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
The strategy of buying “ugly ducklings that are just turning into swans” is especially attractive for prudent investors who see high risk in chasing the momentum but still want to generate high risk-adjusted returns. One way to learn the strategy is to explore a recent buy signal on Intel INTC.
No politician in the United States wants Americans to be worse off and deliberately take steps that are bad for an average American investor. However the policy of destroying the dollar, though well-intentioned, will lead to American investors being worse off in the long term. In the short term, investors
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
Some investors have figured out that they can make a killing trading blockchain-related news. The trading can be done with bitcoin BTCUSD, and other cryptocurrencies, or companies such as Overstock.com OSTK, AMD AMD, and CME CME. Some companies have been hyping blockchain, such as Marathon Patent Group MARA, DPW Holding DPW,
Investor insanity about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain is in full bloom. Those with trading experience have two choices: complain about the insanity or take advantage of the insanity to make money. Those choosing to make money ought to make sure they have a proven methodology in place to control risk.
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
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