Don’t let this shaky start to December distract you from the fact that stocks are up BIG in 2019. In fact, we just came off of several new highs for each of the major indices. So Zacks #1[…]
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Don’t let this shaky start to December distract you from the fact that stocks are up BIG in 2019. In fact, we just came off of several new highs for each of the major indices. So Zacks #1[…]
Read moreNext week, I believe the market is going to view today’s action as an overreaction. After President Trump signed a bill from Congress showing support for protestors in Hong Kong, many believed that the US-China Phase One trade[…]
Read moreShoppers are racing to their favorite retailers this morning but is the crowd thinning? Has Black Friday been overshadowed by Cyber Monday? Online shopping has become the norm in our digitalizing world. The ease and convenience of shopping[…]
Read moreI’m a gold bear. That means I don’t think investors should be storing significant amounts of their savings in the barbarous relic. You can hear me opine at length on the reasons why in this podcast I[…]
Read moreMarijuana stocks have had a tough 2019 as slower-than-expected growth in the Canadian markets, contracting wholesale prices and a lack of progress in US legalization efforts have made profits elusive and spooked investors. A slew of disappointing earnings[…]
Read moreOn November 1st, Google (GOOGL) announced it would acquire smart wearables company Fitbit (FIT) for $2.1 billion. This price represents a considerable discount from the $10 billion market cap that FIT was trading at following its IPO in[…]
Read moreThat turned out to be a much better earnings season than we thought! Remember the weeks leading up to the reports? They were going to foreshadow a looming recession for 2020… or maybe even sooner. Instead, more than[…]
Read moreSure, peanut butter is great all by itself… but it’s so much better when you add some jelly! The same is true for Law & Order, Hall & Oates, and Batman & Robin. And let’s not forget about[…]
Read moreThe markets are evolving with technology, and so is investing and trading. The trading floors at the New York Stock Exchange and The Chicago Mercantile exchange are no longer overrun with zealous traders screaming their lungs in open[…]
Read moreUber’s (UBER) share lock-up just hit its expiration date, and early investors are more than happy to liquidate their piece of the pie. This is following an ostensibly disappointing earnings report on Monday that sent these shares tumbling[…]
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