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Small-Cap Stocks, Big Bear Market Opportunities (Size Factor Guide)
Last week’s late rally was a welcome change of pace, but we’re still knee-deep in a nasty bear market. I’m a trader, not a prognosticator. I can’t tell you when the bear market will end. But I can help you identify profitable trades along the way and help you position...
Small Caps Scream “Buy” Despite Bear Market — PEG Ratio Spotted It
My favorite fundamental indicator, the PEG ratio, shows small-cap stocks are a buy. The indicator compares a stock’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio to its earnings growth rate. This simple calculation converts the popular P/E ratio to a meaningful data point. The...
Americans to Spend $5T on Health Insurance by 2028: Power Stock With Huge Market Share
One of my sons visited the dentist to fix a broken tooth last week. He was shocked to learn it would cost more than $600 to treat. He’s fortunate to have insurance coverage that brought that figure way down to $15. Take a look at how much Americans spend on health...
2 Stocks Hold Bear Market Insights (MSM & NG Earnings Preview)
In my last Earnings Edge piece, I mentioned it was hard to be bullish. That was two weeks ago, after the market had already dipped and many traders were looking at opportunities to buy. Staying bearish proved to be solid advice since then. The broad indexes continued...
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Small-Cap Stocks, Big Bear Market Opportunities (Size Factor Guide)
Last week’s late rally was a welcome change of pace, but we’re still knee-deep in a nasty bear market. I’m a trader, not a prognosticator. I can’t tell you when the bear market will end. But I can help you identify profitable trades along the way and help you position...
Small Caps Scream “Buy” Despite Bear Market — PEG Ratio Spotted It
My favorite fundamental indicator, the PEG ratio, shows small-cap stocks are a buy. The indicator compares a stock’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio to its earnings growth rate. This simple calculation converts the popular P/E ratio to a meaningful data point. The...
2 Stocks Hold Bear Market Insights (MSM & NG Earnings Preview)
In my last Earnings Edge piece, I mentioned it was hard to be bullish. That was two weeks ago, after the market had already dipped and many traders were looking at opportunities to buy. Staying bearish proved to be solid advice since then. The broad indexes continued...
Energy Power Stock Up in 2022 (Huge Gains Since May!)
Energy stocks are a bright spot in this down market. The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: ) is up roughly 30% over the last 12 months. Energy stocks benefit from a perfect storm: Soaring prices for oil and natural gas. Demand that far...
34% Drop Is NOT a Buy Signal for One Boring Blue Chip (MMM Stock Analysis)
Bear markets create opportunities. With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both well into bear market territory, I see attractive prices on certain stocks for the first time in years. I’m recommending several new positions that are poised to buck the market’s overall bearish...
How Trulieve (TCNNF), Green Thumb (GTBIF) Stack Up — Cannabis Viewer Q&A
In today’s Marijuana Market Update, I respond to a viewer who asked me to analyze two popular cannabis stocks: Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTC: ) and Green Thumb Industries Inc. (OTC: ). Shalom sent me this...
From 4.6% to 16.6%! Realty Income Shows Yield on Cost’s Power
This week we dive deeper into our dividend discussion. I’m joined as always by Research Analyst Matt Clark, and today is all about yield on cost. We illustrate this powerful dividend concept using one of my favorite real estate investment trusts (REITs): Realty Income...
Pervasive Inflation = Growth for Low-Volatility Retail Power Stock
A few weeks ago, we asked our YouTube viewers where they were feeling the sting from inflation: The fact is prices are up everywhere, and folks are looking for ways to stretch every dollar. Enter: discount retail stores. The chart above shows that annual sales for...
Americans to Spend $5T on Health Insurance by 2028: Power Stock With Huge Market Share
One of my sons visited the dentist to fix a broken tooth last week. He was shocked to learn it would cost more than $600 to treat. He’s fortunate to have insurance coverage that brought that figure way down to $15. Take a look at how much Americans spend on health...
Fight Inflation, Make Cash With This Retailer (Do the Same With Its Stock!)
My wife and I have this project that has taken us years (and still isn’t done): cleaning out our garage. The challenge isn’t doing it. It’s figuring out what to do with all the stuff we want to get rid of. Throwing it away seems wasteful. Selling it online sounds...
Your Doctor’s Office Gets “Smarter” Thanks to This Tech Power Stock
During a recent visit to my doctor, I noticed several big changes. (I admit, it had been too long since my last visit.) The nurses and doctor had tablets instead of the old paper patient charts. All the information they needed was digitized and linked. I started to...
