Thursday, May 2, 2024
As low as interest rates have been lately, it doesn’t seem to have diminished investors’ appetite for government bonds. A yield under 1.50% for 10-year Treasury notes is not a detriment, apparently, when the rest of the developed world is also in an ultra-low rate cycle. Bond investors may have assumed the looming threat of […]
Many investors are playing the recovery trade, looking for those stocks and companies that are not yet out of the pandemic woods, but should see a substantial improvement in their business results as the economy continues to open. Hospitality and travel-related companies are popular stocks for this investment strategy. However, with the hospitality-related REITs, shares […]
While the meme stocks have been getting most of the headlines lately, Roblox (RBLX) continues to have very active options. One day last week, around 140,000 options traded, with 70% of the activity on the call side. That tends to be a bullish signal. Several of the larger trades looked to be bullish as well, […]
One-stock retirement. Those three words can stop you in your tracks, right? Is it a scam? A gimmick? Is it just click-bait? Well, not exactly. Over the years, several financial advisors floated this idea and once in a while it gets some traction. The concept suggests that investing modestly in just one stock could be […]
Growth stocks have seen some momentum in the past couple weeks… but I believe that will be capped in the short-term. I’m actually looking at another opportunity no one is really talking about. An opportunity for a potential 10% upside. As many large cap stocks (think Apple) cool off, another trade could see a breakout […]
Biogen’s (BIIB) stock price pushed higher this week the U.S. FDA approved its therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. According to CNBC, “The FDA’s decision was highly anticipated as U.S. regulatory approval would make aducanumab the first drug approved to slow cognitive decline in people living with the disease and the first new medicine for Alzheimer’s in […]
I am in the mood to ramble. (By that, I mean I’d like to share some thoughts about current broader themes affecting investing and the economy.) We have not seen this much uncertainty in the financial world since the Global Financial Crisis nearly 15 years ago. My work lets me follow the current financial news, […]
Options vs stocks: Which should you invest in? We’ll explain both investment options and strategies you can use for each in your portfolio.
Honest Company (HNST), the consumer goods brand founded by actress Jessica Alba, is a recent initial public offering (IPO). HNST began trading in early May after the company sold 25.8 million shares at $16 each, raising roughly $413 million. In its first day of action, HNST’s stock opened at $21.22, with the high hitting $23.88 […]
Of the largest 20 stocks (by market cap) in the U.S., which one do you think has the best performance year-to-date? Is it Apple (AAPL), the world’s largest company my market capitalization? Is it electric vehicle powerhouse and crypto-investor Tesla (TSLA)? Given the semiconductor shortage that’s pushing up chip prices, maybe it’s NVIDIA (NVDA)? Despite […]
