After a terrible 2018 which saw 3M stock lose 20%, 2019 was shaping up much better, until Thursday that is. The stock lost most of their 15% year to date gain on a single day. It’s usually not nice to disappoint the street with your earnings estimates. Current estimates become digested by the market so […]

Procter and Gamble’s stock has done very well over the last year, up 43% from where it sat last April. Barclay’s believes that it should go even higher, based upon its solid earnings. Procter and Gamble may not quite be a household name, but many of their products sure are. The company has been making […]

Microsoft has been right up there with Apple as far as the biggest stocks in the world go. They got there from their tremendous rise in stock prices, and are ready to deliver more. Microsoft’s IPO in 1986 has gone down in history for a number of reasons, not the least of which is how […]

We’re often told to diversify a lot with our stock positions. While some diversification can make sense, if we’re picking our stocks ourselves, how much of this do we need? Phil Fisher is considered by some to be among the greatest investors of all time. Warren Buffet, who is widely regarded to be in this […]

Some investors are becoming concerned about the fact that while major stock market indices are nearing all-time records, the volume of shares traded is going down. The significance of trading volume is one that a lot of technical analysts struggle to really understand, or at least gain a reasonable understanding of them. There are some […]

2019 has started out pretty bullish for the overall stock market, but with many health care stocks, it’s been a year to forget so far. Things don’t look like they are changing. United Health Care serves as a good example of how health care stocks are starting to really get swatted by the bears out […]

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, the stock market should be 10,000 points higher than it is today if not for the Federal Reserve not acting to support its growth enough. Whether or not people think Donald Trump is sufficiently qualified or suited to be President of the United States is to a large degree […]

The stock markets may be up about 20% on average in 2019, but CVS is down that much this year so far, and down 34% since mid-November. There are reasons to be hopeful though. Investors love buying hot stocks, at least the armchair ones. There is a lot to be said about buying a stock […]

Retailer Bed Bath and Beyond has put in a nice rally so far in 2019, after being on a huge slide the last 4 years. Things don’t look quite as promising as we had hoped though. Bed Bath and Beyond has simply been a horrible stock over the last 4 years. For the first half […]

In spite of marked improvement in profit lately, U.S. Steel stock has had a rough time over the last year, losing 60%. With more concerns on the horizon, the outlook dims further. President Trump is well known for being willing to use any weapon at his disposal when negotiating, and his use of Section 232 […]