How have companies handled the cash crunch during this pandemic? I came across an insightful in-depth research report this past week that had a few interesting charts on this. See the charts below. Companies responded to the crisis by issuing both equity and debt. U.S. equity issuance through the third quarter has amounted to around […]
Today I’m going to briefly discuss a major error that most stock market participants make on a regular basis and ways in which you can substantially increase your stock returns. In my more than 30 years of investing speculating and trading in the financial markets I have found that most stock market participants tend to […]
A renewal of federal stimulus on top of monetary stimulus after the election is likely to support the stock market, says Bob Iaccino, editor of the Stock Think Tank. The final package might be large or small, depending on who wins the presidential election — but the trend of dollar down, all else higher is […]
You many have heard the term “TINA” mentioned in various financial and investment commentaries in recent months. This is an acronym for “There is No Alternative.” It is built around a key central question. Where else are investors going to go, outside of equities, for return or for yield? Put another way, is the stock market overvalued? […]
Data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce indicate that sales at U.S. retail stores rose sharply during September. Specifically, that data indicate that U.S. retail stores rose during September, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, by 1.7%, as compared to the prior month, and by 3.9%, as compared to the same month a year ago. […]
As you probably know stock prices in general moved in a volatile sideways range over approximately the past five weeks and, looking forward, I expect stocks to continue to trade in a volatile sideways range until the final results of the Nov. 3rd U.S. elections are announced. And that’s because there’s a lot of uncertainty […]
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! How many times over the past few months have we heard so-called financial market experts tell investors and speculators to buy gold? A lot of times! But many of these so-called experts I would argue are not experts and the reason I say that is I’ve checked their financial market […]
Although I was initially convinced that President Trump would be reelected in a landslide, his pathetic performance during the first presidential debate on September 29 now has me, and many other people, concerned about his chances for reelection. Due to that uncertainty, and the fact that the readings on several economic indicators suggest that the […]
Space…the final frontier. When the creators of “Star Trek” first wrote down those words, the world could hardly imagine just how true this mantra would become. Improved science and declining technology costs have opened a door to the market that was once thought closed — space businesses. According to Morgan Stanley, the global space market […]
What equity strategies have been working this year through the end of the third quarter, and what strategies have not? A major investment wirehouse firm regularly publishes research on this, and I summarize and add my comments in this article. Below are two chart boxes, the top one showing the relative outperformers and the bottom […]
