Stock markets came down with the coronavirus last month and quickly recovered once the fever broke. New fears have hit the market, and we’re left wondering once again. There has only been one day in history that the Dow lost more than 1000 points, back on February 6, 2018. That day was one for the […]
It’s always interesting to hear from the bear camp during a bull run. Morgan Stanley strategist Andrew Sheets thinks the stock “cycle” is nearing an end, and tells us why. There’s no shortage of pretzel logic in the investment world, and sadly, this is actually the standard fare in these professions. It takes quite a […]
Fundamental stock analysts don’t usually like using the “s” word, and by the time they tell you to sell, you should have sold a long time ago. This sell call is more proactive. Pivotal Research analyst Michael Levine just sounded the alarm on Facebook, at a time where the stock doesn’t really look all that […]
Ralph Nader is at it again, and he’s now accusing the stock market of promoting “casino capitalism.” Could it be that Mr. Nader is starting to figure out this a little more? Ralph Nader noticing that the stock market is like a casino might be one of the funniest remarks ever made about it. The […]
If the stock market was really concerned about things like valuation, the coronavirus offered the bears a perfect opportunity to flee. The bulls are still carrying the day. In the midst of what was a dramatic selloff in the markets that coincided with concerns that China’s response to the coronavirus threat that they are battling […]
Ralph Nader isn’t just a legend in his field, he stands far above anyone else. His field of expertise is not the stock market, although that isn’t stopping him from speaking out. You really had to be alive during Ralph Nader’s heyday to fully appreciate how big a force he was in consumer protectionism. He […]
Seeing a company like Schwab running an ad encouraging investors to diversify by balancing stocks and stock sectors may not appear noteworthy, but it certainly is. Small children will often ask why when you tell them something, and as you try to explain it to them, they will often just keep asking why to get […]
IBM is being touted as a good defensive technology stock these days. They pay a very good dividend and isn’t as volatile as many tech stocks. Does this make it a good defensive play? Given that a lot of investors are at least a little skittish about the risk that holding stocks involved, and given […]
When a stock has lost 80% of its value since last March, and with some analysts forecasting another 50% decline from here, we need to be careful if we want to jump on this. For whatever reason, cannabis stocks have captured the attention of investors in a way that is entirely disproportionate to their size […]
In spite of only 1 in 5 active funds beating the S&P 500, plenty of investors still want to take their chances. There are better indexes than this, which active funds can’t touch. The S&P 500 is the benchmark for investing, and both individual investors and funds look to beat the returns of this index […]