Peruvian Power Stock Steps In to Meet Natural Gas Demand
We’re facing a global oil and natural gas crisis. European nations are moving away from Russian imports after its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. gas prices average $5 per gallon as crude oil prices top $120 per barrel. One nation is ramping up its natural gas production to...
High Car Prices Mean More Repairs: Auto Maintenance Power Stock to Benefit
My wife’s vehicle has had problems in recent months that required us to take it into the shop. We were fortunate that the vehicle’s warranty covered the required repairs. When I saw what we would have paid, I almost fell out of my chair! The chart above shows the auto...
Fed’s Latest Rate Hike = More Need for This Power Stock’s Services
When mortgage rates were at record lows, Americans flocked to buy new single-family homes. Now that the trend has reversed, the rate increase is pricing Americans out of new homes and into apartments and duplexes. This means an increase in multifamily housing...
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Risk Outweighs Reward: Track Market Sentiment With Junk Bonds
Over the long run, junk bonds (i.e., high-yield bonds) tend to be poor investments for individual investors. While hedge funds and institutional investors can own a diverse portfolio of bonds, individuals are limited to index funds. They don’t have the resources to...
Stimulus Caused Inflation — But There’s Hope for the Private Sector
Government officials in Washington D.C. argue over anything — even the color of the sky. So it’s significant when they do agree. Right now, there’s consensus on one issue: Inflation is too high. Inflation Hurts the Average Family To understand inflation’s impact, we...
The Fed’s Real Inflation Target Is Bad News for Stocks
Analysts dug into the new inflation data that came out last week. Although it seems everything regarding inflation was already discussed, there is one view I haven’t seen anywhere else. I looked at the difference between the headline number (8.6% for May compared to a...
3 Alternative Moves for Your Cash as the Bear Roars
It was nice while it lasted… After a brief respite in the second half of May, the bear market is back. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have now been down in nine of the last 10 weeks, and the Dow‘s in similar shape. Perhaps the worst aspect of all is that there’s...
College Enrollment Declines, but Employment Rises — What the Data Means
Colleges might be missing students, but there are more employees than ever. This sounds confusing, so let’s dig into the data. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data shows undergraduate enrollment is now 9.4% lower than before the pandemic. That’s almost...
Panicked Fed Wants to Fix the Gridlocked Supply Chain
Inflation caught the Federal Reserve by surprise. We can agree on that. All of us who have shopped at a grocery store since the pandemic began have known prices were rising. We also knew there were serious problems because shelves were never fully stocked. Full...
Baby Bust: Population Data Paints an Ugly Economic Picture
Every day, investors try to make sense of new data. Some numbers change month-to-month, but others are updated more frequently. Price data changes every day, even every minute, while markets are open. But one of the most important data points for investors changes at...
Big Traders Ready for Futures Market Rally — Why That’s a Good Sign
In the futures market, the largest traders are positioned to win big when stocks rally. Futures markets offer data not available for individual stocks. But the data is available for broad stock market indexes. Right now, it tells an important story. Every week, the...
Wedding Season Is Bullish for This Sector
Barron’s, a weekly Wall Street publication known for its rich data and dense articles, wrote about weddings in a recent issue. Specifically, it noted: This year will be a banner year for weddings, with some 25% more couples saying “I do” in the U.S. than usual,...
S&P 500 CEOs Worry as 3 Negative Trends Work in Concert
Analysts scrutinize earnings reports. They look for trends in sales, expenses and earnings. Because all analysts have access to the same data, the report is sliced and diced in every conceivable way as they search for an edge. This leads to detailed analyses that may...
My Fear Indicator Just Peaked — Time to Get Bullish
I’m surprised to say it, but I’m bullish. Inflation is soaring. Even the Federal Reserve understands that. Minutes from the Fed’s recent policy meeting show officials expect to raise interest rates by half a percentage point at their next two meetings. That’s on top...
A Silver Lining After the S&P’s 7-Week Losing Streak
At the close on Friday, the S&P 500 was lower than the week before. That was a historic event. It marked the seventh consecutive down week for the Index. With data dating back to 1928, this was just the fourth time there has been a losing streak of that length....
Poll: When Do You Catch Up on Financial Market News?
I’m an optimist (sometimes to a fault), and the string of doom and gloom headlines crossing my news feed every day is disheartening, to put it kindly. But keeping up helps us get ahead and plan for the market’s next move higher. Which will happen! And we want to make...
Junk Bonds Flash Sell-Off Warning — How to Trade It
Junk bonds are an overlooked source of stock market information. Companies judged to be at some level of bankruptcy risk issue junk bonds, aka high-yield bonds. Yields on junk bonds are much higher (and riskier) than yields on Treasury securities. High-yield bonds are...