When your stock position loses over 70%, and you watch $20 billion disappear, you might want to question why you are still in the stock. It’s not always easy to get out though. When Kraft Heinz dropped off the table last February, closing the week on Friday at $48.26 and opening up again on Monday […]
We’re told to be afraid of high beta stocks like Apple, having both a greater upside and downside. What if we seek to use this greater downside to our advantage instead? High-beta stocks like Apple are normally viewed as a double-edged sword. They can make more money when times are good but can also lose […]
U.S. stocks have held up pretty well throughout the upward move that we’ve seen since last Christmas. The month of May has not brought good tidings though and we may be headed lower. There is an old saying in the stock market which tells us to sell in May and go away, meaning stay out […]
In spite of being beat down a little lately from disappointing earnings, some investors are starting to really like the potential of MGM’s stock now. Is it worth taking a chance on? The MGM brand became famous for its motion pictures, then known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company was bought by casino and airline magnate Kirk […]
In spite of an upbeat day on Friday, U.S. stock indices closed the week lower again. The month of May has been turbulent, and concerns about trade only add to this. Different things affect the stock market in different magnitudes, and there are all sorts of events that shape investor behavior and move the price […]
Tesla stock has been in freefall since last December 10, with its losses over the last 5 months now at 44%. Given their outlook and how the stock is trading, this could all get worse. Investors don’t always insist on a strong positive bottom line to be willing to take a stake in a company, […]
Nordstrom stock has been on a real tear over the last 7 months, but not the kind of tear that investors like to see. It has been beaten down so much that it looks like a real bargain to some. Retailer Nordstrom started out the post-recession bull market in real style, where it went from […]
After several instances of the bears knocking down stock markets for a couple of percent followed by the bulls spurring a recovery, on Monday, it was an all bear show. After Donald Trump vowed to increase the tariffs on Chinese imports from 10% to 25% a week ago Sunday, everyone knew that the Chinese would […]
It’s the ninth anniversary of the infamous Flash Crash of May 6, 2010, and while this has been mostly forgotten these days, there are still lessons that we may learn from it. Of all the events that have affected stock markets, there are perhaps none more interesting than the event known as the Flash Crash […]
President Trump escalating the trade war with China has weighed pretty heavily upon U.S. stock markets during the first two days of this week. How big of a deal is this? Donald Trump’s engagement in the ongoing trade war with China took an abrupt turn for the worse on Sunday, with the president tweeting that […]