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These Three Stocks Offer Steady Dividend Income — and High Yields
It’s rare, but some companies operate with monthly dividend payments — and a high yield. This is an attractive choice for retirees and others who live off the income that their investments...
Nucor Plunges 9% and Could Be Headed Even Lower
Shares of steelmaker Nucor Corp. (NUE) sank more than 9% Thursday amid the broader market selloff. What are the charts and indicators suggesting lies ahead? Let’s check. In the daily bar chart o...
Apple Stock Continues to Fall — Looks Like Sir Isaac Newton Was Right
Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated his gravitational theory after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than in another direction. Shares of a different ki...
3 Canadian Stocks With Dividend Yields Over 5%
Many U.S.-based investors, and also many international investors, focus mainly on the U.S. stock market. In the U.S., there is the largest number of individual stocks, giving investors a gigantic choi...
15 Years Ago, the Housing Market Crashed Under Similar Circumstances
Fifteen years ago, in the first quarter of 2007, U.S. housing prices were at an all-time high. According to the St. Louis Fed, the median price for a home was $257,400, a record. The Fed was raising i...
Boeing’s Gigantic United Airlines Order Makes It Investment-Worthy
New Order! Double cheeseburger, fries and a cola? Even better. I think. The news broke early on Tuesday morning. United Airlines (UAL) , once and again a profitable business after the past two quarter...
The Market Wants to Celebrate Slowing CPI, But the Fed Could Spoil the Party
Stocks continue to move higher as market players await the CPI report at 8.30 am ET. The S&P 500 jumped 1.4% on Monday and held above key support of over 3900. Last month the S&P 500 rose arou...
Here’s How to Take Your Stock Chart Reading to the Next Level
Chart reading is widely regarded as little more than pattern recognition. Traders look for bullish or bearish patterns, take a position, and then hope that the pattern plays out as it is supposed to. ...
Free Cash Flow Is Key to Business Survival, and It’s Why I Like These 2 Stocks
I have learned many things running my own small business over the last decade and a half. One of the most critical is the importance of these three words — free cash flow — to the success ...
Here’s What to Do When Everyone Sees a Recession in 2023
It looks like 2023 should get off to a bad start. Consensus for early in the year points to recession-related weakness in earnings and this likely portends choppy equities. Mike Wilson from Morgan Sta...
3 Dividend Growth Stocks With Investor-Friendly DRIP Plans
Some companies offer the option of automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans DRIPs to their shareholders. In other words, their shareholders can choose to receive their dividends in shares instead of cash...
3 Top REITs That Are Exceptionally Cheap Right Now
REITs have been hit especially hard in the ongoing bear market. While the S&P 500 has declined 18% this year, the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) has shed 26%. The main reason behind the...
As Citigroup Weakens, Here’s What the Charts Say Is Next for the Stock
Shares of Citigroup (C) have weakened in the past year and the selloff does not look over yet. Let’s check out the charts and indicators on the banking giant. In the daily bar chart of C, bel...
3 Dividend Stocks With Low Volatility and Above-Average Yields
Bear markets, such as 2022, generally leave few places for investors to hide. Most stocks are priced with some level of growth in mind, and therefore, when the fear of recession or higher interest rat...
Profit From the Lithium Boom With These Stocks
The rise of electric vehicles has had a profound impact on a number of industries. The switch from internal combustion to EVs means that demand for oil and gas will decline over time, as will demand f...
7 Revealing Quotes From SBF’s Absurd Media Tour
Sam Bankman-Fried, who turned from crypto billionaire to villain nearly overnight, sat for back-to-back interviews this week with appearances at the New York Times DealBook symposium and on Good Morni...
Are We Seeing a New Bull Market? Not So Fast
Yesterday we closed the books on November trading, and clearly it was a hugely positive month. With many strong days within the month, the SPX 500 closed higher by 5.3%, its second straight-up month. ...
I Guess I Didn’t Hear the Same Powell Speech That Other Traders Did
I’m unsure what to say about Wednesday’s rally except, “WOW!” We can agree that Todd Campbell was spot on when he suggested that traders potentially were leaning too negatively...
CrowdStrike Ahead of Earnings: Strike Now or Avoid the Crowd?
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is scheduled to report their latest quarterly numbers to shareholders after the close of trading Tuesday. In our May 31 review of CRWD we wrote that tra...
Doug Kass: 10 Reasons Why I Am Shorting Apple
Last week I initiated a short in Apple (AAPL) — and I added to my short on both Wednesday and Friday. Here is my investment rationale: 1. While the Apple eco system remains formidable (no surpr...
This Biopharma ‘Fits the Bill’ as a Growth Play
With the economy looking like it is heading towards recession in 2023, reliable growth names with reasonable valuations are in short supply in the current market. One name that fits that bill is a bio...
Bearish Bets: A Defense Giant and 2 Other Stocks You Should Consider Shorting
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...
Can Manchester United Investors Finally Make Their Goal?
Manchester United’s (MANU) stock has gone nowhere for the decade since its $14 initial public offering in 2012 — even as sports franchises have skyrocketed in value. The reason is simple:...
Find Safety, High Yield in These 3 Master Limited Partnerships
Very high dividend yields can signal that a dividend cut may be just around the corner. But Master Limited Partnerships can be a good exception to that rule. Here, we’ll discuss three high-yield...
Black Friday Brings a Darker Outlook for Tesla
When Black Friday comes…. Steely Dan is dominating my mental soundtrack this morning. But, as I mentioned in my column earlier this week, I like to stay away from the herd. So, instead of focusi...
3 Food Stocks to Own in a Recession
Investors tend to flock to areas of safety leading up to, and during periods of recession. This is because when a recession strikes, more cyclical and companies with riskier earnings streams offer poo...
Don’t Expect This Rally to Last, So Put in Stops Now to Protect Your Profits
Whether or not you believe in seasonality, stocks performed pretty well on Tuesday. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded beautifully, holding above the session’s volume-weighted average price V...
Gold Still Shines – Action Alerts PLUS
Gold is correcting a bit from an overbought condition, but the light volume in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) tells us this is just a pause. The chart shows a strong pattern of higher highs, higher lows but i...
Michael Saylor quotes Italian premier Giorgia Meloni
Three years ago, when she had not yet become Prime Minister, the then MP and president of Fratelli d’Italia Giorgia Meloni made a tough speech on TV addressing the CFA franc. The CFA Franc is the nam...