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
Stock bulls might want to be on alert if new allegations against President Trump turn out to be true. Special Counsel Robert Mueller already is investigating Russian collusion, which is a big overhang over the Trump administration. And, now, Michael Wolff’s new book (released Jan. 5), “Fire and Fury,” makes
President Trump routinely makes authoritative statements about the stock market, as he takes credit for its rise. No other president in history has ever spoken so much about the U.S. stock market. Now Trump has preordered “Dow 30,000,” though not literally. Given his track record of making statements about the
The January Effect tends to offer an opportunity to potentially make about 30% in three months — equivalent to a 120% annualized return. It is a phenomenon that makes prices of certain stocks rise more in January than the market averages. Over the past 30 years, we have made money
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. MU is long from $21.77. It is trading at $47.06 as of this writing in the pre-market. Earnings were better than the consensus and whisper numbers. As a note of caution, the company refused to comment on future NAND prices. It was
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. MU is long from $21.77. Partial profits have been taken as high as around $50. MU will report earnings after the close today. Street is positioned extremely positively ahead of the earnings. The best way to understand this is to think of a
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
Some investors are excited about bitcoin futures, and others think bitcoin itself is a fraud. Most investors ought to focus on, for example, 11 bitcoin-related stocks due to much lower risk. Even if you are not a bitcoin BTCUSD, enthusiast and are happy limiting yourself to stocks and ETFs, you
Prudence requires that stock market bulls take protective measures as Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigates President Trump’s financial dealings, crossing a “red line” the president said he wouldn’t allow. Politics has the power to throttle stocks. On Dec. 1, when it was announced that former national security adviser Michael Flynn
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,