HeliRy Note: I have covered Imperial Petroleum Inc. (NASDAQ:IMPP, IMPPP) previously, so investors should view this as an update to my earlier articles on the company. Following several quarters of relentless dilution, Greece-based tanker and dry bulk vessel operator Imperial Petroleum reversed course last year and started to buy back common shares in the open…
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Thesis In A Nutshell The S&P 500 (SP500) has tumbled over the past few weeks, as hotter-than-expected inflation readings pushed up speculation for a potential rate hike in 2024. However, the FOMC meeting for April/May gave investors some relief, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated that a rate hike is…
Adam Gault All eleven sectors of the S&P 500 (SP500) finished higher last week to end a three-week losing streak for the index that was instigated by fears of stalled progress on inflation and a “higher-for-longer” interest rate policy from the Federal Reserve. Reigniting investor enthusiasm were earnings reports from some of our largest technology…
blackred Originally published on April 21, 2024 Schwab Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) reported their Q1 ’24 results last Monday, April 15th, 2024. The stock is still battling the inverted yield curve, and the need to pay their clients a 5.35% money market yield, as this cash-sorting – moving funds from lower-yielding bank deposits to the higher-yielding money…
georgeclerk Just as stocks took a big leap into February, they are hopping into the Easter weekend with strong March gains under their belt. Investors’ baskets are full of winners no matter where you look. Egg-celent returns were seen in U.S. large caps – the S&P 500 (SP500, SPX, SPY) rallied more than 3%, while…
ewg3D/E+ via Getty Images Here we are entering Spring in late March 2024 and the stock market indexes are making new all-time highs. Yet several Wall Street investment strategists see even higher highs by the end of the year. One of those companies that has a price target for the S&P 500 that is 5%…
baona If the Fed is sending a message to the market that it is willing to let inflation run hot and wants to cut interest rates regardless of inflation hitting its 2% target, it seems only natural that commodity prices will rise from current levels. Oil and gasoline appear to be the two commodities that…
RyanJLane We have traded DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE:DKS) several times in the last few years. This stock remains one of the favorites, particularly among options traders, over at our Investing Group. The stock is back in business in a big way, and surging to new highs on its just-reported quarterly results. As we take…
FG Trade Latin CEF Overview The Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:CEF) is a closed-end fund that invests in gold and silver. The metals are fully allocated for and held at The Royal Canadian Mint. Typically, the mix is around 2/3 in gold and 1/3 in silver. I first covered CEF almost a year…
rep0rter/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Japan has emerged as a hotbed of bullish equity activity. The Nikkei 225 Index recently notched all-time highs, finally eclipsing its December 1989 peak near 39,000. Times are starkly different today compared to 34-plus years ago, however. Back then, the Japanese stock market was at the peak of one of…
Francesco Carta fotografo/Moment via Getty Images Momentum factor strategies aim to overweight securities with strong relative recent price performance based on the idea that in the near term, what is “up will go up.” The Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF (BATS:VFMO) is an ETF that targets U.S. large and mid-cap Momentum stocks. VFMO is actively…
Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images No matter what, every two weeks, I invest in the S&P 500. I can’t predict where market cycles will bottom out or reach new heights, so I would rather continuously allocate capital to an S&P 500 index fund, which allows me to stay invested in the 500 largest companies in…
georgeclerk The valuation gap between large caps and mid-caps closed a bit over the final nine weeks of 2023, but a strong January showing from the biggest of the big stocks and generally soft returns from mid-size equities caused that gap to widen once more. Heading into February, and the bulk of mid-cap earnings season,…
Ong-ad Nuseewor The wobbly start to January was the long overdue correction that we did not see in November or December, when pullbacks were one-day wonders. What we saw in January is more “normal”, whatever that nebulous term means in the stock market. Not every index set a record last week, but the majors did,…
ayala_studio Spot gold climbs to a record high in 2023; the main drivers behind last year’s gold rally should continue to support gold in 2024. Monthly gold market and economic insights from Imaru Casanova, Portfolio Manager, featuring her unique views on mining and gold’s portfolio benefits. Look who’s made new all-time highs… Some market participants…
PixelsEffect A logical pick cut in half There haven’t been many, if any drawdowns of this caliber to grab Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) -50% off highs. The company is down for good reason, investment in the Covid Vaccine solutions has left the company behind from an R&D perspective. While products related to MRNA Covid vaccines continue to…
Torsten Asmus For the past 12 months, the general investing public has been force fed an insane amount of excessive fear spread by newsletter writers, bloggers and the media alike, people with vested interests in seeing lower stock prices. And unfortunately, a lot of people missed out on the rally off the late 2022 bottom,…
Lemon_tm Fundamentals: Gold prices have recently surged to near all-time highs due to a more dovish stance from the Federal Reserve, which has attracted investors to gold. GOLD DAILY (TOS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released during the week met expectations, resulting in a subdued market response across various assets, including gold. Gold initially dipped…
