Thanks, Georgia: Cannabis Stocks Soar
I waited last week to talk about cannabis in 2021 until we knew the results of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The results are in. Both Democrats, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, won the seats and granted Democrats the slimmest of majorities in the...
Bitcoin’s Value: What It’s Worth vs. What Investors Could Pay
Everything has a value. That’s true even for bitcoin, the cryptocurrency made from math. Its value is, of course, whatever someone will pay for it, but we can model what someone should pay for it because whenever there is value, there are fundamentals. This is true...
Trading Strategy to Make Home Run Profits in ANY Market
In 2011, I was assigned what many would consider an “impossible” task. I was hired by a world-renowned Harvard economist. He wanted me to develop a system to extract consistent profits from the stock market … and he was uber-bearish on the stock market. He was...
CNRG: A Clean Energy ETF for the Biden Boom
In this episode of The Bull & The Bear podcast, I look at the SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (NYSE: ). To say that politics doesn’t have anything to do with the market is nonsense. The real issue is figuring out how the two are...
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10 “Bullish” Stocks in This Banking ETF (NYSE: KRE)
Presidential elections offer data-driven investors a unique opportunity to assess which sectors of the economy are likely to outperform under the incoming administration. Since the election happens on a discrete date, and since investors know the winning...
Thanks, Georgia: Cannabis Stocks Soar
I waited last week to talk about cannabis in 2021 until we knew the results of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The results are in. Both Democrats, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, won the seats and granted Democrats the slimmest of majorities in the...
Trading Strategy to Make Home Run Profits in ANY Market
In 2011, I was assigned what many would consider an “impossible” task. I was hired by a world-renowned Harvard economist. He wanted me to develop a system to extract consistent profits from the stock market … and he was uber-bearish on the stock market. He was...
CNRG: A Clean Energy ETF for the Biden Boom
In this episode of The Bull & The Bear podcast, I look at the SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (NYSE: ). To say that politics doesn’t have anything to do with the market is nonsense. The real issue is figuring out how the two are...
Biden’s Spending Spree Incoming: Buy Vale Stock Now!
If you were expecting a calm start to 2021, you might be disappointed. We’ve already had a drama-fueled special election that flipped the Senate from Republican to Democratic control, and an angry mob stormed the capitol building. And we’ve barely cleared the first...
Cannabis Watchlist: Planet 13 Holdings’ California Plan Will Fuel Stock Higher
The cannabis market got a nice shot in the arm after the results of the 2020 presidential election. It multiplied last week when Georgia voters flipped the U.S. Senate from Republican to Democrat-controlled. I’ll talk more about the politics of cannabis in my next...
We’re Bullish on 5G in 2021 — Qualcomm, Nokia, Analog Devices Stock Battle
Prior to the “coronavirus crash” of March 2020, one theme in the market dominated all others. Investors saw this particular sector taking off and soaring to new heights. But the “corona crash” caused a shift as the sector slowed down amid millions of business...
Bitcoin’s Value: What It’s Worth vs. What Investors Could Pay
Everything has a value. That’s true even for bitcoin, the cryptocurrency made from math. Its value is, of course, whatever someone will pay for it, but we can model what someone should pay for it because whenever there is value, there are fundamentals. This is true...
Bitcoin’s $9K Crash Shouldn’t Scare You: 2 Reasons to Buy the Dip
In case you missed it, the price of bitcoin has gone absolutely bonkers. After hitting a low of $4,106 in 2020, the cryptocurrency topped out at nearly $42,000 last week in an epic run. It’s since come off those highs; following the bitcoin crash, it was trading...
2021 IPO Preview; 5G Tech Giant Drops Earnings
Money & Markets Week Ahead for the week of January 10, 2021: Let's see how the 2021 IPO market is shaping up. Last week, the Nasdaq index topped 13,000 for the first time in history despite increased COVID-19 hospitalizations and a riot in the nation’s capital....
The “Blue Wave” Hit Washington — How to Invest Now
If you find yourself asking “why” the market moves … just stop. You’re going to give yourself an ice cream headache. Four years ago, the market started an epic run following the “red wave” in 2016 that saw President Donald Trump sweep into power with a...
Paychex Earnings Forecast — Money & Markets Week Ahead
Money & Markets Week Ahead for the week of December 20, 2020: Paychex reports quarterly earnings in short trading week. This is a short week on Wall Street. The market will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday for Christmas Eve. It will remain closed on...
