The biggest trade show in the marijuana industry, MJBiz.com, ran last week in Las Vegas and I was there once again, to take the pulse of the industry and get a look at what’s ahead. The attendee count was 26,998, down a bit the...
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New highs are good. Nine portfolio positions are at or near the 52-week high. Let’s be happy.
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It looked ugly for a while in September. But the market came right back and is at a new all-time high. Now, we’re back in cyclical heaven.
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Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.
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It was a rough September in the market. But so far, October is making up for it.
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Uncovering good REITs to invest in will have you looking at the type of real estate property and the location it’s based in, among other qualities.
Feeling ready to step away from the traditional investing formats of 401(k)s with your employer? The real estate is...
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So far, October looks better than September for the market. After falling 4.8% in September, the worst month since the pandemic recovery began, the S&P 500 is up slightly for October.
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As financial markets have grown in sophistication, private equity investing is no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.
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So far, October has been volatile. There have been strong rallies that quickly become undone in the following days. The market is still even for the month, but it looks very unsteady.
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September lived up to its bad reputation. The S&P 500 fell 4.8% for the month. But September is over. Now it’s October, which is historically only the second-worst month of the year. What now?
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The market had its worse day since March yesterday. The worry de jour was the debt limit. I believe the issue will be resolved long before a default occurs one way or another.
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Since the marijuana sector peaked in February, the Global Cannabis Stock Index has lost 50% of its value. That’s the cost of investing in hot young growth industries. But the fundamentals of the industry remain exceedingly attractive, so there’s no question that eventually, long...
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The market is selling off on Tuesday after briefly recovering last week. The latest worry is the debt limit. While this issue is likely to be resolved without any disaster one way or another, it puts a negative weight on an already teetering market.
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Certain dividend-paying pockets of the market have yet to recover from March 2020. And that makes these two high-yield stocks appealing.
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Today, markets are rallying as much as they fell on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting this afternoon.
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The market had the worst day in months Monday on news that Chinese real estate giant Evergrande may default on $300 billion in debt. There is fear that such an event could cause contagion and ripple through the financial markets.
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So far, the post-Labor Day market has been just a little bit crummy. Stocks have drifted slightly lower over the past week. While that’s nothing alarming, it is a reversal of the summer market where stocks were drifting slightly higher. It could be the...
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Here we are in September. So far, it’s not bad. But it’s not good either. For the first week after Labor Day, the market has drifted lower. It’s no big deal. But stocks have been losing a battle they were winning in the The...
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Over the summer, the strong economy prevailed over concerns about the virus. And the market drifted higher. We’ll see if the scales get tipped the other way in this historically tough month for the market.
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It’s still an amazing market. The S&P is up 96% from the bear market low in March of 2020. The index is also up over 20% so far this year.
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