When a stock gains 90% in a single year, as Applied Materials has in 2019, we may worry that the party may be ending soon. Things are set to improve even more though. Applied Materials has been one of the very best stocks out there in 2019, putting in a very impressive 90% gain for […]
Sector SPDRs group the market in 10 categories, where we can select the ones we want and the ones we don’t. Going with the better half of these makes a lot of sense. We can categorize stocks into two categories, the ones that outperform and the ones that underperform. If we buy a stock market […]
We want to avoid stocks that are more likely to lose us money than not, but there’s another type to avoid, tired old dogs that haven’t kept up with the pack for many years. Is there really anything to like about Berkshire Hathaway stock these days? How could anyone choose an old dog like this […]
Goldman Sachs is in agreement with the consensus that 2020 will be mildly bullish. Their use of the Sharpe index to pick individual stocks is what is most interesting. David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist for Goldman Sachs, is forecasting more of the same for stocks next year, although the consensus is that growth in […]
Depending on the circumstances, it can always be a good time to refinance your mortgage. Today’s low rates make this even more tempting, but we need to be careful. There never seems to be a shortage of what we could call refinance bears out there, those who seem to forever want to caution us against […]
While round numbers such as $1500 really isn’t that big of a deal, breaking trendlines certainly can be. Gold prices are looking like they are getting ready to move up again. You don’t see many people get excited about the price of gold going down, even though we can make plenty of money when it […]
Al Root has an article out now comparing what he feels are the three investment styles to planetary orbits. Do we want to be stuck on a single orbit though? Al Root is a regular contributor to Barron’s, and in his latest article on their site, he looks to define what he believes are the […]
Alphabet, better known as the company who owns Google, has been a star performer ever since the stock got issued in 2004. As big as it has become, it is still growing nicely. Barron’s doubled down on its selection of Alphabet as one of their top 10 stock picks for 2020 by running another article […]
We always want to make sure that our investment decisions are made from the high ground. If we are willing to go out on a limb, we need to make sure the limb is strong. Folks are eyeing medical supply maker Becton Dickinson and it’s being touted as a smart play for 2020. Aside from […]
China’s economy has been growing at a frantic pace for quite a while now. As this growth slows, so does their capacity to pay back debt. Big cracks are now showing. As much as people complain about regulation, this does serve a valuable function to protect us from ourselves mostly. The implications of inadequate regulation […]