December: Time for a Portfolio Shake-Up
Here we are in December, an interesting time in the stock market, as excessive price movements culminate, often reversing course in January. On the bullish side, you may have owned stocks that rose an abnormal amount, all year We...
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Today will be an important day for our retail apparel stocks.
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Both large and small growth stocks continue to advance off their October lows despite all the political turmoil from the impeachment hearings.
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U.S. stock markets, as represented by the S&P 500 (SPX) and Dow Jones (DJIA) indexes, continue reaching new highs. But stocks and stock markets don’t go straight up, even during bull runs.
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The S&P 600 Index just made another run but called it quits at 990 and has turned south.
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The stock market continues to reach new all-time highs. I’m very comfortable with current market momentum.
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I wasn’t expecting that of the seven companies we had reporting Monday through Thursday this week that the average gain would be nearly 9% though. What an intense week. As you’ve no doubt noticed, our portfolio has done well this week.
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A CORNUCOPIA OF TRADING & INVESTING IDEAS
Two stocks are leaving the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio today as they near their price targets: Alaska Air Group (ALK) and Synchrony Financial (SYF). While researching stocks that might join our portfolios, I came across half a It...
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We’ve been fairly lucky this earnings season in that every single one of our portfolio companies that reported earnings managed to meet or beat the market’s expectations. Of course, that doesn’t mean share prices will rise. Oh heavens no! Short-term movements in stock can...
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There has been no big picture change in the market over the last week. As expected, everyone is following earnings reports and trying to make broad assumptions based on what individual companies are reporting.
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When market pundits toss about terms like “growth stocks” and “value stocks,” it seems as if they’re saying “companies that are growing” vs. “companies that are not growing,” so we sugar-coat these companies and pretend that they have ‘value.” That’s not really what vs...
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There is a lot of uncertainty out there, which isn’t an entirely new scenario. We’ll continue to try and play it a little safe right now by keeping all stocks previously rated hold at the same rating.
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There’s been a variety of news pertaining to airlines, and also to the Boeing 737 MAX jet problem, in recent weeks. It can be hard to know which industry-specific stocks to own and which to ignore. I always use profit growth as my line...
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The markets have been quiet, heading into earnings season, which begins next week with financial stocks and a couple of our stocks move to Buy recommendations today after recent pullbacks.
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Throwing Darts at the Ticker Tape and Other Investment Strategies
October is a significant time for me, because that’s when I begin embracing companies that didn’t previously have strong enough numbers to join these portfolios, but now have excellent prognoses for the coming year. (This only...
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I’m going to go off on a little tangent this week to share something with you that I think will help put this market, and the action in our stocks, into context.
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Profit from the American Energy Export Boom
One of the constants in life is change. The winds of change seem to swoop in and disrupt things we mistakenly consider permanent. Understanding exactly when and where such events occur is crucial to successful investing.
One such change...
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The S&P 500 index continues to act well, rising to new highs in July, conducting a very orderly pullback in August, and rebounding in September. To my eyes, the price chart still looks strong.
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For the first time in a while we’ve had a relatively calm week. On average, our portfolio is unchanged from last Thursday’s close.
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Oil prices are volatile now that about half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production is temporarily curtailed. Rising oil prices can help oil and chemical stocks, and hurt airline stocks.
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