It wasn’t all that long ago when major brokerage firms were throwing in their 2025 upside projections for the stock market. After originally calling for 10% upside this year, the tariff-induced panic […]
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR) is known as Petrobras around the world, and it is one of the most government-controlled and dominated oil and gas companies any investor can pick from. This […]
RTX Corp. (NYSE: RTX) is the successor company after Raytheon and United Technologies merged their aerospace and defense operation in 2020. Despite what had been a shaky stock market up until mid-April, […]
Investors have had a wild ride in 2025. With the stock market down by double-digits and what looked like a bear market in the making, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 have recovered […]
Investing in storage units has been very profitable for investors over time. This strategy does not even have to just be investing in private storage properties that require management and individual market […]
The stock market was already up double-digits from its lows of April, but now the market has received the dual gifts of a US/China trade deal and a low inflation report. Investors […]
Ready or not, it has happened. The financial markets were not counting on a US/China trade deal being reached over the weekend. There may be very few details other than the last […]
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was among the biggest mega-cap gainers of the U.S./China tariff “deal” with a 6.9% gain to $206.50 in mid-day trading. The company itself and its countless number of […]
The financial markets were not counting on a U.S.-China trade deal being reached over the weekend. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has already said that this trade agreement, which the details are still […]
Stocks are still down for the year. After the S&P 500 has risen a sharp 13% with an even stronger 1-100 from just last month and that the NASDAQ-100 has risen 17% […]
It almost seems hard to imagine that the S&P 500 has risen by 13% and that the NASDAQ-100 has risen 17% in just the last month. Then again, this was after the […]
Investors often feel like they better pay attention to a stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average if it is up 10% in a single day. But what about when it is […]
It may seem hard to deny that BP plc (NYSE: BP) is a cheap oil stock. The British oil and gas giant is valued at a mere 10-times earnings, and both its […]
The U.S. economy has entered into negative territory on GDP for the first quarter of 2025. That’s not good, and it worse than what was expected. It would be naive to ignore […]
Investors should know what really drives stocks. It turns out that one and only factor that ultimately drives stocks higher over time is not just good news. It’s not even investor sentiment, […]
Wall Street has enjoyed a handy recovery from the April lows, but the overall attitude of the market is still being weighed on by the S&P 500 being down 6% year-to-date. The […]
Tactical Bulls are having a harder time finding reliable themes and sectors for much upside in 2025. There are still opportunities, but they are generally much more selective. Stocks have bounced handily […]
It has been a rough 2025 for U.S. investors. The last full week of April saw a cheerful 4.6% gain for the week in the S&P 500, but that top stock index […]
The S&P 500 has bounced back handily from April’s tariff and trade war-induced lows. This is great news for equity investors who felt like they were floating on driftwood in a sea […]
It was not that long ago when The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) was having lots of trouble looking forward. Zooming toward the summer of 2025 is a totally different outlook. If […]