The stock market still may underestimate the threat from Biden, still thinking he’s a moderate, but it might not matter, given the way Biden’s campaign is starting to come apart. It’s no secret to anyone who Wall Street would prefer to win the Presidency. This is not a matter of being partisan politically, as like […]
The Federal Reserve released their minutes of their late July FOMC meeting, where they told us things look good. This outlook seems to include another bailout. The minutes from the last Fed meeting back on July 28-29 seemed to have a chilling effect on stock markets on Wednesday, which produced a decline that carried on […]
Participation in the stock market used to be limited to investors of real means. Technology has changed all that, and things just got a whole lot more accessible lately. Technology has dramatically changed the way we live, and among the many changes that this has brought, greater and more efficient access to stocks is right […]
If there were a Hall of Shame for stock analysts, maintaining Tesla as a sell while it rocketed up the charts would be more than worthy. We try not to be too hard on stock analysts, and understand that given that few of them have much of a clue about stocks, they are going to […]
In the midst of a pandemic, with all stocks getting bashed, betting on health care stocks coming back was an easy call. Figuring out where they go from here isn’t so easy. During the good times, betting on stocks that are doing well and are in sectors that are doing well is actually a pretty […]
It seems that every time Apple’s stock price outperforms Wamsi Mohan’s’ view of the company’s near-term performance, he sees it as no longer a buy. In spite of Apple’s rising to becoming the world’s most valuable stock, where it has grown over 95,000% in the last 22 years, the road there has been paved with […]
We are often told by people looking to advise us on managing our stock positions to look to enter on a pullback. We need to understand the rationale before we decide to leap. Anytime markets are moving up, which they certainly are now with the right stocks anyway, it’s common that people who are paid […]
With the U.S. economy still mired in a huge recession, and the economic recovery in Europe further along, this has some people concluding European stocks should be added. You would think that people who are paid for their expertise in advising on stocks would at least pay a little more attention. These are folks that, […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average needs all the help in its losing battle to keep up with the other 2 major stock indexes. Things are about to get even more challenging. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as just the Dow, is the grandfather of major stock indexes, going all the way back to […]
More and more people are “protesting” against the disproportionate growth of the top 5 stocks in the S&P 500. Amid a sea of nonsense, there’s a valid concern buried within. It’s not so difficult to understand how publicly traded financial assets work, and all we have to do is describe them in the way that […]