Thursday, May 2, 2024
With the pandemic fading into the rearview mirror, there has been a reluctant, but irrefutable move back to the office and back to school. But, if you’ve been to a classroom recently, you may have noticed a change from when you and I were sitting behind a school desk. Everything seems to have wheels on […]
Today, I want to shed light on a crucial aspect of market dynamics: the recent emphasis on market breadth expansion. This metric gauges the number of stocks moving in sync with an index or a specific stock, a factor considered essential for sustained market growth. To break this down further, a key player in this […]
In today’s Hidden Profits Report, I take a look at what’s going on in the economy, where the hidden pockets of value are located, and discuss a couple of hidden gems off the market’s radar screen. I have uncovered some special situations in the oil patch that have the potential for outsized giants no matter […]
Nuclear energy remains controversial as a power source—to say the least. Some say it is the solution to our energy needs, while meeting zero-carbon targets. Others say it only adds another type of problem for our environment. Meanwhile, in the world of markets, uranium has been the hottest commodity so far in 2023 (except for […]
Self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs) have an excellent long-term track record. However, the pandemic shutdown, followed by the reopening of the economy, produced a boom and then a bust for self-storage operators. The year-and-a-half decline for these REITs is over, and it’s time to add some self-storage to your portfolio. Let’s take a look […]
The current economic cycle has been, in a word, unusual. Housing stocks have remained strong even as banks have failed and mortgage rates have skyrocketed. Infrastructure stocks have done very well, and there is currently a bidding war breaking out over U.S. Steel (X – Get Rating). And consolidation in the steel industry should further lift the industry […]
Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we decided not to sell a cash-secured put on meme-stock favorite, Gamestop (GME). In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. GME was up big with retail traders active ahead of earnings […]
Last week, we received word that Charlie Munger had died. Now, Charlie was about a month away from his hundredth birthday, so I couldn’t describe his passing as a surprise. It was, however, a cause for reflection. Everyone pays attention to what Munger’s business partner, Warren Buffett, does and says when it comes to business […]
Preferred stock issues can include a lot of specific features, such as whether they are cumulative or not, convertible or not, and whether there are extraordinary call provisions. With the massive increase in interest rates, preferred stocks with fixed-to-floating coupon rates are poised for significant, locked-in yield increases. That’s a massive 2024 profit opportunity just […]
My experience has been that it is best to be cautious when everyone else is piling into a trade. A consensus on Wall Street often turns out to be completely wrong. The latest example of this occurred a year ago, after a bad year for both stocks and bonds in 2022. Wall Street was telling […]
