PM Images An effective dividend snowball not only pays out an attractive current level of dividend income but also compounds and grows that dividend payout over time. Investors trying to build such a snowball are best served by finding stocks that offer an attractive combination of current yields and dividend growth. One way to do…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Artificial intelligence companies that have spent billions of dollars building so-called large language models to power generative AI products are now banking on a new way to drive revenues: small language models. Apple, Microsoft, Meta…
dvulikaia The Amplify U.S. Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSEARCA:MJUS) saw increased activity on Thursday amidst the most significant piece of federal reform of cannabis recently, if not ever. President Biden has officially announced that the government will be moving to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III, with the Department of Justice filing their official notice. This comes…
JHVEPhoto Asset managers are in a much better spot today compared to 18 months ago. Domestic stock prices are of course higher, but with interest rates steadying out a bit and foreign equity returns looking solid, diversified allocations have produced impressive performances. It comes as private-market investing has also been in demand, particularly in the…
Smile Historically speaking, my investment calls usually turn out quite well. But just like every other investor in the world, I am not without mistakes. One of the biggest that I have made over the past few years involves the home discount retailer known as Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG). The last article that I wrote…
CatLane Introduction I have been a fan of the streaming model for a long time now, and look back wistfully at the days when Silver Wheaton was a streamer dedicated to the silver market. Since then, I have been looking for another company that just may be capable of pulling off a similar meteoric rise…
cemagraphics Last weekend’s article warned to get “Ready for the Squeeze” and concluded there are “good odds of a move higher” in the S&P500 (SPY). This played out to a point, but the move higher exceeded my expectations and now looks more than just a short squeeze. Wednesday’s session had a chance to form a…
marrio31 Shares of Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) have surged in the last 12 months, driven by the success of its obesity candidate, the subcutaneously administered VK2735. VK2735’s efficacy, safety and tolerability data to date look very competitive, even when compared to the so-called triple G agonists such as Eli Lilly’s (LLY) retatrutide. And more recently, the…
eyecrave productions/E+ via Getty Images Investment Thesis Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) is a buy due to multiple factors making the consumer staples sector attractive. These factors include high valuation indicators for the market overall including the “Buffett Indicator” and the overall price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500 Index. Additionally, while consumer staple funds, such…
Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images This week the Associated Press reported that the US Drug Enforcement Administration will reschedule cannabis from a Schedule 1 drug to Schedule 3. Without exaggeration, this is the most important development in the US for cannabis in recorded history. Investors recognized the importance of the reports, and many cannabis stocks…
Brett_Hondow/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction In “Big Tech’s Big Breakdown, The Technical Setup Ahead Of Earnings,” I wrote the following about Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN): Along with Meta and Google, Amazon has been one of our largest holdings at TQI since its inception in late 2022. After being undervalued throughout 2022-23, Amazon’s stock has finally…
luismmolina Investment Overview Immatics (NASDAQ:IMTX), based in Tuebingen, Germany, achieved its Nasdaq listing in 2020, via a business combination with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Perceptive Advisors. According to Harvard Business Review: A SPAC is a publicly traded corporation with a two-year life span formed with the sole…
Ralf Hahn It was only after posting last week’s S&P 500 earnings update that it was realized that the data metrics usually posted each week were left off last week’s blog post. Here’s last week’s S&P 500 data: The forward 4-quarter estimate was $252.21, up $0.40 from the prior week’s $251.81. The P/E ratio on…
Anne Czichos Timing is everything in markets. When we last covered International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) we looked at the results and the valuation and felt that this was almost there at the right level for investors to exit and not look back. Specifically, we said: The only time when it was more expensive was…
canakat JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) are two popular, high-yield monthly pay, diversified ETFs that have become very popular with income investors, as evidenced by their rapidly rising assets under management since launching just a few years ago: Data by YCharts In this article, we will…
ClaudioVentrella/iStock via Getty Images VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (NASDAQ:PPH) is a popular way for investors to own some of the leading pharmaceutical companies and get diversification and liquidity at the same time. This ETF has about $488 million in assets, and it has an expense ratio of 0.36%. There are a number of positives I see…
MicroStockHub Friday’s trade… are we entering a new phase of the bull market? I believe we are. “One size (or group) fits all”, the crowding into a trade like we’ve seen with big technology, can usually work for a while in the market but never is a long-term investment solution. What we now know as…
