The message this week is to stay invested but don’t go crazy on the buy side and don’t get scared on the sell side. Just be measured and try not to do anything that’s uncharacteristic of what you would do in a “normal” market.
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The big thing on most investors’ minds is whether or not this market can go higher.
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The market is off to a superb start to 2020 with many growth sectors finding their groove and ripping higher. The S&P 600 Small Cap Index continues to trade above the all-important (my opinion) 1,000 level and we’re seeing participation from a wider of...
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Technical Analysis of Stocks Requires Many Different Methods to Determine if One is Worth Your Investment
When selecting stocks, fundamental analysis is important, but technical analysis of stocks is of equal or greater importance. Stocks trade based on what the future holds (or is to...
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The S&P 600 Small Cap Index, which hadn’t broken above 1,000 for most of 2019, is now comfortably above that level and appears to be heading higher.
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The upward trajectory for growth stocks that was smooth sailing in November has turned far bumpier in December.
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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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The S&P 600 Index just made another run but called it quits at 990 and has turned south.
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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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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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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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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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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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Looking at the broad market, it seemed like a calm week. Even a good week! The S&P 500 moved up near all-time highs and even the languishing S&P 600 Small Cap Index broke out of its funk and shot up near 2019 highs the...
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This is one of those periods when there’s not much going on in the market. Earnings season is essentially over, the summer is winding down, kids are about to go back to school and it feels like fall is right around the corner.
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With earnings season largely over most of our stocks are now moving based on news that affects the broad market, and less on company-specific trends, with a few exceptions.
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The big news that affected the market this week was, of course, the dreaded yield curve inversion. This happens when the 10-year Treasury yield goes below the 2-year yield.
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The market has been up, down and all over the place lately. So have our stocks. Oddly enough, from last Thursday’s close through yesterday’s close our portfolio is relatively unchanged—down just 2% using a simple average of each stock’s weekly return.
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Our portfolio is outperforming the index by roughly 100%, on average. But we’re not the only ones. Many targeted mutual funds are also demolishing the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index.
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This week marks the beginning of the second-quarter earnings season. I don't foresee any major changes in the trends in any of our companies, but stock price reactions and trends don't always line up in the short term.
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