It continues to be a very bumpy ride for small-cap growth stocks, while those names with a slightly more value-oriented profile are providing a somewhat smoother ride. Big picture, there is no doubt the risk-off environment continues. The good news for more aggressive is...
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As we approach the final trading day of 2021, we see a market in a period of relative calm after what felt like a very volatile November and December, especially for those invested in individual stocks.
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The stock market performance under Donald Trump was strong. But history says investors favor a Democrat in the White House.
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Big picture, the prominent topics of debate out there continue to be the potential economic impact of Omicron and the longer-term market/stock valuation/investor risk tolerance impact of a rate hike cycle (assuming the Fed can pull that off).
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The biggest thing happening is the change in fiscal stimulus and interest rate policy. Yesterday the Fed said it intends to accelerate the tapering process by reducing purchases by $30 billion a month (from $90 billion to $60 billion) starting in January. This half...
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Despite another dip in the Nasdaq today higher growth stocks have mostly come up off of last week’s lows as early indications suggest the Omicron variant can be held at bay with vaccinations (especially booster shots).
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The big recent developments since I wrote last Thursday are the rise in Covid cases in Europe, and that Jerome Powell got the nod for another term leading the Fed.
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On to the market. It was a funkier week than last week, though big picture nothing has changed. We are moving into the tail end of earnings season so we may see a more moderate amount of investor interest over the next two weeks.
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It’s been sort of an odd week because, while the focus has been on individual companies, there’s been some macro stuff driving erratic trading action.
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Inflation stays high, Infrastructure week arrives, Rivian stock surges while markets sell off a bit yesterday. The weakness yesterday halted some good rallies among Explorer stocks.
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This week has been all about earnings, even though we’ve only heard from one company in our portfolio. That company is Repligen (RGEN), which reported this morning (the stock is reacting well). Notes on that report are below.
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There are many ways to get investment ideas, but more than one successful investor has told me it all begins for them with reading the humble front page of a national newspaper.
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As we move closer to earnings season for our portfolio holdings (really gets underway the week after next) we see many small-cap growth names (and growth stocks in general) recovering nicely from the drawdowns in late September.
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The biggest stories this week weren’t all that different from last week, namely supply chains, interest rates/inflation, and Covid. But this week has a decidedly different feel to it, possibly because we’ve added earnings season into the mix and, so far, that’s going well...
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After a delayed rection to last week’s Fed commentary Treasury yields have shot up (though they are still very low). To put it in mortgage rate terms a 30-yr. refi has gone from around 2.875% to 3.0% over the last week.
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The big picture is that economic growth and retail sales were much weaker than expected last month in China, led by slow car sales.
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The big developments over the last week have been the situation with the potential failure of Evergrande (Chinese property developer) and interest rates. As of mid-morning Thursday, we appear to be moving past these potential issues.
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With more than 10,000 baby boomers reaching 65 each day in America, you can bet that medical services aimed at this giant group are growth markets.
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The S&P 500 has finally failed to make a new high every day lately and is 2% below the high-water mark! That doesn’t seem like it should be news but in this market it’s worth noting.
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