blackdovfx/iStock via Getty Images Semiconductor stocks have had a big run over the last several months, and this sector was due for a pullback. As shown in the chart of the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) below, we just got a big pullback. This was even a plunge in some stocks, with some top names…
JasonDoiy/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Investment Thesis As Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) continues to build out its position as one of the leaders in the AI database market, particularly in advanced database structures built for vector databases that store mountains of data for Large Language Models (LLMs), I believe that the company’s strong positioning in the generative…
Devrimb/iStock via Getty Images No matter the positive growth story from SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI), the stock just limps along. The market is fixated with GAAP profits, yet the company is already highly profitable, warranting a higher stock price. My investment thesis is ultra Bullish on the stock based on the big 2026 financial targets and…
Delpixart/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction About a year ago, I published an article on Tritax Big Box REIT plc (OTCPK:TTBXF) claiming “the worst is behind us.” I had been warning about this even before real estate assets appeared to be overvalued based on a rapidly increasing interest rate on the financial markets, which traditionally…
flavijus/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The Big Tech story Before discussing the reasons why the Big Tech could be fundamentally vulnerable, it’s important to understand the Big Tech story. First of all, the Big Tech companies are the tech giants on forefront of innovation: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META) and…
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images Shares of WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:WSC) have completed their round-trip as initial optimism on the purchase of McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) has faded. The deal makes quite some sense, as incurred leverage seems manageable. Over time, this grows the presence of the company in turnkey space solutions, granting the business…
Daniel Grizelj The WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) stock is a long-term name we have continued to hold, one of our longest-held positions. In our last update, we continued to suggest holding shares are pricey based on valuations metrics. However, the stock has been consistently “overvalued” on many of these metrics. The stock, despite all the movement…
Eetum/iStock via Getty Images When I last covered Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) for Seeking Alpha in December, the Bitcoin (BTC-USD) network was experiencing a dramatic surge in transaction fees as a percentage of total block reward. The potential long term stickiness of transaction fees would be hugely beneficial to BTC miners like Marathon because it would…
Ridofranz The ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKW) is on a comeback trail with the actively managed equity strategy returning 55% return over the past year, ahead of tech-heavy benchmarks like the Nasdaq-100 (QQQ). The momentum at least offers some reprise for long-time shareholders who went through a period of extreme volatility where ARKW saw…
phuttaphat tipsana/iStock via Getty Images Thesis overview Evaxion (EVAX) aspires to use artificial intelligence (AI) to design vaccines for cancer immunotherapy, as well as for infectious diseases. EVAX claims being more advanced than competition because it has been constantly developing and improving its models for 15 years. Additionally, EVAX has in-house capability to validate novel…
Sundry Photography Recap In our last article on Coupang (NYSE:CPNG), we highlighted Coupang’s strong position in logistics as a key factor in driving its market share growth. Additionally, we observed robust growth in Taiwan, surpassing the growth seen in South Korea post-Rocket launch. Yet, we believe that Coupang’s stock was trading within its fair value…
Justin Sullivan March 28th ended up being a really interesting day for shareholders of home improvement retailer The Home Depot (NYSE:HD). After the market closed, the management team at the business announced a massive acquisition. According to the press release issued regarding the deal, the company has agreed to acquire SRS Distribution, a privately owned…
mouu007 Warren Buffett once said: Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. Right now, numerous high yield dividend stocks (SPYD) presents investors with such an opportunity. In this article, we will discuss why and share some of our top picks of the moment. Why High Yield Dividend Stocks…
AndreyPopov The large-cap pharmaceutical group has lagged the stock market badly over the past year, relative to the S&P 500 jump of +25% or high-flying NASDAQ 100 index spike of +40%. So, I consider this sector a good hunting ground for bargains. Since late summer, I have written bullish views on Pfizer (PFE) here and…
2d illustrations and photos Emerging Markets have become an after-thought for many investors today. With beyond a decade of severe underperformance to both large and small US stocks, the EM Index is rarely discussed among even macro investors. Consider that just in the last year, the broad EM ETF is up less than 10%, dividends…
bjdlzx Baytex Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTE) management reported a significant increase in cash flow compared to what it would have been had the company not acquired Ranger Oil (ROCC). The fourth quarter cash flow represented more than half of the cash flow for the fiscal year. This is now a light oil upstream company. The market…