Will Trump Boom Ignite Biden Bubble?
“Well, that’s it, Charles. The bull market is over.” I was chatting about the markets with my dad. He wasn’t particularly happy about the election results. Regardless of what any of us think about President Trump, his presidency hasn’t been bad for the stock market....
Week Ahead: Massive Online Shopping IPO to Watch
Money & Markets Week Ahead for the week of December 13, 2020: Online shopping giant Wish IPOs this week. We’re looking at an active week on Wall Street. In today’s Week Ahead, I dive into a big initial public offering and the earnings of a company that has fallen...
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4 States Are Key in the Recovery — Watch for Sell-Off Signs
Based on some data, the United States is making great progress in getting back to normal. CNN’s back-to-normal index stands at 74%. But, as the map below shows, the recovery is uneven. Unequal Economic Recovery Has Leaders This map holds information that might be...
Will Trump Boom Ignite Biden Bubble?
“Well, that’s it, Charles. The bull market is over.” I was chatting about the markets with my dad. He wasn’t particularly happy about the election results. Regardless of what any of us think about President Trump, his presidency hasn’t been bad for the stock market....
2 Investing Rules to Live by After the 33.1% GDP Surge
The advanced numbers for third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. came out, and they were a doozy. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 33.1% in the third quarter. Or did it? The devil is in the details here. By any account, it was a great quarter....
Stimulus Hopes: Why Retail Stocks Are a Good Buy Now
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Good morning pic.twitter.com/UZOcR2yGVd — StockCats (@StockCats) October 9, 2020 It seems that hope for a stimulus bill is what keeps us plodding along. The COVID-19 pandemic took a wrecking ball to the economy. GDP...
Home Prices Rocket Higher With No End in Sight
It seems that most of the Twittersphere has been focused this week on Tuesday’s presidential debates. Let’s steer clear of that one… Instead, I wanted to talk about something positive. August saw the biggest gain in home prices across the country since September 2013;...
4 Reasons Deflation Is Here to Stay
You might have noticed the price of gold spiking to new all-time highs lately. We’ve covered it quite a bit on Money & Markets, and the general consensus around here is that the barbarous relic is likely to go a lot higher. Investors view gold as an inflation...
Not Your Grandfather’s Real Estate: Grab This Fund on the ‘Cheap’
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on America’s landlords. I never thought I would see a time in which real estate investment trusts (REITs) reported “percent of monthly rent collected” to their investors, but that’s where we are today. Those trends are looking a...
Expert Advice: 3 Tips to Start the New Year Right
I don’t know how wild the parties were this New Year’s Eve. In the age of social distancing, it’s still in poor taste to cram a ton of people into a room and clink glasses. But I know that I wasn’t sad to see 2020 come to a close. My celebration was tame this year,...
Sneak in a Roth IRA Conversion Before December 31
I realize there’s no more room left on Mount Rushmore. We’re stuck with Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. But if we could squeeze in room for one more, I’d carve the face of the late Senator William Roth of Delaware. He isn’t as significant in...
Time Is Your No. 1 Asset When You Invest
You might not have ever heard of Shelby Davis. For those who aren’t in the know, Davis is one of the greatest investors who ever lived. Many consider him second only to the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren Buffett. (Interestingly, both men built their fortunes roughly...
Rich Man, Poor Man: The True Power of Compound Interest
Today I want to revisit an investment classic written by the late Richard Russell titled, “Rich Man, Poor Man.” It shows how powerful compound interest can be. Russell, who penned the Dow Theory Letters for nearly six decades, is one of the most respected financial...
Protect Your Retirement From Biden’s Tax Plan
[UPDATE] — Last week, I revisited my "Election 2020" series of articles to make sure you have can set up your portfolio for profits in the new year and beyond. You can find that series here. I published the piece below on October 23, 2020. As I explained: And here’s...
“Should I Convert to a Roth IRA for 2021?” — Retirement Tip of the Week
I had a good talk with my friend James this week. James is retiring and plans to start taking Social Security next year. He has about two years’ worth of living expenses sitting in cash, and the bulk of his savings are in a large individual retirement account (IRA)....
“How Much Insurance Should I Have?” — Risk Management 101
I woke up this morning to the sound of a chainsaw. My neighbor John’s tree fell last night — right into his living room. A crew was busy cleaning up the mess, but I could see that John’s house had serious damage. When I walked over to ask John how he was dealing with...