We survived the largest banking crisis in U.S. history earlier this year… So far, at least. It might seem like a distant memory. But in the first half of 2023, the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank wiped out nearly $550 billion. When Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed …
I suffer from a severe case of dialetheism… You’ve probably never heard that word before. But I bet you know what I’m talking about… Dialetheism is the belief that a statement can be both true and false at the same time. My dialetheism relates to a specific part of the stock market… Small caps. We’ll …
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If you’re a news junkie like me, you’ve likely seen the latest report about LinkedIn… The career-focused social media company is laying off nearly 700 people. LinkedIn previously cut about 700 positions in May. So that’s around 1,400 layoffs this year. These moves shouldn’t surprise you… After all, Microsoft (MSFT) owns LinkedIn. The software giant …
“Bottom fishing” is the most expensive sport in America… That’s another name for buying a stock just because its price is lower than it was before. It might look like a bargain. But in many cases… it’s a trap. Trying to time the bottom is often a fool’s errand. It just leads to more losses. …
It’s easy to ignore the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) case against Amazon (AMZN)… After all, these types of lawsuits can drag on for years. Plus, as investors, we have plenty of other things to focus on today. We need to watch interest rates, inflation, fears of a recession – and now, an evolving war in …
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Everyone is keeping a close eye on the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas… Even major financial publications like Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal are watching. They’re publishing the latest updates as “front page” news. Now, the human cost of the war is obvious. And it’s a sad, horrific situation. But as …
Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, I (Vic Lederman) wrote about something that keeps me up at night… I was talking about what some folks in the industry call the “Fed spread.” More specifically, when this indicator inverts, it’s also known as the “inverted yield curve.” Brett Eversole, my friend and an editor at our …
Editor’s note: The Middle East is once again at war… Islamist militant group Hamas attacked Israel last weekend. Israel quickly responded by declaring war and invading the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Sadly, many folks have already lost their lives in the latest conflict between the two sides. At Chaikin Analytics, we view world events like this …
Folks, we’ve endured a rough week on the global stage… Islamist militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel last weekend. According to reports, the death toll in Israel has surpassed 1,200. Israel quickly responded with a formal declaration of war against Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country would take “mighty …
We’ve often described the Power Gauge as a “one of a kind” system… That might strike some readers as typical self-promotion. But it’s much more than that… You see, the Wall Street Journal recently found that most factor-focused investing models don’t beat the broad market over the long term. As the publication noted last Thursday… …
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