Nearly 95% of companies in the S&P 500 are now trading above their 200-day moving average, according to Dow Jones Market Data, the highest percentage since May 2013. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, as of late February, investors had a..
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It has been one year since the S&P 500 hit bottom and since the then the blue-chip index has roared back nearly 75%. Just imagine if we would have had a pile of cash and the guts to jump in.
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In a bit of a reversal, tech stocks gyrated and industrial stocks jumped this past week. In particular, energy and financial stocks led the way as the Dow closed above 32,000 for the first time. Tech company stalwarts rebounded a bit yesterday but been...
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You may have seen that a relatively new Explorer idea, Fisker (FSR), was up 38% yesterday. It turns out that my analogy of comparing the company to Apple’s relationship to Foxconn was truer than even I could imagine. The news yesterday was that Foxconn will be a..
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While the market continues to move forward, The “Buffett Indicator,” which takes the broadest Wilshire 5000 Index and divides it by the annual U.S. GDP, is now at a record high. In doing the math, the Buffett Indicator stands at about 194%. This is...
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This week a number of Explorer stock retraced last week’s gains, with a major exception being the explosive 45% surge in Virgin Galactic (SPCE) on top of its previous week’s 25% surge. It appears that key test flights are forthcoming as well as more space mania and ETFs...
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The phrase you hear more than ever from market prognosticators these days is that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the state of the stock market. In some ways this is pretty useless advice, but in another it hits the nail on the head. market...
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As we head into a new year, I would like to thank all of you for your support and wish you all both good health and profits in 2021. But today, we have a piece of unfinished business that needs to be dealt - Alibaba...
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Some of you might have been a bit alarmed at the message attached to last week’s issue that the next issue will be out January 7, 2021. But today we have an update and rest assured, I’ll be following the Explorer portfolio next and...
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The Explorer portfolio had another good week despite a sharp pullback by ElectraMeccanica (SOLO). We still have a big profit there, so I advise you to sell half your position and let the rest ride. As you review your stock portfolios going into 2021, I you...
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Markets steadied this week as the political situation became clearer and prospects for Covid-19 vaccines becoming available in the first half of 2021 seem more promising. The Explorer portfolio performed well this week, with a couple of ideas breaking out to new highs.
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China's swift post-Covid recovery has pushed copper prices higher. Play the red metal rebound with these three copper mining stocks and ETFs.
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It appears that we will have a sharply divided government in Washington, which Wall Street initially is taking as a positive. A better way of putting it is that it could have been much worse for investors.
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Stocks trading on U.S. markets faced some resistance as hopes for some sort of stimulus bill fade and as mixed earnings report begin rolling in. A key question is whether the pandemic boom stocks will have the revenue and earnings growth to support sharp...
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The Explorer portfolio had another positive week, as the market is hostage to enacting another politically difficult stimulus package. Count me as skeptical. Stay-at-home stocks are leading the market while economic-recovery stocks struggle.
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That tech stocks would cool a bit has been one of my key themes over the past few issues; and September has seen it come to pass.
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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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With a new government strategy for increasing domestic production and a mine with a long life, analysts expect this lithium producer to grow at a rate of 27.7% next year.
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This fintech company beat analysts’ earnings estimates by a whopping $0.62 last quarter and four analysts have recently raised their EPS forecasts for the company.
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My top investment theme for 2018 has to do with a corporate America spending spree thanks to lower tax rates and a sudden influx of cash.
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