No matter how you slice it, one thing is for sure… Volatility is back. We saw that firsthand last week. Last Tuesday, the markets came under heavy pressure once again. This time, it was more worry about economic news on the horizon. The S&P 500 Index was down more than 2%. And the markets continued …
Editor’s note: The markets and our Chaikin Analytics offices will be closed Monday, September 2, for Labor Day. As a result, we won’t publish our Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter that day. Expect to receive your next issue on Tuesday, September 3. Enjoy the holiday. From an early age, Chester Carlson had to work hard to support …
As a first-year caddie at Brae Burn Country Club, Peter Lynch made $2 per round… Lynch was only 11 years old. And yet, men four times his age turned to him for golf tips. He’d help the golfers with their putts. He’d tell them the right club to use to clear the water. And he’d …
William Hart saw a bunch of strange bubbles in the waters of Canadaway Creek… Now, you’ve probably never heard of Canadaway Creek. I bet you haven’t heard of the town it’s in, either – Fredonia, New York. But Hart’s observation there in the early 1820s changed the course of humanity… You see, the bubbles rising …
When looking at the markets recently, it has been hard not to see parallels with the dot-com boom… It’s a textbook example of a sector “Melt Up” – a dramatic surge higher. These periods produce rapid and sometimes irrational price increases for stocks in particular sectors. And the tailwinds can come from a mix of …
Whether it’s in sports or life, I often use the phrase “back to the basics” to help me… Take golf, for example. If you play the game, you know what I’m talking about. And even if you don’t, it’s simple… When things go bad, they go bad fast. Poor posture, bad balance, opening the club …
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Warren Buffett may be 93 years old… but that doesn’t mean the investing legend is done making big moves. His business, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), has been on a secret buying spree. In fact, it accumulated about $6.7 billion of a single company. Amazingly, Berkshire managed to keep the purchases secret for nearly nine months. Or, …
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Our Internet-connected world relies on data. And we couldn’t satisfy our data cravings without the Washington, D.C., suburbs… You see, around 300 data centers operate in Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties in Virginia. The area is widely known in the tech industry as “Data Center Alley.” Importantly, Data Center Alley is growing to meet …
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There’s no easy way to say it, folks… We’re going through a bumpy patch right now. Specifically, it’s all building up to the middle of this month – around May 15. You see, the markets are in what I like to call a “seesaw cycle.” By that, I mean the bulk of investors see data …
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We’re on the verge of “Version 2.0” in electricity. And in the coming years, this mostly “boring” sector will get exciting. It all comes down to two emerging technological megatrends… The first one is artificial intelligence (“AI”). It’s reshaping how we think about what computers can do. But notably, training and running AI machines takes …
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