You never really know how the stock market will react to a given news item. The Federal Reserve once again declined to lower rates, but this time it was well accepted. There has been a lot of concerns about the economy among investors and commentators, and is often the case with such things, these concerns […]

Beyond Meat announced a new product after the close on Monday, which got traders excited enough to push its stock price up by 18% overnight. This gain is all gone now. Beyond Meat’s IPO has been a phenomenal success so far. While we often see its opening price at $25, that’s just what the big […]

All bull markets have eventually come to an end in time, and while this one could last longer, its day will come sooner or later. Do we have a plan in place to deal with this risk? There’s always some sort of talk about bear markets, even in the midst of the best bull runs […]

While consumers may be none too happy about all the rain that fell in the Corn Belts lately, for those who have been long corn, it’s been raining money over the last few weeks. While there are more than a few people who speculate or wish to speculate in agricultural futures that just think that […]

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 […]