The Smart Money is Moving In
It’s common knowledge among experienced investors that the price of a company’s stock, at any one time, is imperfectly related to the company’s actual value.
Other factors that affect the price include estimates of the company’s future revenues, earnings profit...
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If you want to spread out your dividend payments, an ex-dividend date calendar is a handy way to keep track of all your payments. Here's how it works.
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Be Not Afraid
One year ago, soon after marijuana sales became legal in Canada, investors were throwing money at the sector, anxious to get a piece of the action. Today, the opposite is true—getting money for a cannabis business takes real work!
That was my takeaway...
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During any market drop, you might ask, "Should I sell my stocks?" Here are a few guidelines on when to sell stocks and when to hold them.
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Lots of Crosscurrents!
The good news is that yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the SAFE Banking Act (the acronym stands for "Secure and Fair Enforcement"), which would shield banks and other financial institutions from being held liable for serving businesses...
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Buying Opportunity
It’s been rather frustrating to see cannabis stocks falling day after day, week after week, while the companies’ quarterly reports (with the exception of Canopy Growth) continue to reveal that business is booming. But that’s how the market works.
First, cannabis stocks attracted slew...
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Bad News Bears
The stock market in general is quite healthy, with the major indexes at or near their highs, and all Cabot’s market timing indicators positive.
But the cannabis sector is still weak.
Part of this weakness stems from the fact that cannabis was the sector...
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Cooling Off
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture of the Marijuana Index tells a story that be summed up in fourteen.
From January through March, marijuana stocks were hot.
Since then, they’ve been cooling off.
The reasons for the strength were From...
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Cannabis News
Fundamentally, the fastest-growing industry in America continues its rapid evolution. Some analysts now estimate that marijuana will be an $80 billion business in few years, while CBD sales will hit $16 billion by 2025.
It’s hard to know. But one big step comes tomorrow the...
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When you invest with conviction, you can rest easy knowing that your investment portfolio is comprised solely of companies you truly believe in.
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Analyzing Stocks
I didn’t go to business school; I was an English major. But the values learned in our household were firmly grounded in free market capitalism and investing. Sunday mornings, after going to church, we would stop at the local newsstand to buy and...
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CBD Stocks Soar
I take a dose of CBD twice a day. I think it works. I sleep better and have less discomfort in my finger joints—early signs of arthritis. But I’m not sure that it’s working, because there have been no major medical on...
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The top three sectors for this fund are: Consumer Cyclical, 15.49% of assets; Energy, 11.76%; and Financial Services, 10.67%
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The best dividend stocks this year should come from three sectors in particular. Here are three stocks that stand out to me.
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The top three sectors for this dividend fund are Utilities (29% of assets); Consumer Cyclicals (18%) and Financial Services (14%). The ETF has a current dividend yield of 3.02%, paid quarterly.
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This diversified company beat earnings estimates by $0.06 last quarter, and three analysts have raised their forecasts in the past thirty days. The shares have a current dividend yield of 2.33%, paid quarterly.
Pentair (PNR 58)
From Sure Dividend
Pentair (PNR) is based in the U.K., has...
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The stock market today may respond differently to Fed rate hikes—and the accompanying Fed president speeches—than it did last December.
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After a four-and-a-half-year bear market, gold stocks are back with a vengeance. If you own gold stocks, here’s what I would advise doing with them.
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Consistency Matters
10 Doubles in Four Years
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I took some time over the weekend to reread some of the small-cap investing advice that I’ve published during past periods of market volatility. One of the things that struck me was I..
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I have a lot of stock market advice written down. And it turns out that over the years I’ve been fairly consistent in the small cap advice that I’ve given during challenging markets. Most of the advice is the same each time the hits...
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