After a disappointing month of May which saw markets decline by 6%, putting a real dent into the 2019 rally, things turned around in June. The Fed likely will crash the party this week. We can’t ever know for sure how much expectations of a Fed rate cut have been priced into the market so […]
A lot of people have anxiety about money, including people who we wouldn’t think would have much to worry about. Anxiety about money is a symptom of a bigger problem though. There is a lot written about managing anxiety out there, and many people spend a lot of time and effort on trying to get […]
Technical analysts examine price trends to look to predict future movements in price with stocks. While certain indicators can suggest a move, we need to look at the whole picture. There are two main types of financial market analysts, and three if we count the quants, although this is actually just a subset of technical […]
When your stock is up 273% from its opening price in a little over a month, in a month where stocks did terribly overall, it takes more than an analyst downgrade to end the party. When people looked at the IPO calendar for 2019, Beyond Meat just didn’t get the attention or focus that it […]
We may see how much certain stocks have moved up and wonder why the funds that we invest in to seek to capture some of this don’t do anywhere near as well. Most people who invest in funds that segregate their holdings, in other words do something else besides just investing in the broader market […]
In spite of all the ups and downs that the market has seen since its low on December 26, we’re still sitting up over 20% since then. The bears haven’t gone anywhere though. With the possible exception of the 20% pullback that we saw in the latter part of 2019, this is the most concerned […]
The market confronted the news about the potential for restrictions on big tech companies with a negative attitude. Cooler heads have started to prevail already. In the late 19th and early 20th century, businessman John D. Rockefeller gained almost total control of the oil business. At its height, the trust that controlled all of Rockefeller’s […]
Big bank stocks haven’t been particularly well-loved as of late, as evidenced by their lower price to earnings ratios. JP Morgan Chase is at least the most loved of the bunch. A company like a JP Morgan Chase isn’t going to excite a lot of investors with its growth potential, and bank stocks themselves are […]
When a stock loses half its value in just 6 months, during a time when the market has put together a significant rally, and you’re still losing a lot of money, any ray of hope helps. Tesla stock traded as high as $376.79 six months ago, but it has been on a steady journey down […]
Utility stocks are usually thought of as defensive, functioning as a hedge by reducing your exposure to risk, since they go down less. Some provide lots of offense as well. One of the ways that we measure stocks among each other is how they move relative to the overall market. Stocks that move more than […]