Small caps continue to move higher so keep leaning bullish, but be mindful that we’re near a resistance area and that it’s equally likely we will see some softness as it is that we will see more strength.
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U.S. stocks continue to defy gravity, with their audacious 2019 year-to-date gains mirroring their equally extreme fourth quarter 2018 descent.
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Small caps keep grinding higher. And many of the stocks in our portfolio are trading at, or near, all-time highs.
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U.S. stocks delivered great performance in January and are now taking a breather. As such, I expect the S&P 500 index to trade between 2625 and 2825 for a while. The trading range might end up being a little higher or a little but...
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The market continues to look good as stocks are grinding higher with a few normal-looking down days mixed in (like yesterday) to keep investors honest. Average in, spread out your buys across different stocks, and take note of the current trading range and support,...
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Market Views
Bullish; Time for Strategic Buying
With the emerging markets outlook continuing to improve, investors shouldn’t worry about the lack of upside catalysts in the coming months. The U.S. stock market is still benefiting from strong corporate earnings momentum and equally strong internal momentum on...
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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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The stock market recovery continues in a slightly better style than I had hoped for. I had expected big upswings followed by pullbacks, which is normal for a recovery.
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As we close out the fourth week of 2019 small caps are looking good.
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Crista writes about four patterns she is looking at in the market.
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The market looks a lot better less than three weeks into 2019.
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Crista is adding a new stock to the Growth Portfolio, it's one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen products, serving customers on six continents.
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In the fourth quarter of 2018 it felt like we all finally succumbed to some festering illness that landed us in the intensive care unit. Thus far, the beginning of 2019 has the feeling of a trip home from the hospital and the of...
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Top Picks 2018
Congratulations to our Top Picks for 2018! The broader markets started 2018 off with a bang. But Washington politics—including the Mueller investigation, a turnover in the House, tariffs creating consternation in China and Canada, Trump’s coziness with North Korea, and the well...
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This will be a busy week for Wall Street as analysts speak with the companies within their stock purviews and write updated research reports. I expect to relay lots of changes in consensus earnings estimates in next week’s update.
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I think it’s fair to say most market observers were not surprised that stocks retreated in late-2018.
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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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As we finish 2018, let’s recap some timely investing and economic topics.
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One big picture thing worth mentioning: We’ve all seen various data points about just how bad this market is and how it’s “the worst” in this dimension or that. All of this stuff is just saying what we know—the market stinks and is a..
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The Japanese phrase, hara hachi bu, translates into something like “belly 80 percent full,” or “eat until you are eight parts full.”
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