phive2015 U.S. equity markets are flying, and with the bull market well and truly resumed, I think there’s a lot more coming. Investors are spoiled for choice when it comes to ways to own stocks today, with countless exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that are well-managed, and also extremely cheap to own. One such fund is the…
Kemter Dear readers, I haven’t been particularly bullish on the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) for reasons outlined in my last article on the index. I simply think that the index is too expensive relative to historical averages. This makes for a poor risk reward with sub-par potential returns and a substantial downside if we get some…
thad By Brian Luke “Silver and gold, silver and gold,Everyone wishes for silver and gold.” – Burl Ives My all-time favorite stop-motion animation show was the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, narrated by Burl Ives. Playing the role of Sam the Snowman, Ives sang “Silver and Gold,” paying tribute to the work of…
Novogratz is not the only expert who expects Bitcoin price to skyrocket soon. One of the main reasons is that long-term holders are not selling off their positions According to Michael Novogratz, founder of digital asset management company Galaxy Digital, things may soon change for other stores of value like gold and Bitcoin (BTC) as…
Bet_Noire/iStock via Getty Images Warren Buffett’s mentor, Benjamin Graham, famously stated that “in the short-run, the stock market Is a voting machine, but in the long-run, it is a weighing machine”. That means stock prices tend to be driven by investor psychology in the short-term, but by valuation levels in the long-term. The value of…
As the Bitcoin market continues to surprise with its resilience and unexpected surges, investors and enthusiasts eagerly await regulatory developments. In a surprising turn of events, Bitcoin (BTC) price has soared to new heights, reaching an 18-month high and inching closer to the $37,000 mark. The sudden surge caught many market participants off-guard, with traders…
Abstract Aerial Art On the first weekday (9 October) after news of Israel-Palestine conflict surfaced over the weekend, equity markets opened lower, only to close the session green. Negative geopolitical headlines tend to be very emotional as they bring up existential thoughts and feelings in investors, leading to a bearish bias. However, this presents a…
ALEXIUZ Whenever conflict occurs in the world, travel stocks like Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) dip. The cruise line stock has now fallen over $20 from the highs, while the prospects for cruise travel hasn’t changed one bit. My investment thesis remains ultra Bullish on the cruise line stock, though the industry is headed into…
Similarly, the global rice market is currently under pressure as China, the world’s top rice producer, deals with severe rain and flood concerns in its grain-producing north-eastern area. Olive oil, a staple in kitchens around the world, has recently become the center of attention due to an unprecedented surge in price. As severe droughts plague…
cemagraphics Global markets have enjoyed a strong rebound this year following 2022’s rout, but recent turbulence suggests that previous highs reached will remain elusive for the near term. The good news for investors is that nearly all of the major asset classes are still posting gains year to date, led by US stocks, based on…
DieterMeyrl/E+ via Getty Images Introduction More changes are coming to my Weekly Breakout Forecast reporting on the doctoral research analysis of MDA breakout stock selections over more than 8 years. This high frequency breakout portfolio subset I regularly release has now reached 327 weeks of public selections on Seeking Alpha as part of this ongoing…
JHVEPhoto It’s hard to argue against the terrific performance of Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY)-$586.46 as of late. The stock is currently hitting a new all-time high along with its earnings. With earnings hitting new highs, it should come as no surprise that the stock is hitting new highs. After all, the two go hand in hand….
MahmutSonmez Oil prices are the talk of Wall Street now that Q3 earnings season has come to an end. WTI is above $85, at fresh 2023 highs, as Brent approaches $90. While many sell-side analysts have assumed an oil price in the $70s to low $80s, any bump up toward $90 or even $100 could…
Thos Robinson/Getty Images Entertainment Investors who held on to their positions in leading alternative asset manager Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) have outperformed the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) since it bottomed out in December 2022. BX buyers nearly regained control of the pivotal $110 resistance level before sellers returned to digest its recent recovery amid market-wide profit-taking….
mdesigner125 Purpose I look at the high frequency weekly indicators because while they can be very noisy, they provide a good nowcast of the economy, and will telegraph the maintenance or change in the economy well before monthly or quarterly data is available. They are also an excellent way to “mark your beliefs to market.”…
Matteo Colombo Introduction Georgia-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO) is a utility I’ve always liked as a high-yield play. However, in the past two years, I started to put it on top of my list, as I believe it’s one of the best utility companies money can buy. The company just achieved a major milestone, as Vogtle…
Userba011d64_201/iStock via Getty Images Volatility Is A Normal Part of All Trends The S&P 500 (SPX) gained a lot of ground after a May 30 article noted multiple-sector strength says S&P 500 could move higher. All trends have countertrend moves, which means red days/givebacks are normal and to be expected. CCM / Stockcharts.com Distracted By…
Violka08 Uranium has been touted as a clean renewable energy source that is more dependable than solar, wind or hydro. Fundamentalists point towards a plethora of positive catalysts that are likely to lead to a resurgence in the uranium sector in the decades to come. That said, price is king. Price action must be constructive…