The Dog Days of Summer
We are in the dog days of summer, the hottest, most sultry days of the year. The expression “dog days” is an old one. In fact, it’s really old. The Romans used it.
It’s one of those expressions that everyone but...
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A Cautious View at the Midpoint of the Year
We’ve reached the midpoint of 2019, which means it’s a good time to take some stock of where we are and where we might be headed for the rest of the year.
In several ways, things pretty...
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The Incredible Opportunity of 5G
Technology seems to provide us with new English words all the time. Nobody ever heard the terms “tweet” or “selfie” or “photobomb” just a few years ago. So many new terms are thrown around that it’s tempting to ignore of...
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Exploit the Accelerating Technological Revolution
We have a tendency to focus on our everyday lives without truly appreciating how the world is changing around us. But understanding the tectonic shifts outside of our near-term consciousness is crucial to successful investing.
I realized the other day I’ve...
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Profit from the Great Global Infrastructure Crisis
Have you ever lost power in your house? I lost power for a week a few years ago after Hurricane Sandy. It was unbearable. My wife and son fled to my mother-in-law’s house and I stayed home mind...
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Cash in on the American Energy Revolution
Do you ever get the feeling that the media focuses only on the bad news? Frankly, since discovering binge watching on Netflix and Amazon, I don’t even watch the news anymore. You have to look beyond the politics,...
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Profit from Our Great Societal Transformation
Markets go up and down. It happens. There will be bull markets and bear markets. Different administrations will come into power. Change is one of the few constants in life and investing.
But certain powerful and ascendant trends will regardless...
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At the start of the year, I listed my 10 favorite buy-and-hold stocks for 2018. So far, this mid-cap stock is up 26% year to date - with more room to run.
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This stock rose $6 in after-hours trading on December 22, subsequent to the company’s announcement that “in response to inquiries from interested parties, it has initiated a formal process to explore strategic alternatives for the Company focused on maximizing shareholder value.”
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It’s quite common that a year’s top-performing stocks and industries can fade after the new year arrives as investors shift money into industries that have been long-ignored. “Buy low” doesn’t just refer to stock market corrections and random stocks that have fallen precipitous “Buy...
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With the U.S. retail sector starting to show signs of life heading into the holiday season, here are three retail stocks to buy before Black Friday.
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BABA stock has been on a tear all year. After Thursday's sales guidance surprise, it's officially in overdrive. How long can the rally in BABA last?
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The best pharma stocks can be hard to find in a pharmaceutical industry rife with high-stakes conflicts over regulatory approvals, pricing and marketing.
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Today's stock market is impervious to geopolitical concerns, rising to new heights on almost a monthly basis. Will it last? Longer than you think!
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Our market timing indicators remain bullish, and while a short-term pullback is always possible, the odds favor higher prices down the road. For individual stocks, the goal is to hold your winning stocks while rotating out of any stocks that crack support.
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In part 3 of my series on the top-performing stocks of 2016, here are six more that managed to more than triple their share price last year.
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Last week I presented the three top-performing stocks of 2016, which came from very surprising places. Here are five more from a strong year on Wall Street.
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The list of top-performing stocks in a given year is usually full of ambitious clinical-stage biotechs and obscure emerging market stocks. Not last year.
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I think we’ve just passed an important market bottom and I believe the smartest thing you can do today is invest in great growth companies. More specifically, I believe the smartest thing you can do today—particularly given the uncertainty in Europe—is invest in growth...
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One of my favorite ways to find leading stocks is to look at the list of stocks hitting new highs, to see if there are any new names popping up. So in preparation for 2016, I took a look at the stocks that hitting...
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