Why I Love Micro Caps
Over the long term, investing in stocks has been a great decision as equities (no matter the market cap) have outperformed almost every asset class.
Historically, stocks have returned about 10% per year, an excellent result. But what if you to...
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A Correction in Micro-Cap Land
Many high-quality micro-caps have pulled back in the past month.
In aggregate, the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) is down ~12% from all-time highs in the last four weeks.
And some of our names are down even more than that.
While the benefit micro-caps...
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Choose the Game Carefully
This weekend, my friend was over with his kid for a playdate with my 3-year-old, and we were shooting the breeze.
We laughed about Elon Musk’s Twitter poll.
In case you missed it, Musk posted the following poll:
My friend said, “Tesla (TSLA) to...
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Becoming the beneficiary of an IRA inheritance trust requires knowing some specifics about governing the trust accordingly.
An inheritance can be complicated to understand. There's a lot more to it than Hollywood might have you believe. It gets seemingly more complicated when you set an...
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Seeking out the safest investments for retirement will help you keep more of your money, helping you have a more comfortable retirement.
There is no such thing as a completely safe investment. All investments inherently come with some amount of risk. However, there are investments...
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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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Back to School
My daughter started kindergarten last week while my son will be starting his second year of pre-school next week.
School starts with half days, but by next week, we will be on to full days and back in the swing of things.
While is...
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“Trades” vs. “Core Positions”
My favorite stock to recommend is a growth-at-a-value-price name like Performant Financial (PFMT), my recommendation last week.
These companies are great because they can grow revenue and earnings significantly, and also benefit from a valuation multiple re-rating.
This is what can generate or...
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Growth at a Value Price
If you’ve been a subscriber for a while, you’ve heard me say it before.
I love micro-caps because you can buy growth stocks at value prices.
In large-cap land, you can buy growth stocks for growth (expensive) prices and value stocks value...
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“Nothing is Cheap Anymore”
Every Friday, a bunch of families in my neighborhood gather at a local park to have pizza, drink some beer, and let our kids run around.
It’s a great way to unwind after the week, and the kids usually sleep well Friday...
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Pent-Up Demand
I recently stumbled upon the below chart showing that savings rates in 2020 were 50% to 500% higher than the previous 20 years.
What is the takeaway? There is plenty of pent-up demand around the world. In other words, people have money burning hole...
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Value is Pulling Away From Growth
Value investors have waited a long time for this.
After suffering through one of the worst periods of relative underperformance ever, value is outperforming.
Not only is value outperforming, but it feels like some of the froth is being sucked of...
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The Market is Expensive But Don’t Fight the Tape
Depending on who you follow to get your financial news, you may be aware that the U.S. stock market is quite expensive and there are several warning signs that prospective returns could be weak.
For example, S&P...
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How I Pick Micro-Caps
It’s been a while since I’ve explained my process for picking micro-cap stocks so I figured it would be worthwhile to review.
It can be extremely profitable to invest in growth companies, as any Tesla or Amazon shareholder will tell you.
But is...
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Focus on the Fundamentals
Sentiment indicators continue to suggest the market may be due for a pullback.
The Citi Panic/Euphoria model suggests sentiment is high right now.
Historically speaking, when this model sees “euphoria” in the market, 12-month forward returns look poor.
Another interesting sentiment data point S&P...
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Full Steam Ahead
Well, it took an additional four days after election day for a winner to be declared, but on Saturday, Joe Biden was officially projected to be the 46th U.S. President.
The race was a lot closer than many anticipated, and President Trump challenging...
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Going Contrarian
Ideally, I like to look for companies that are operating in industries with secular tailwinds and long runways for growth (think Liberated Syndication or P10 Holdings).
I usually don’t like to invest in overly cyclical industries because a lot is out of the control.
However,...
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Life insurance stocks aren't glamorous. But they've been steady, reliable risers these last three months, and remain undervalued. These five stand out.
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There are a lot of reasons you should invest in aggressive growth stocks instead of just stashing and saving. Here are the three big ones.
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Today’s recommendation is an Italian stock, so it has obviously seen its share of turbulence recently. But Personal Finance Editors Benjamin Shepherd and Roger Conrad think that makes it a good deal here. Plus, the stock currently yields a very nice 6%, paid two...
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