Human nature is such that nothing teaches us better than the school of hard knocks. Until the last quarter of 2018, many individual investors were fond of making contemptuous comments every time I wrote about the importance of gaining an edge. Of course, professional investors have always known better. In
Apple CEO Tim Cook was the last person to know that Chinese consumers weren’t buying iPhones in ever-increasing numbers. That is, if you believe Apple’s public pronouncements and Wall Street analysts. Cook said in a letter to investors Wednesday: “[W]e did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration, particularly
Would you be prepared if the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 4,000-plus points? That kind of decline sounds shocking. But it’s instructive because it points to an important element of investing: preparedness. The Dow has fallen more than 4,000 points from its high this year — all of it
The character of this stock market is changing. What has worked over the past nine years during the bull market may not work in the future. For investors serious about making money, it is high time to brush up on skills and learn new strategies. At The Arora Report we
Investors who want an edge in the stock market know from experience that segmented money flows are one of the tools that work. During the rip-roaring bull market, many investors did not care about an edge. They simply believed in “buy, buy and buy.” Some of those investors are now
After President Trump’s tweet about a potential 10% tariff on iPhone imports from China, investors’ heightened attention to technology stocks moved a notch higher. Becky Quick of CNBC was in tune with investor concerns, as shown in this segment, but it was my answer to the spot-on question from Andrew
Many investing gurus are predicting a bear market in U.S. stocks. And many more are predicting new highs. How can you tell who is right? Let us examine with the help of a chart. Please click here for an annotated chart of the effective federal funds rate (which is set
Investors ought to pay attention to the changing character of the U.S. stock market. What has worked for the past nine years may not work for much longer. Investors may want to prepare now and fine-tune their skills for a different kind of market. I will illustrate the point by
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market
Many marijuana investors recently have been falling victim to misleading headlines. This is on top of pump-and-dump schemes and valuations divorced from reality. My purpose in writing this column is to help investors prosper and keep them from falling victim to misleading headlines. I have been writing for a while