Stocks have surged in 2024, and the post-election reaction in the first week after the results were known has been remarkable with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ all hitting new all-time […]
Walmart’s Tactical Case Ahead of Earnings Comes With Many Demands
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Albermarle, GSK, iHeartMedia, IFF, NVIDIA, Okta, Zeta & More
Stocks have been surging to new highs since the election, but Tuesday’s market indications were sowing a slight drop of about 0.1% on major equity indexes. The Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ […]
What Comes First: $3,000 Gold or $100,000 Bitcoin?
So, there was this little event called the election last week. Asset prices have surged in the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the Presidential election. The Senate was flipped for […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Block, CBOE, Cisco, Dell, NVIDIA, Toast, Vale & More
Stocks have generally traded up since last week’s initial post-election surge. Stocks were also higher on Monday for Veterans Day with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ all seeing gains of about […]
Would 4.5% to 5.0% Long-Term Treasury Yields Crush Stocks?
The Federal Reserve’s FOMC has now cut interest rates twice in the last sixty days and the Fed Funds target rate is 4.50% to 4.75%. This is supposed to be good news […]
How Goldman Sachs Sees the Trump-Effect in Stocks and Tariffs
The 2024 election is now finally over. Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States and it appears that the Republican party will have control of both houses in […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: AppLovin, BofA, Enphase, Pinterest, Rivian, Trade Desk, Under Armour & More
The Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ managed to all hold their massive post-election gains from Wednesday on Thursday, but Friday’s index indications were mixed and no direction seemed set for the day […]
Post-Election: Huge Differences in ETFs Tracking Democrats & Republicans Congress Stock Picks
There is a common investor belief that there is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) strategy for just about any sector or theme you can imagine. There are two political-leaning ETFs which track the […]
Bad News About Future Rate Cuts…
I promised myself I was not going to write about interest rate cuts on the day of FOMC meetings. No one can make a living writing about interest rate cuts (or hikes) […]
Time for Tactical Investors to Ditch JPMorgan Chase?
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is the most envied money center bank in the entire banking sector. Some banks are also considered to be of high quality, but the team and […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: AppLovin, Crocs, Devon, Ford, KeyCorp, Palantir & Solar Stocks Gutted
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday’s day-two reaction to the election, but nowhere near the same magnitude of gains that some sectors saw on Wednesday. With a new regime coming many investors […]
12 Major ETF Election Winners for Tactical Investors Looking Ahead
Ok, so something major must have happened overnight. Was there an election somewhere? The Dow Jones Industrial Average gapped up over 1,300 points on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 and the index was […]
Massive Financial Market Reactions as Trump Beats Harris/Biden
As investors awake on Wednesday morning, the financial markets were surging as Donald Trump has been projected by all major media outlets to win the 2024 Presidential election in a monumental victory […]
The Top 20 Nations Owning the Most Treasury Debt
As the U.S. Presidential, Congressional and local elections unfold, many people are on edge. Even the people who claim not to care whoever wins in any of the races are probably worried […]
Wall Street’s Major Tactical Dilemma in Palantir
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) remains one of the top darling stocks of 2024. With A.I. and friendly-government contracts as far as the eye can see, the only thing more mysterious than […]
Post-IPO Watch on Camp4: Buy, Sell, Hold or Avoid?
CAMP4 Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: CAMP) just came public in October and the stock’s quiet period has now ended. This means that analysts who work for firms in the underwriting syndicate are now […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Alkermes, Cognex, Dollar Tree, eBay, Lattice Semi, Marqeta, Palantir & More
Stocks were indicated higher but not by enough that the direction of the day looked predetermined. Election day is finally here and investors are bracing for results and also wondering how they […]
Warren Buffett Duality: Bracing for a Crash, or Pursuing a Mega-Merger?
Warren Buffett is considered by many market observers to be the ultimate long-term investor. His vast empire within Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is changing after having reached a $1 trillion valuation […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Amazon, Chevron, KinderCare, MicroStrategy, Roblox, Tencent & More
Stocks were looking for direction on Monday as Tuesday’s election is finally almost here. The S&P 500 is still within 1% of its all-time high with a 20% gain so far this […]
7 Analyst Stock Picks Calling for 50% to 100% Upside
The major U.S. equity indexes took a breather late in the week but the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ were all still challenging all-time highs in the last week. The election is […]