You may have seen that a relatively new Explorer idea, Fisker (FSR), was up 38% yesterday. It turns out that my analogy of comparing the company to Apple’s relationship to Foxconn was truer than even I could imagine. The news yesterday was that Foxconn will be a..
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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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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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Some investors are bracing for the possibility that all this will lead to a surge in the cruelest tax of all – inflation.
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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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This week’s recommendation is a small company with no earnings, minimal revenues and a lot of competition.
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While the market continues to move forward, The “Buffett Indicator,” which takes the broadest Wilshire 5000 Index and divides it by the annual U.S. GDP, is now at a record high. In doing the math, the Buffett Indicator stands at about 194%. This is...
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Last week, we outlined four ingredients of a market bubble that were usefully outlined in a recently published book1”and briefly described how it clearly appears that our stock market is in a bubble. These ingredients include easy trading of assets, cheap and easy rising...
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Today I’m swinging back to pure growth with a very interesting stock that has a great story—and no direct competition.
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Cybercrime could cost the world $6 trillion this year, putting cybersecurity at a premium. These five cyber stocks and ETFs should benefit.
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Today, I have a new recommendation that links three high profile growth trends: SPACs, e-commerce and internet gaming, and mobile payments.
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With the now-infamous Reddit trades unraveling, and the rebalancing done, the market is free to rebound.
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The market’s main trend remains up, and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested.
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This week a number of Explorer stock retraced last week’s gains, with a major exception being the explosive 45% surge in Virgin Galactic (SPCE) on top of its previous week’s 25% surge. It appears that key test flights are forthcoming as well as more space mania and ETFs...
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Intel’s recently publicized struggles with its own chip production highlight the trajectory of this story. The company has been unable to successfully transition to leading-edge manufacturing technologies, and is seriously considering outsourcing to companies like Taiwan Semiconductor. Intel has long been the industry’s in...
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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Today, I have a new recommendation that links three high profile growth trends: SPACs, e-commerce and internet gaming, and mobile payments.
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As value investors in a remarkably robust (exuberant) stock market, full valuation impels us to want to sell a stock. Such is the case with General Motors. On most conventional metrics, the stock is fairly priced. Through the courtesy of several friends, we’ve some...
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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The phrase you hear more than ever from market prognosticators these days is that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the state of the stock market. In some ways this is pretty useless advice, but in another it hits the nail on the head. market...
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