Buying Low is the Best Revenge
We’ve successfully struck upon some successful trades recently in the days leading up to various companies’ earnings releases, including Apple (AAPL) and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). If you’re looking for another similar opportunity, scroll down to review Marathon Petroleum in...
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If you know how to find small-cap stocks, you can consistently unlock better-than-average market returns. These five steps will help you find the right small caps.
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Procter & Gamble stock has been a market stalwart for decades. But there are better stocks out there, most of which didn't use this annoying marketing ploy.
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The Stock Market is on Winter Vacation ... in the Dog House
We’re entering 2019 at what might be the bottom of a three-month stock market downturn. I anticipate that the market won’t return to its 2018 all-time highs until the third quarter of at...
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In an increasingly volatile stock market, it makes sense to take on less risk in your investing. These five low-beta stocks are a good place to start.
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Another Dow 30 Shakeup is Coming
November brought some significant news about General Motors (GM) and United Technologies (UTX), while General Electric (GE) continues to invite investor inquiries. As our portfolio stocks experience share price recoveries alongside the broader market, in the aftermath of October...
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Apple (AAPL) Redux
Welcome to November, holiday season, winter’s coming, and mid-term elections! As if a stock market correction wasn’t providing enough excitement…
Today I’m doing something slightly different. I normally feature one stock from each of our three portfolios in the monthly issue. Today of...
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General Electric: Still a Hot Mess
This week, General Electric (GE) announced that, after a brief tenure, CEO and Chairman John Flannery is being replaced by Larry Culp, former CEO of Danaher Corp. Don’t get all excited about Larry Culp, nor about yesterday’s jump GE’s...
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Millennials are now America's largest generation. As they come of age, Millennial stocks are red hot. Here are five that stand out.
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How to Exercise Caution While Riding the Bull Market
Many investors remember that late in the summer of 2017, I cautioned you that the stock market was due for a pullback. At that time, the market had risen steadily since November 2016, and showed sign...
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Autonomous driving is a $77 billion industry waiting to explode. But these self-driving car stocks are already taking off.
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Valuable Investor Tools
If you’re not in the habit of listening to quarterly earnings conference calls, I suggest that you pick one of your stocks, and visit the company’s investor relations page. You’ll likely find their earnings press release, a webcast of the management call...
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Distinguishing Between Normal Equity Market Corrections, Bear Markets and Recessions
I’m going to make a really simple statement. Please read it three times and tell me if it helps you relax just a little bit:
The S&P 500 index rose 21.7% in 2017, and it’s 1.7%...
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Apple's iPhone X sales disappointed in Q2, but a record $100 billion Apple buyback stole the show and gave the stock a jolt. Is it a long-term solution?
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How are gun stocks behaving in the wake of the senseless shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School? About how you would expect.
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
As value investors, we have ample reasons to believe that investing in stocks today is not as easy as it was a few years ago. is...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
This month we have seen unusual volatility among our stocks. Gilead Sciences (+11%), Target (+9%), Lowe’s (+7%) and Gentex (+5%) were on the upside while Industries...
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By traditional measures, U.S. stocks are more overvalued than they've been since the recession. But plenty of undervalued large-cap stocks remain.
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We’re going through a highly unusual period in the history of the stock market during which earnings estimates keep rising for a broad spectrum of companies. That’s because we’re experiencing a growing economy, deregulation and lower income tax rates, all of which contribute rising...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
As we begin 2018, let me start with a brief review of our portfolio and the market.
We transitioned from the Value Model and Enterprise Model the...
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