Current projections have us moving from a 2.9% GDP growth rate in 2018 to around just 2% in 2019, and stay around this level until 2022. What does this mean for stocks? There’s no question that the growth of our economy is slowing down lately. The predictions of it dropping to around the 2% level […]

Levi Strauss’ first earnings call since its recent IPO was mostly upbeat, with good earnings results, although the company’s long-term debt does concern some analysts. Levi Strauss’ IPO last month hasn’t gone quite the way a lot of people had hoped, at least those looking to trade it in the secondary market, perhaps looking to […]

As the bull market celebrates its 10th anniversary, and the surge of 2019 continuing on, many believe that things should come to an end soon, but this could go on for a while yet. Bull markets don’t usually last as long as this current one has. 10 years is a pretty long time for one […]

Wheat, like all crops, needs a good amount of rain to grow, but not too much. The recent deluge in the U.S. Midwest is causing some people to get excited about wheat. Trading commodities is by no means a simple task, especially if you are basing your trading upon fundamentals. This all appears to be […]

Many investors jump on financial stocks with the intention of taking advantage of their better dividends. This is just one aspect of them, and not even the biggest one. Buying common stock of financial companies is a popular way for investors on the more conservative side to seek to achieve their investing objectives. This isn’t […]

Given all the talk and even quite a bit of concern about the threat of another bear market showing its ugly face soon, it pays to brush up on our skills on how to track a bear. What goes up must come down isn’t really true about the stock market, but we can at least […]

Bank stocks took a pretty big hit in 2018 in spite of the banks themselves performing very well. If things end up slowing during 2019, bank stocks may outperform this time. To look at the business performance of banks, we would have thought that 2018 would have been a very good year for them. Banks […]

With the real possibility that we may be seeing storm clouds forming on the stock market horizon, some of the major IPOs of 2019 are moving up their launch dates. One of the most important consideration in looking to launch a company’s IPO, or initial public offering, is the timing of the release. Companies and […]

Low Yields on U.S. treasuries that are projected to extend into the future have more investors eyeing dividend stocks. This can be a fine thought if you know what you’re getting into. We can learn quite a bit about the future prospects of the economy by looking at the treasury yield curve, which compares yields […]

How much should investors care about the fact that so many CEOs are preparing their companies for a recession? This really should not be that important to long-term investors. One of the big things that market observers pay quite a bit of attention to is the comments that corporate leaders share with the public. This, […]