The market's nascent bounce two weeks ago has morphed into a very impressive rally, led by a gaggle of growth stocks that are acting better than they have since late last year and early 2021. We're not completely out of the woods, and season...
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Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.
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After pulling back in September, the S&P 500 is back to flirting with all-time highs. My favorite strategist, Ryan Detrick, recently shared that the market is typically weak now before starting to run into the “Santa rally.”
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A few weeks ago, at the annual Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, two investing icons debated the merits of value versus growth. On the value side was Rob Arnott, founder and head of Research Affiliates, with Cathie Wood, founder and head of ARK Management,...
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As of 10 a.m. ET this morning, the market is solidly green, with a broad advance taking both the Dow (up 386 points) and Nasdaq (up 192 points) nicely higher.
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Last week, we wrote about how lower quality, in both home appliances and tangible money, debases value and is a form of inflation. Today’s note includes some of our current views on inflation and capital markets, and what investors can do to help inflation’s...
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Time for a Rocket
This week, I was tempted to recommend another cyclical energy name as I tend to believe we are in the early innings of an energy crisis.
Soaring commodity prices and low equity valuations should result in some explosive returns. But we have...
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As financial markets have grown in sophistication, private equity investing is no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.
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Encouraging Bounce, but Need to See More
We’re now about a month into this market correction, which to this point has been relatively garden-variety—from the high in early September to its low earlier this week, the S&P 500 slipped 5.9%, while growth-oriented indexes did bit...
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So far, October has been volatile. There have been strong rallies that quickly become undone in the following days. The market is still even for the month, but it looks very unsteady.
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In the olden days, when kings and governments minted coins made of gold and silver, people were tempted to shave tiny amounts off the edges of the coins, thus stealing some value for themselves.
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Last week, I made the case that we may be amid a commodity bull market and that it makes sense to have a percentage of your portfolio allocated to commodity companies. Many commodities are breaking out to the upside, yet many commodity companies continue to incredibly...
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We’re sticking with a cautious stance—selling stocks that crack, holding plenty of cash and focusing more on capital preservation until the buyers reappear.
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The market had its worse day since March yesterday. The worry de jour was the debt limit. I believe the issue will be resolved long before a default occurs one way or another.
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Across almost the entire length of the yield curve, interest rates are ticking up. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached 1.53% and may be headed back toward its December 2019 rate of about 1.90%. In an economy that is showing rapid growth, with well...
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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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There’s a case to be made that we are in the early innings of a commodity bull market. I’m starting to see lots of articles about a looming energy shortage which will hit this winter.
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Dividend reinvestment is one of income investors' most powerful weapons, and DRIP plans are the best way to do it. But DRIPs do have their drawbacks.
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Today, markets are rallying as much as they fell on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting this afternoon.
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It’s not news that the stock market has been sloppy lately. After the steady march upward to a doubling of the S&P 500 from the early 2020 low, and a 33% increase from year-end 2019 before the pandemic, one can hardly be disappointed the...
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