Watching the stocks billionaires are buying isn’t a bad investment strategy. These people have spent years honing their craft, and though not always correct, they have a fairly consistent track record of beating the…
September tends to be the worst month to buy stocks. There is even a name for the phenomenon: the “September Effect.” Dow Jones Market Data shows that going all the way back to 1928,…
The technology sector has gone from setting the world on fire to cooling its heels in the corner. The Nasdaq 100 gained more than 80% between November 2022 and this past July but since…
If a stock’s earnings ultimately determine its stock price, then buying stocks that promise massive earnings growth should lead to dramatic share price gains. It is why long-term investors should focus on the business…
The cruise industry was arguably the worst-hit during the pandemic. Forced to remain in port for months after virtually every other business was allowed to reopen, cruise operators had to take on enormous amounts…
With a universe of thousands of stocks to choose from, finding stocks to buy should be easy. But while you could fill up your portfolio with dozens or even hundreds of stocks, at that…
Biotech investing is a thrill-a-minute ride. Biotech stocks can take investors soaring to new heights and fabulous wealth opportunities or send them into the pits of despair. The drug discovery process is fraught with…
Warren Buffett has obliterated the market’s returns since becoming CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) in the mid-1960s. While the S&P 500 has a cumulative return of about 33,000% since then,…
The release of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022 unleashed a frenzy of investor interest in artificial intelligence that propelled Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) to the forefront of the industry. The chipmakers…
It’s been a bad week for oil stocks. Even though OPEC+ nations delayed their production cuts scheduled to begin in October, global demand for oil weakened considerably. China, in particular, which is the world’s…
Investors either love Cathie Wood or hate her. The founder of the Ark Invest family of exchange-traded funds can either be phenomenally successful or a dismal failure. While Wood formed her investment company in…
The comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell about the need to cut interest rates shows how precarious the economy is. Inflation is rising again, there were 818,000 fewer jobs created over the…
Hedge fund operator Bill Ackman likes to make big bets. His Pershing Square Capital Management fund has $10.4 billion in assets under management and it is concentrated in just nine positions. These are no…
Dividends are an investor’s best friend. While it is a well-known fact the S&P 500 has returned on average 10.5% annually since its inception in 1957, less known is that dividends account for 85%…
Two of the last frontiers for exploration are space and the oceans. It seems remarkable that space is far more advanced than the latter, but the crushing depths of the ocean present far greater…
There has been a noticeable shift in the stock market over the last two months. Investors are moving away from former high-flying large- and mega-cap stocks into discounted small-cap names that the bull market…
Following the rapid rise in interest rates brought on by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented rate hikes two years ago, utility stocks languished. Borrowing costs accelerated because utilities are capital-intensive businesses that rely heavily upon…
Investing in technology stocks offers investors some of the best opportunities for realizing long-term wealth creation. Tech stocks, after all, tend to be the driving force behind some of the stock market’s most powerful…
Warren Buffett loves stocks that pay him dividends though he steadfastly refuses to allow Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) to reward its shareholders. Buffett contends he knows better than those investing alongside…
When a badly beaten down stock suddenly springs to life, many investors wonder whether the long hoped-for turnaround has finally arrived. They’ve licked their wounds and bided their time, but now that the stock…
