the last ten years, it is without a doubt one […]
Read MoreIf you were watching the market sell off again yesterday, you probably started to wonder as I did if the market was really starting to follow through on the bearish sentiment that drove it back into correction territory for the Dow and the NASDAQ. The S&P plunged nearly 2% amid worries that the entire tech […]
Read MoreThroughout most of this year, semiconductors have been perhaps the most distressed sector of the market. Before bottoming at the end of the October, the sector had dropped a little over 21% from its high point in mid-March as measured by the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), and is still down nearly 15% as of Thursday’s […]
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