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3 Top Silver Stocks for Rising Inflation
Inflation has skyrocketed to a 40-year high this year due to the immense fiscal stimulus packages offered by most countries in response to the pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Even worse, whil...
2 New Oncology Focused Small-Cap Biotechs to Keep an Eye On
The biotech sector has held up better than one would expect during the carnage and volatility in the markets over the past couple of months. The lows this sector made in mid-June have formed a firm fl...
Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Is Struggling Ahead of Earnings
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSM) , the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips is on many investors’ minds these days for several reasons. The company is set t...
How Can You Afford Not to Be Invested in Apple?
Autumn. You should see the backed up traffic out in rural eastern Long Island this time of year. Out by the farm and the orchards. You could spend all day moving less than five miles an hour on a coun...
Ford vs. GM: I’m Only Trading One
Analyst Patrick Hummel of UBS downgraded both Ford Motor (F) and General Motors (GM) on Monday morning, primarily citing demand destruction in a coming recessionary environment as a downside catalyst....
Trend-Following in Bear and Bull Markets: There’s a Big Difference
One of the most effective trading strategies in a bull market is trend-following. Trend-following is a method used to catch sustained movement in a stock. It is focused on catching the “meat of ...
I’m Lassoing in a ‘Cowboy’ Trade in Oil
In my hunt for energy names, I’m taking the lead from the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. I’m lassoing in Comstock Resources, Inc. (CRK) . This Frisco, Texas-based independent natural gas pr...
Bearish Bets: 3 Stocks You Just Might Want to Short This Week
Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, rece...
3 High Dividend Stocks From the Basic Materials Sector
Investors are facing a perfect storm this year due to the impact of inflation on corporate profits, the effect of inflation on the valuation of stocks and the increasing risk of an imminent recession....
Monero, VeChain, and Big Eyes Coin: Three Tokens Making Headlines Despite the Bear Market
Place/Date: – October 7th, 2022 at 8:55 pm UTC · 3 min read Source: Big Eyes Coin The “collapse of the crypto market,” as some have dubbed it, has occurred. Inevitably, such collapses or bearish...
CVS Could Decline Another 20% From Here
CVS Health (CVS) is down sharply Friday — about 10% — in response to reports that it’s in talks to acquire primary care chain Cano Health (CANO) and a Medicare Advantage plan downgra...
Will AMD Stock Ever Make a Bottom?
Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) issued a third-quarter revenue warning Thursday after the close of trading. Let’s check on the charts and indicators again. Our last review on Se...
Carnival Is Still a Long Way From Home
It’s been a few months since I last wrote about Carnival Corp. (CCL) , a poster child for what can happen when a company has to make major changes to its capital structure. In Carnival’s ...
Marathon Oil Has the Stamina to Run Even Higher
Marathon Oil (MRO) looks like it is “off to the races” again as it has surged sharply higher in recent days. Let’s check the charts and indicators to see if we need to jump in now or...
Sorry, This Bear Market Is Probably Only Two-Thirds Over
Stocks rallied sharply Monday and Tuesday and a number of Real Money subscribers emailed me asking whether it was time to move back into stocks. The question is understandable as I have been recommend...
Carnival Is Taking on Water: Time to Bail?
By BRUCE KAMICH Oct 03, 2022 | 09:13 AM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: CCL Cruise line operator Carnival Corp. ( CCL) was down 23% Friday on very heavy volume. Let’s check the stock’s...
Twitter Is in the Wrong, and Musk Must Make That Case. Big Time.
OK, another open letter to Tesla (TSLA) honcho Elon Musk. After my Real Money column of April 28, Elon decided to pull his offer for Twitter (TWTR) on July 8. I am not arrogant enough to believe it w...
Apple Can Get Bruised, so Watch Out
Apple (AAPL) is the most important stock in the market. It’s widely held by both institutional and retail traders. It’s the largest component of the S&P 500, with a weighting of close...
EV Industry Developments Have Us Charged Up About This Position
Even though the stock market has reversed gears today, there continues to be confirmation for our position in electric vehicle-charging company ChargePoint Holdings (CHPT) . Today the Department of Tr...
AMD’s Prices Are Micro Now, Too
Shares of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have traded lower since early December, but investors have not been attracted to the long side. Unfortunately further declines look likely in the mon...
Is AT&T’s Dividend Worth the Risk?
One side effect of rising interest rates is the recent slide in high-yielding dividend stocks. The market is pummeling some widely held names, causing their yields to climb. Here are the yields on a h...
Seems Like We Are Getting Close to a Rally
One of my favorite things about markets is when stock folks tell me it’s all about the bonds. I mean it usually is about interest rates, but you never hear that when stocks are going up, only wh...
Like Venture Capital Firms but Better: 3 BDCs for Dividend Investors
Business development companies, or BDCs, are similar to private equity firms, but with a clear advantage for investors. These closed-end investment companies typically make debt or equity investments ...
This Infection-Fighting Biotech Is Recovering Nicely
The stock and fortunes of antibiotic-developer Spero Therapeutics (SPRO) looked like they were about to get flushed down the toilet … until last week. The company’s primary and only signi...
Bearish Bets: 3 Big Name Stocks You Should Consider Shorting This Week
Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, rece...
How to Manage Risk While Building Long-Term Positions in a Bear Market
When the market is ugly, there is always one phenomenon that occurs – investors rushing to buy long-term investments because they believe that they are now great values. It doesn’t much ma...
6 Types of Tech Stocks That I Like Right Now…and 4 That I’m Wary Of
Most tech stocks now trade way below their 2021 highs, but I think only certain kinds of tech companies are truly bargains. Here’s a bird’s-eye view of the kinds of tech companies I think ...
Banks Could Get Whopped by a Recession. But Bank of America Is a Fighter
As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell seems almost intent on causing economic pain with a series of aggressive rate hikes to quell inflation, investors are wary that a recession would cause troubl...
Plant the Seeds of Dividend Income With These 3 Agriculture Stocks
Certain sectors of the market lend themselves to creating great dividend stocks. That could be because demand is steady, margins are high, or the sector is experiencing a lot of growth. Examples inclu...
Powell Has Pretty Much Sealed the Fate of the Short-Term Stock Market
For the third consecutive time, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, putting the overnight lending rate between 3.00% and 3.25%. Earlier this yea...