A homeless-looking man with a thick European accent walked in holding a $600,000 personal check… Before that, I was having a normal workday in 1998. I worked as a broker-dealer in those days. My company had several offices around the country. Our branches were typically in towns with a lot of high-net-worth residents. Folks would …
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Folks, as we all well know, it’s an election year. And we typically see a lot of volatility – or “noise” – during years like this one… But it’s not necessarily bad volatility. In fact, history shows us that it’s usually good news for investors… For starters, we need to remember that stocks go up …
Last Thursday, I discussed what could be the start of a new trend in the markets… and why it could be the beginning of a “riptide.” Put simply, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index is breaking down versus the broad market S&P 500 Index. As I explained, we can see that through the recent weak relative …
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Editor’s note: The markets and our Chaikin Analytics offices will be closed tomorrow, March 29, for Good Friday. So we won’t publish our Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter. We hope you enjoy the long weekend. And you can expect to receive your next issue on Monday, April 1. I know from firsthand experience that riptides are powerful… …
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Just four weeks ago, no one had a problem getting their meds… That all changed around February 21. Reports started coming in across the country… Insurance denied. To get your medicine quickly, you need to show the pharmacy your prescription and proof of insurance. But what if you have both – and something out of …
If you’ve ever seen an illusionist in person, it’s an incredible experience. These magicians can seemingly make things vanish. I once saw one of these performances at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas. It featured white tigers suspended over the crowd that could “disappear.” And it was held by the iconic duo of Siegfried Fischbacher …
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Stocks experienced a historic run over the past few months… The S&P 500 Index closed at 4,117 on October 27. Last Friday, it closed above 5,000 for the first time. That meant the index surged more than 20% in less than four months. That was roughly two years of “expected” returns from the broad market …
You can call Elon Musk a lot of things, but don’t call him a “speciesist”… Alphabet (GOOGL) co-founder Larry Page found out why at one of Musk’s birthday parties. The tech moguls had been friends for at least a decade. Musk sometimes crashed on Page’s couch after playing video games all night. And on this …
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Millions upon millions of people invest in stocks around the world… And many of them are doing it wrong. You see, most investors don’t use technical analysis. The American Association of Individual Investors (“AAII”) surveyed roughly 1,500 folks on this topic in 2019… Only 5% of respondents told the AAII that they use technical analysis …
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“Thematic” funds have become all the rage over the past 20 years… But it might surprise you to learn they’re not that modern. In fact, they go all the way back to the late 1940s. Back then, a new theme was starting to work its way into American life… Television. The U.S. only had around …
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