U.S. stocks were higher on Tuesday on lower wholesale inflation data keeping the potential for a September Fed rate cut alive. Most companies have now reported their earnings but investors are still […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Baidu, Dell, DraftKings, KeyCorp, Micron, Starbucks, Walmart & More
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: BP, Bumble, Costco, Fastly, Intel, Lyft, Shopify, Walt Disney & More
U.S. stocks have tried to stage a recovery from the sell-off that started early this week. Thursday’s reaction to jobless claims ticking lower was showing another bounce as S&P 500 futures were […]
Should Tactical Investors Chase or Pass on Lumen’s Massive Stock Surge?
Sometimes you see news reports driving stocks higher that sound almost too good to be true issued by companies that have long been forgotten by investors. Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN) is […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Airbnb, BP, Lumen, Reddit, Rivian, Super Micro, Uber & More
U.S. stocks were recovering handily on Wednesday for a second-day recovery after Monday’s major sell-off. Many companies have been issuing weak guidance with earnings and there are still concerns about companies where […]
Chasing Bankrupt Solar Companies Can Kill Life’s Ambitions
Should investors chase bankrupt companies for their underlying asset values? This is a legitimate question, particularly for “tactical” investors who are willing to invest where others may avoid. It seems hard to […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Amazon, Apple, CrowdStrike, Meta, Micron, NVIDIA & More
U.S. stocks were trying to stage a recovery on Tuesday after Monday’s disaster was sparked by a major 12$ sell-off in Japan. There is still some caution by U.S. investors as the […]
How Oversold are Bank Stocks? And Will Analysts Defend Rivals?
There is a routine event that occurs after periods of large gains after no major sell-offs in stocks. Profit takers come into the mix, and if valuations and gains became too stretched […]
What Actually Triggers Emergency Fed Rate Cuts
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) controls short-term rates via Fed Funds. The financial markets are usually more in control of intermediate-term and long-term rates. With some fresh media reports […]
Rate Cuts Coming Soon… But Not Recession-Sized Cuts?
Tactical Bulls has maintained for months that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate stance of “higher for longer” is simply a delay rather than a change. The next directional 100 basis point move […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Boeing, DraftKings, Exxon Mobil, Moderna, NVIDIA & More
U.S. stocks were experiencing an uncomfortable plunge on Monday morning after Japan fell more than 12% and European stocks were down over 3%. Some of this is a continuation of Friday’s weak […]
Forget the Fed – Why $3,000 Gold Still Looks Likely
Gold has enjoyed its status as the world’s most valuable safety trades for centuries during periods of great uncertainty. And you have also heard the term “Don’t fight the Fed!” So what […]
Wall Street Predicts Even More Tactical Upside for Facebook Parent
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) has changed society with its Facebook social media dominance. No other platform even comes close to its $1.1 trillion valuation, plus there is Instagram, Oculus, video and […]
Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List: 4 Big Changes for Major Upside
August has just started and Wall Street is already making adjustments to its list of stocks to buy, sell or hold. Goldman Sachs has made a rather strong rotation on its prized […]
3M Turnaround Finally Enters Tactical Buy Stage
Investors who have been waiting for the turnaround of 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) have been punished for years. That may now be all over. Or mostly over. And if Wall Street’s top […]
How Wall Street Is Sticking With CrowdStrike, So Far
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) has become a company that is almost everywhere. You probably don’t even know the services you use rely on the company. And in the last 72 hours […]
Why Goldman Sachs Cautions About Endless A.I. Upside Ahead
It is undeniable that the technology sector is acutely focused on artificial intelligence in 2024. For that matter, most companies that are not even in technology are trying to see what AI […]
Domino’s Take-Out Stock: Tactical Bull or Chicken Bull?
What happens when great companies have stocks that are not so great? That’s the question shareholders of Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) should be asking themselves. Domino’s is still growing its footprint, […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: DraftKings, Gap, Melco, Microsoft, Palantir, PayPal & More
Stocks saw the major tech sector take a beating on Wednesday, but the stocks were trying to stage modest recoveries on Thursday. The Dow was down less than 100 points (0.2%) and […]
Not a Buyer of Schwab’s Major Drop… Not Yet
Tactical investors love to look over stocks after they have taken a major dive. Each and every earnings season brings companies in the S&P 500 which find out that their shares were […]
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades: Amazon, Chevron, Five Below, Qualcomm, Netflix, Rivian & More
Stocks had surged on Tuesday with strong earnings and a more improved outlook for a Fed rate cut as soon as September. Wednesday’s indications were all red though on more geopolitical tensions […]