richcano Love the Fed? That may be too strong a sentiment. But at the very least, the bond market is channeling its inner Dude (as in “The Big Lebowski”) and abiding the Fed. The market had already priced itself out of the multiple rate cut fantasy with which it started the year when the FOMC…
Chris Stein Introduction Whitecap Resources (TSX:WCP:CA)(OTCPK:SPGYF) just released its 1Q2024 results. As expected, the results were excellent, plus the management raised the production guidance without increasing the Capex, which was great news for investors. In this article, I am going to touch on the quarterly earnings briefly. I am then going to build a future…
Chinnasorn Pangcharoen Oil is very important, but it’s the refiners that we are focused on, let me explain Even as everyone is certain that if Israel attacks Iran, oil will jump to 190 per share. This was reported in Seeking Alpha today, quoting Bank of America’s analysts. As time goes on and as the war…
coldsnowstorm/E+ via Getty Images Incumbent U.K. telecom operator BT Group (OTCPK:OTCPK:BTGOF) has continued to frustrate, with the shares delivering a modest mid-single-digit loss since my last piece on the company in September. With BT already one of the cheapest names in its peer group, underperformance versus other European telecoms in that time is particularly disappointing….
baranozdemir Accuray (NASDAQ:ARAY) is certainly in the running for being one of the most frustrating stocks I’ve followed. While the company has made a lot of smart moves to improve its product portfolio and boost its growth prospects, market share has been frustratingly slow to follow and the stock has languished for years as the…
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Inscription Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. Click here to download a PDF of this article. Ordinals have been a polarizing phenomenon for most every subcommunity in Bitcoin — except for miners. The meteoric rise of the new Bitcoin-native NFT standard dominated discourse…
BalkansCat/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The big news for Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) is that management found a cushion that, so far, the market could care less about. But that rather significant cash cushion (that I discussed when management found it) has made the transition of these assets to a formidable competitor far easier. It…
Johner Images/Johner Images Royalty-Free via Getty Images In our last coverage of National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI), we saw big improvements across every category and that softened our stance towards the REIT. We were also ready to buy the bonds should they move in the right direction and provide us with an 8% yield to…
SrdjanPav/E+ via Getty Images Main Thesis & Background The purpose of this article is to evaluate the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEARCA:KRE) as an investment option at its current market price. This is a fund with an objective to “provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance…
alberto clemares expósito/iStock via Getty Images I think that we are at the start of a major technology-driven bull market that will rival the “dotcom” bull market. In this piece, I make the case for a new tech-driven bull market that will rival the 1990’s dotcom bull. All major bull markets require three conditions: a…
A woman is showered in $100 U.S. banknotes. Deagreez To argue that the S&P 500 (SP500) has sharply rallied since its dip last October would be an understatement. Since that time, the index has gained approximately 15%. There has been perhaps no bigger beneficiary of this rally and the overall rally in 2023 than asset…
The recent surge in Bitcoin’s on-chain fees has reignited a familiar discussion within our community, bringing to the surface diverse perspectives on the implications and root causes of this trend. A faction within the community views these heightened fees as a strategic solution to Bitcoin’s security budget concerns. In contrast, others see them as a…
gdas/iStock via Getty Images Energy prices are slumping as U.S. domestic production continues to surge. Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) has been one of the favored energy picks due to the more reasonable valuation in the sector and investors possibly shying away from the variable dividend. My investment thesis is ultra Bullish on the independent energy giant…
R&A Studio This article was co-produced with Kody Kester. ————————————————————————— Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and its slowly growing, well-covered 8% dividend yield could fit well within an income portfolio. But with about three dozen other 7% and up yielders in our master list of 500+ stocks, there are plenty of other options. Simon Property Group,…
Mario Tama Following Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) strong Q3 2023 results, I am encouraged to reiterate a “Strong Buy” recommendation for the U.S. bank’s stock. Presenting results for the September quarter, Citigroup revealed 9% YoY and 18% YoY revenue growth and earnings growth, respectively, beating analyst consensus estimates on both metrics. Moreover, Citi surprised with a better-than-expected…
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. “Romantic love is an addiction”, says Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University. “My guess is that our modern addictions — nicotine, drugs, sex, gambling — are simply…
Dimitrios Kambouris Tesla Is Not An Investment That Is For The Faint-Hearted We previously covered Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in April 2023, with the CEO, Elon Musk, in favor of sacrificing margins for the long-term full self-driving (“FSD”) software as a service (“SaaS”) strategy. Historically, the magic of TSLA was tied to Elon Musk and its…