One of the biggest pharmacies in the U.S. is in a rough spot… You might have heard it in the news already. Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is struggling. Just this past Thursday, Walgreens released disappointing third-quarter earnings results. And the company announced that it would close a “significant” number of underperforming U.S. stores. Specifically, as …
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Some people use data to drive their perspective. Others don’t. And some say what is politically advantageous… Now, you may have heard that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently made a gaffe during an interview earlier this week. And by my measures, it’s a pretty big one. You see, the interviewer was asking about inflation and …
Sixty years ago, a giant industry was on the verge of a meltdown… Cigarettes had been increasingly linked with cancer. And that was just as per capita consumption in the U.S. was hitting new highs almost every year. So in January 1964, the U.S. surgeon general took action. He issued a scathing report stating that …
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Folks, we’re in a very peculiar market… The broad market S&P 500 Index is soaring. It’s up roughly 14% so far this year. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index is also on the move. It has climbed about 16% in 2024 so far. Those are impressive gains. But as Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin and …
It’s one of the most widely talked about stocks on the market… And it’s one of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” giants… But it hasn’t made a new high in an astounding 31 months. I’m talking about electric-car king Tesla (TSLA). And considering all the hype around Magnificent Seven in the financial media, that might be …
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Editor’s note: The markets and our Chaikin Analytics offices will be closed tomorrow, June 19, for Juneteenth. So we won’t publish our Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter. You can expect to receive your next issue on Thursday, June 20. Folks, I couldn’t believe this when I saw it… My local Home Depot (HD) in north Florida has …
Take a guess… How many new “housing units” do you think San Francisco approved permits for this year? To clarify, that’s the government’s term for new builds. And it includes single-family and multifamily projects. So as you would expect, a single-family home is one unit. And an apartment building with 100 apartments counts as 100 …
Apple (AAPL) just turned heads with a major new announcement… You see, the tech titan just kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference this week. And this year’s focus wasn’t surprising in the least. Apple zeroed in on artificial intelligence (“AI”). Or as the company prefers to call it – Apple Intelligence. Seriously. According to …
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The world’s most populated country also houses one of its top stock markets right now… In fact, this stock market is up about 22% over the past year. That’s not far behind the S&P 500 Index’s roughly 25% gain over the same period. I’m talking about India. Nearly 1.5 billion people live in the country. …
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When it comes to possible recession indicators, turning to “booze stocks” might seem strange at first… But think about it for a moment. People like to drink during good and bad times. As such, stocks of alcohol-related companies tend to do well ahead of a recession. This steady demand is why booze stocks are a …
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