Over the last year, the S&P 500 has gained 9.4%, while the S&P Small Cap 600 has lost 8.4%. We might be in a bull market, but these small stocks aren’t getting much love. Whenever we see a stock, a group of them, or a stock index underperform, people will wonder why. If you don’t […]
Stock markets that do well in the first half of a year are significantly more likely to do well in the second half. This should not surprise us, because these things do move in trends. We often look to past data to predict future trends, although how useful this ends up being will depend in […]
Tesla just reported that its unit deliveries for Q2 have met their expectations, and they met anyone’s expectations lately. The market applauded and its stock rose 4.6% Wednesday. For those who are rooting for Tesla, they are often more than willing to close their eyes a little bit, or perhaps even a lot, when it […]
Tuesday’s market moves weren’t exactly dramatic, and stock markets spent the first part of the day in the negative. China being more accommodating did brighten the mood at least. Tuesday didn’t start out as a stellar day for U.S. stock markets, as the first half of the day was anything but memorable if you rooting […]
A lot of investors are complaining quite loudly about the poor yields that today’s bonds offer in this low inflation environment. If we trade them instead, we don’t really care. Seeing bond yields plummet in value and then hearing people describe the bond market as very bullish right now might not make a lot of […]
Botox is a popular treatment that uses a toxin to temporarily reduce wrinkles. AbbVie has decided to spend $63 billion on Botox to try to conceal their own wrinkles. AbbVie isn’t exactly a household name like the biggest pharmaceutical companies are, but the $32 billion that they made in revenue last year should tell you […]
The first half of 2019 has brought anything but calm and clear waters, but both stocks and bonds have navigated all the big waves that have come pretty nicely so far. We started 2019 with a bit of a hangover from the previous quarter, the way some people wake up on New Year’s Day, but […]
Quite a few people pay attention to recommendations set by Wall Street analysts. These recommendations can be quite useful, but only when used properly. Where a stock’s price is likely headed is a big question that all investors ask themselves, from the moment that they are considering buying a stock to when it comes time […]
While Fed Chairman Jerome Powell did appear to make his intentions pretty clear last week, the street somehow interpreted this to mean a rate cut will be coming very soon. For those who witnessed the statements by the Federal Reserve last week after the latest session of the meeting of their Open Market Committee, the […]
As unrealistic as Medicare for All is, health care stocks, especially insurers, got hammered by the very idea. Humana gave back almost 20% from this. Is it on the way back now? Humana was a delightful stock from the fall of 2016 until the fall of 2018, where it more than doubled in value over […]