The message this week is to stay invested but don’t go crazy on the buy side and don’t get scared on the sell side. Just be measured and try not to do anything that’s uncharacteristic of what you would do in a “normal” market.
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Crista has updates on several portfolio stocks.
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Let’s talk about a specific category of stocks that I like to buy after they fall from grace. These are famous stocks that don’t fall very often, but when they do, I like to snap them up because they’re almost always destined to And...
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Here we are in an up leg of a bull market that began three months ago. Since early October the S&P 500 has climbed 14%. With trade issues and Iran out of the headlines, the strong economy and low interest rates are driving higher...
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The S&P 500 (SPX) index is up 10% since rising above its previous trading range in late November. While 10% is not necessarily a big move for a stock, it is definitely a big move for a major index.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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The big thing on most investors’ minds is whether or not this market can go higher.
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This energy stock reported a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat.
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Hero Snow
I grew up skiing in Vermont and got to know different snow conditions well. My favorite is “hero snow”. Hero snow is what you get when you've had lots of medium size storms that skiers work into the mountain and which create superb...
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The year is starting out great! There was some volatility associated with the Iran thing but it looks like that, along with trade issues, has faded from the headlines, for now.
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Fourth quarter 2019 earnings season began yesterday with a few large banks reporting very strong results.
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This retailer presented at the January 13 ICR Conference 2020 and moves from Buy to Strong Buy.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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The market is off to a superb start to 2020 with many growth sectors finding their groove and ripping higher. The S&P 600 Small Cap Index continues to trade above the all-important (my opinion) 1,000 level and we’re seeing participation from a wider of...
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The Financial Times reported this morning that this portfolio stock was in talks, in late December, to possibly be acquired by AIG, Prudential Financial Group or Prudential Financial.
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A Jewel among the Wreckage
This is one tough stock picking environment. It’s obscenely late in the bull market and economic recovery with the market near an all time record high. Sure, a similar situation has existed for several years. Okay, the economy is pretty...
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Get Ready to Rumble!
We are almost past a very quiet time period on Wall Street that featured a lack of major company news, M&A activity and earnings reports. As such, this will likely be the last recent issue where I had to scour internet...
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Short-term, the market remains under pressure, buffeted by the selling of investors scared by the prospects of an extended tariff war, but long-term, the trend remains up, so we still see the current weakness as a normal correction.
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The Big Idea
If you want to find markets where purpose-built software can make life a lot easier look no further than life sciences and high tech.
Both are defined by the ever-present need to develop new products, launch them into the market, appropriately manage through...
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Here we are at the beginning of a new year and a new decade. A pivotal calendar turn like this is a great time to stop, get off the train, look around and see where we are, and where we might be going.
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