The stock markets may be up about 20% on average in 2019, but CVS is down that much this year so far, and down 34% since mid-November. There are reasons to be hopeful though. Investors love buying hot stocks, at least the armchair ones. There is a lot to be said about buying a stock […]
Retailer Bed Bath and Beyond has put in a nice rally so far in 2019, after being on a huge slide the last 4 years. Things don’t look quite as promising as we had hoped though. Bed Bath and Beyond has simply been a horrible stock over the last 4 years. For the first half […]
In spite of marked improvement in profit lately, U.S. Steel stock has had a rough time over the last year, losing 60%. With more concerns on the horizon, the outlook dims further. President Trump is well known for being willing to use any weapon at his disposal when negotiating, and his use of Section 232 […]
Stephen Tusa of JPMorgan is regarded as the most prominent analyst of GE stock. While this stock has performed fabulously lately, Tusa has changed his outlook. The market does pay attention to analysts, some more than others, and JPMorgan’s Stephen Tusa is one of those who people do watch pretty closely. Tusa had been bullish […]
As the bull market celebrates its 10th anniversary, and the surge of 2019 continuing on, many believe that things should come to an end soon, but this could go on for a while yet. Bull markets don’t usually last as long as this current one has. 10 years is a pretty long time for one […]
Mutual funds on the whole have been actually pulling out of the stock market, with net outflows totaling almost $40 billion year-to-date. Why are we still going up then? One of the things that people pay attention to is how much money mutual funds contribute or take out of the stock market on a net […]
In spite of the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft having an impact upon the airline industry, as you don’t just pluck so many planes from the grid and not see consequences, this event wasn’t one that really has affected Boeing’s business all that much. You wouldn’t know that though from seeing the way that […]
Stocks of U.S. automakers GM and Ford have been far less than exciting anyway, but declining sales numbers are expected to make them even less exciting in 2019. The forecast for U.S. auto sales for 2019 are in. Edmunds projects total unit sales of 16.7 million this year, down from 17.3 in 2018. Sales have […]
After disappointing the analysts a couple of weeks ago with their quarterly earnings call, Nike has laced on their shoes again and appears ready to resume its forward progress. Nike got its start all the way back in 1964, when University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman got together to […]
Many investors jump on financial stocks with the intention of taking advantage of their better dividends. This is just one aspect of them, and not even the biggest one. Buying common stock of financial companies is a popular way for investors on the more conservative side to seek to achieve their investing objectives. This isn’t […]