Nastco Main Thesis & Background The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIMCO Income Strategy Fund (NYSE:PFL) as an investment option at its current market price. PFL is a closed-end fund whose investment objective is to “seek high current income, consistent with the preservation of capital”. I wrote about PFL roughly a year…
ra2studio Listen here or on the go via Apple and Spotify. Jared Dillian shares why he focuses on market sentiment (2:30). Private equity’s systemic risk (5:30). The Fed wants to cut interest rates and add liquidity before the US election, but the market’s not cooperating. No clear signal on bonds (7:35). Why investors should avoid…
cokada Co-authored by Treading Softly. There’s a growing trend toward wanting to live more simply, especially among the middle-aged generation that is currently steeped in the workforce and trying to figure out retirement, families, and income. In prior generations, people flocked away from farmland in the rural communities to cities, which helped spawn innovation as…
Marco Garcia/Getty Images Entertainment Summary Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ:HA) is a US airline that offers both cargo and passenger flights between Hawaii and the neighboring islands. One of its most important routes is the connection between Hawaii and Japan. In December 2023, it was announced that the company was to be acquired by Alaska Airlines (ALK)…
Aeon Aviation Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images As Boeing (NYSE:BA) is struggling to get its quality and manufacturing system in order while demand for commercial airplanes has increased significantly, it is clear that Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) is the clear winner in the duopoly. That does not need much explanation. However, how big the benefit is for…
Marc Dufresne Canada’s big banks reported quarterly results that mostly beat expectations. Mario Mendonca, Managing Director with TD Cowen, speaks with MoneyTalk’s Kim Parlee about the results and the outlook for the lenders going forward. Transcript Kim Parlee – Canada’s big banks have reported their quarterly results with most beating expectations. Here to break down…
georgeclerk Zero-days-to-expiration or 0DTE options now represent close to half of the overall volume in the options market. As speculation and bullish sentiment return to markets after a bear market in 2022 and so many doubters during last year’s 26% S&P 500 total return. One new ETF seeks to take advantage of the put side…
Pavel Muravev Due to be released on the morning of March 12, this February CPI report is expected to be another hot inflation reading, hotter than the one in January. This could be an essential reading because, as it stands, that would be two months of inflation readings hotter than what was seen at the…
Chip Somodevilla On the first day of Powell’s testimony, not much happened, and he failed to take control. There was very little that was new. This comes despite continued signs of inflation reaccelerating and robust economic data. If the Fed is correct in its assessment that inflation will return to target, the unemployment rate will…
onurdongel Dear subscribers, I consider European REITs to be more volatile than their American counterparts. While some of them certainly are justified as being volatile for exposures to things like CRE, I also believe many of them to be somewhat misunderstood. Icade (OTCPK:CDMGF) is a good example of that, a REIT where I recently bought…
Palantir CEO, Alex Karp (center) continues to ignore the short-term noise to focus on long-term success Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Palantir shares are up over 40% this year (and up over 60% since our previous article in July) following an outstanding quarterly earnings report in February (whereby record revenue and profits were achieved, driven by…
golibo In my previous coverage of the leading digital advertising company, Taboola (NASDAQ:TBLA), in June 2023 last year, I shared my buy thesis on how TBLA’s fundamentals and market leadership could pave the way to share price appreciation. Today, my call is proven to be right. TBLA is now trading at $4.36, an almost 50%…
MarsBars Gold mining stocks represented by VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) and VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) have been in the doghouse recently, down nearly 20% over the past two months alone: Data by YCharts The main headwinds for the sector seem to be: A growing consensus of higher-for-longer interest rates, which will likely…
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of online gambling, DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stands out as one of the most exciting companies. As we dive into the company that is DraftKings, you will find a company that’s rapidly becoming one of the most recognizable names in online gambling with its bold strategies and…
Maskot/Maskot via Getty Images Thesis It’s now been just over 10 years since Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) was spun off and became publicly traded. While its revenues and earnings have not been exciting, the share price has been for medium and long-term investors. Earnings for 2024 are expected to rise by mid-single digits, but share…
BackyardProduction If you are becoming nervous about recent U.S. equity market gains, especially in the Big Tech names rising to clear overvaluation levels, a great place to preserve wealth may be the 5% yielding SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (NYSEARCA:BIL). This trust product owns a diversified list of Treasury Bill investments, rolled over into…
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Investment thesis Eli Lilly’s (NYSE:LLY) stock is on fire after the massive success of its new drugs aimed at treating diabetes and obesity. The company has a stellar track record of success and will likely continue delivering strong results over the long term. However, my valuation analysis suggests that the…