Back in the Soup
During the past month, the way we thought about what was going on was that growth stocks had finally put themselves into a position to get going after a two and a half month stretch of tough, choppy trading. Instead narrow,...
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May hasn’t started out exuberantly, with an early pull-back in the high-momentum tech stocks dragging down the broader indexes.
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It remains a very tricky environment for growth stocks, with most names near new highs finding sellers and earnings reactions (so far) being underwhelming (Pinterest is now on a tight leash). That said, we do see a lot of high-quality setups, so we’re to...
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When looking at an investment idea, investors may want to replicate this intake process, tweaked of course for a clearly different (and less urgent) task. By using a consistent process, regardless of whether the idea comes from a friend, that off-beat relative, an broker...
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Seeing More Setups, but Still in the Spin Cycle
Two-plus months ago, speculation was running rampant and most growth stocks had made giant moves over the prior six to nine months. So when the sellers finally stepped up and cracked the intermediate-term uptrend in growth...
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Proxy season is moving into full gear. As a shareholder, you are one of the owners of your companies, so you get to vote on major decisions. Shareholder votes are, of course, much like public government elections, but in most cases your vote a..
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
AtriCure (ATRC)
$3.10 billion
68.00
Rapid Growth – MedTech
Bentley Systems (BSY)
$13.6 billion
49.71
Growth – Software
Endava (DAVA)
$4.48 billion
82.29
Rapid Growth – Digital Transformation
HubSpot (HUBS)
$23.1 billion
497.7
Rapid Growth – Software
Vail Resorts (MTN)
$12.5 billion
310.3
Growth – Hospitality & Leisure
Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!
In the last 48 hours I have received unsolicited...
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Continue to go slow but have your shopping list ready. Growth stocks are gradually improving their standing, with more popping toward their highs, many holding their gains and a few finding some good-volume buying.
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EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, is a straight-forward measure (not a perfect measure, though) of a company’s cash operating profits. But, like seemingly all metrics published by company managements, it is usually adjusted for unusual items that may be non-recurring.
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Sellers Fading—but Will the Buyers Show Up?
We’re all about going with the evidence, and when it comes to growth stocks, the evidence was nearly uniformly negative (or at least not positive) for most of the past month. The vast majority of leading stocks, many...
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Determining a company’s underlying value is difficult, and clearly more of an art than a science.
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Growth stocks had a great day yesterday for the first time in a while—while the Dow lost 85 points, the Nasdaq lifted 201 points (1.5%).
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Stop-losses, or more fully, stop-loss orders, are trading orders that are placed to execute a sale automatically if a stock falls below a specified trigger price. The idea is that these orders can prevent a small loss from becoming a large loss. It also...
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Less is More
In the real world, persistence is almost always associated with good things. If you’re a salesperson, you don’t give up when a few accounts turn you down; you keep selling until one customer bites. If your team is developing a new they...
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There’s no doubting the dominance achieved by mega-tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google and the other members of the “FANGMAN” club (Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia). Over the past decade or two, these have created entirely new industries, grown to unprecedented size and shareholders...
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Remain cautious. The market has thrashed around in recent days, which hasn’t changed the overall outlook—most of the market remains in decent shape, but growth stocks and the Nasdaq are mired in a correction and there’s still a chance we see another leg That...
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
ContextLogic (WISH)
$10.9 billion
18.34
Rapid Growth – Internet Retail
DraftKings (DKNG)
$53.1 billion
67.14
Rapid Growth – Betting & Gambling
Eargo (EAR)
$1.90 billion
52.53
Rapid Growth – MedTech
Semler Scientific (SMLR)
$688 million
102.53
Rapid Growth – MedTech
Sonos (SONO)
$5.06 billion
42.25
Growth – Consumer Electronics
What A Difference A Year Makes
One year and one day ago, March...
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Being a contrarian investor often means buying stocks that are outside of the current zeitgeist. Many investors would look at a list of new buys in a contrarian’s portfolio and wonder just what, exactly, the contrarian was thinking. “Why don’t you just buy stocks...
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Open to Anything, but Playing the Odds
Last year saw a ton of “wow, we haven’t seen this kind of unusual market action in decades!” situations, but instead of reverting back to normal behavior, 2021 has had plenty of tricks up its sleeve as The...
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A decade ago, following the subprime mortgage crisis, housing stocks became attractive bargains. And that's where energy stocks are today.
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