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 […]

While the release of Lyft’s initial public offering made a lot of headlines, they are just the warm-up act for big brother Uber. The crowd is on the unruly side though, so care must be taken. If the IPO that Lyft just launched is any indication, the initial ride down stock market street may not […]

Levi Strauss’ first earnings call since its recent IPO was mostly upbeat, with good earnings results, although the company’s long-term debt does concern some analysts. Levi Strauss’ IPO last month hasn’t gone quite the way a lot of people had hoped, at least those looking to trade it in the secondary market, perhaps looking to […]

Gold as an investment has been in a real rut over the past 6 years, a period of time where it hasn’t gained a thing. Analyst Chris Terry thinks it is due for a revival soon. There’s just not a lot of excitement with gold these days, with investors at least. 6 years ago, gold […]

The European Union has enough to worry about these days, with the economy and the Brexit escapade. They now have to deal with a very real threat of $11 billion in tariffs. The United States and the European Union have been battling over the fairness of European subsidies to leading aircraft maker Airbus for 14 […]

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 […]

While many of us work away at putting money away for retirement, we do so without a real sense of what we will need. When we look at how we are doing, the numbers are terrible. It is no secret that Americans really don’t put as much into their retirement as they should. Perhaps we […]

Investors are currently trying to decide between keeping more of their money in stocks or look to diversify more with bonds. There’s more to bonds than just treasuries though. Investors using bonds to hedge their stock positions is a very popular strategy, and one that is well-promoted by the investment industry. The idea here is […]

After a terrible 6 month run in 2017, which saw their stock lose more than half its value, Foot Locker has picked themselves off the floor and are now eyeing making it all the way back. May 2017 to November 2017 will not be remembered very fondly by athletic footwear retailer Foot Locker or its […]