Arcosa (ACA) released an uninspiring report on Wednesday that was particularly ill-timed given yesterday’s market retreat. The company missed across the board. Revenue was up 2.7% to $459 million, missing by $4.7 million while adjusted EPS of $0.33 missed by $0.08. Guidance for 2021 missed...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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More Cracks Appear
At the start of November we saw a couple of blastoff-type indicators flash green (like the Three Day Thrust rule), and that turned out to be the start of a powerful intermediate-term advance. During the next two-plus months, progress was relative there...
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The big picture for the market is that the uptrend is intact but under the surface we’re continuing to see pockets of turbulence. While the S&P 500 is just 2% off its high from last week and the S&P 600 Small Cap Index a..
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Earnings have been sensational. Reported earnings for S&P 500 companies have grown an average of 2% in the fourth quarter, compared to an expected -11%.
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Upwork (UPWK) reported Q4 results yesterday that surpassed expectations on the top and bottom lines. Revenue was up 32% to $106.2 million (beating by $8.8 million) while adjusted EPS of $0.06 beat by $0.06. Guidance for 2021 also surpassed consensus.
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The stock market is clearly accelerating the “reopening” trade. Small cap and cyclical stocks as well as commodity prices are surging, interest rates continue to tick up (the 10-year Treasury yield is now 1.38%, up from 0.92% at year-end), and novel financial vehicles SPACs,...
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Last week wasn’t great for growth stocks and so far, this week is just plain awful. The primary culprits are known; risk of inflation and higher interest rates have pushed cyclical stocks up and growth stocks down (generally speaking).
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The unemployment-stock market correlation is a picture-perfect inverse. What does that mean with an improving but still-high jobless rate?
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With this week’s recommendation, I’m swinging back to the more conservative side with a solid technology company poised for big gains from the 5G communications rollout.
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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The expiration of our February covered calls is today, and we have two positions (KSS and SNAP) that are deep-in-the-money and will almost certainly be called away for maximum gains (great scenario) and another (AA) that is just in-the-money and likely to be called, but will...
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As mentioned last week, today’s Weekly Update will be an abbreviated version owing to the short work week and because of family commitments as our kids are out of school and I am solo parenting, making free writing time hard to come by. said,...
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Earnings have been sensational. Reported earnings for S&P 500 companies have grown an average of 2% in the fourth quarter, compared to an expected -11%.
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With the stock market regularly surging to record highs, it may seem like an unusual time to focus on valuation. After all, many stocks are remarkably expensive on traditional measures, and even somewhat lofty on non-traditional measures. But valuation still matters, especially if market...
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
APi Group (APG)
$3.6 billion
19.25
Growth & Value – Industrial Services
C3.ai (AI)
$14.1 billion
147.17
Rapid Growth – Software
Fisker (FSR)
$5.4billion
19.46
Development Stage – EV Designer
JFrog (FROG)
$6.3 billion
69.23
Rapid Growth – Software
Poshmark (POSH)
$5.4 billion
73.29
Rapid Growth – Resale/Social Platform
Make Hay While the Sun Is Shining
This has been a phenomenal for...
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This week’s recommendation is a small company with no earnings, minimal revenues and a lot of competition.
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
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