Tech stocks are on fire. As a result, it’s natural for investors who are underweight in tech to want to add to their tech stock holdings. Since late January’s convulsion in the stock market, flows to stocks have changed, particularly among tech stocks. Here is an oft-asked question: “Which stock
More and more investors believe there is a free lunch. That is, you get something for nothing. In investing, people have been getting a free lunch: Stocks (and bonds) have been rising for years without a bad turnout. Will there ever be consequences of massive money printing by central banks,
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
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
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,