The stock market is complex. The number of inputs is staggering. Setting aside the complexity, the simplest thing investors can do to gain valuable insight is to look at patterns. To explore what might be next for stocks, let’s look at a chart. Chart Please click here to see an
Many average investors are committing a blunder now. It’s not all their fault, though, as information is often dumbed down in the interest of simplicity. As Einstein said: “Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.” Unfortunately, often the information provided to average investors has been simplified
Earnings on many popular tech stocks, including FAANG stocks, are out. For the most part, earnings are better than the consensus numbers but worse than the whisper numbers. Moreover, tech stocks have had a good run. How much of the good news is already discounted in the prices? Should you
Apple is the first big tech company to hand President Trump a win. Apple AAPL, in a press release Wednesday, said it will pay $38 billion in repatriation taxes, spend $30 billion in capital expenditures over the next five years and help create 20,000 new jobs inside and outside the
Meltdown and Spectre are the names given to two computer processor security flaws. The names sound gloomy and haunting. Stories published since Wednesday are saying processors dating back 10 years may have those flaws. Shares of Intel INTC, the subject of the flaws, have been battered, while main rival AMD
Tax reform is causing cross-currents in the stock market. There are five likely moves ahead that are of special note. The best way to know if buyers or sellers are winning as a result of those five moves is to look at money flows. So let’s look at money flows
Apple is making a big move into lasers. The features you have come to love, such as Face ID, portrait mode and Animoji, all depend on lasers. Here’s how you, too, can join Apple in generating profits from lasers. Apple AAPL, -0.01% is making an investment in Finisar FNSR. Let’s
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average topping 24,000 in a big rally this year, Dow 30,000 is now on the horizon. That was not always the case. In February 2017, when the Dow DJIA, was much lower, I laid out a fundamental case for the benchmark reaching 30,000. I was scorned,
The U.S. is in a raging bull market in stocks. Some gurus continue to revise their upward targets for stock prices. But many keep warning of a crash. What is the average investor to think — and how to act? And how does he or she gain an edge? The
Astute investors want an edge in the financial markets. Money flows, among other metrics, provide an edge. And now the money flows in the U.S. are beginning to shift. Let’s explore with the help of two charts. The charts Please click here for a chart showing money flows in broad-based