Microsoft’s rise in the 1990s was spectacular, where their stock grew almost 100 times. It then had to spend 14 years stuck in a rut, but since 2014, it’s been on a roll again. Whenever we speak of stocks that have come a long way since they hit the stock market, Microsoft most definitely stands […]
Disney had been a pretty boring stock over the last 4 years, until a surge from its last earnings report finally saw it break through. JPMorgan thinks it can go even higher. Disney is a stock that has been pretty easy to trade long term, as its trends are both pretty distinct as well as […]
Netflix’s quarterly earnings report looked pretty decent all in all, with earnings beating expectations and the number of subscribers up, but they got severely punished anyway. Netflix is a stock that can move a lot more than the market does, and between Christmas and last Wednesday, it was up a mouth-watering 66%. That didn’t just […]
JP Morgan Chase just announced their quarterly earnings, and they beat estimates by a handy amount. This usually means a stock’s price goes up, not down, but not always. Many stock market participants and observers eagerly await quarterly earnings reports and company guidance, and depending on how these reports come out, this can affect the […]
While Expedia hasn’t offered its stockholders much to get excited about over the last couple of years, Dan Wasiolek sees some real potential with this travel stock. Expedia at one time had the online travel jungle virtually to themselves, back in the early days of travel sites. They started as a division of Microsoft back […]
Many people are aware of how much more debt is held with negative yield government bonds these days, but corporate bonds can also trade at negative yield levels. Bonds with negative yields can appear to be strange things indeed among those who do not really understand bonds that well. This can even surpass our imaginations […]
A lot of people look upon what has happened in the past to guide them in the future. Things have really changed in the markets though and some old ideas don’t work so well now. The principle of reversion to the mean has been one that a lot of analysts and investors have followed faithfully […]
A major analyst in the tech sector is now warning us to be wary of tech stocks during the next quarter at least. It’s always wise to be more cautious with this type of stock though. Bernstein’s Toni Sacconaghi is one of the most followed analysts in the tech sector, and he follows some of […]
Morgan Stanley has decided that the time has come where they feel the need to cut back on their exposure to the stock market, and they are telling clients to do the same. Morgan Stanley is becoming more concerned that the stock market may be reaching a top and their near-term outlook has dimmed. Morgan […]
With the consensus view being that earnings growth will be declining, this may cause us to be concerned that the value of our stocks may be going down. Will this happen? People who pay a fair bit of attention to the news about the stock market and the stocks that they may be holding are […]