I’ve warned you about avoiding the trap of “sucker yields” in the past… Suppose ABC Inc. pays a $1 dividend and trades at $25 per share. That’s a 4% yield. Now, assume investors worry that ABC Inc. can’t afford to keep paying that dividend. The stock might then fall to, say, $10 per share. So …
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Editor’s note: We introduced you to Brett Eversole in the Chaikin PowerFeed yesterday… Brett is an editor at our corporate affiliate Stansberry Research. And like Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin, he’s starting to see reasons for optimism in the market right now. As Brett explained yesterday, the inflation “boogeyman” will be dead within months. And …
Editor’s note: We’re doing something a little different in the Chaikin PowerFeed today… As regular readers know, Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin recently detailed a rare extreme in market “breadth.” It leads him to believe a new bull phase could be here. And he’s not the only person who’s getting more optimistic about stocks… Brett …
If you haven’t seen the news already, a financial-industry titan just turned 30. That’s right… The SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) is now 30 years old. These days, it’s the world’s largest exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). When SPY launched back in 1993, it changed the game… Before that, tracking the broad market S&P 500 Index was …
Disney’s (DIS) latest thriller isn’t playing in theaters… Rather, it’s happening in the corporate suites. And two guys named Bob are the stars… Bob Iger served as Disney’s CEO from 2005 until his contract expired in 2020. Before stepping down, Iger hand-picked Bob Chapek as his replacement. And Iger stayed on as the company’s executive …
As we all know, 2022 was a terrible year in the markets… The benchmark S&P 500 Index lost more than 19%. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell around 33%. Neither index had performed that poorly since 2008. But importantly… we’re now in the early days of an incredibly “bullish” setup. You see, something happened …
For months, I’ve stuck to the same investing playbook… Bear markets typically end with panic and capitulation. And importantly, as I’ve noted in the past, the pain often doesn’t stop until after the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. This trend goes back many decades. It’s why I’ve remained cautious in recent months. And it’s why …
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Dave’s jovial attitude masked the corporate life-or-death situation he was in… Put simply, $550 million was on the line. Now, Dave might not have known the exact number at the time. But in early 2020, he certainly knew trouble was brewing… The COVID-19 pandemic had just struck. It threatened to bring business to a standstill. …
This is easily one of the biggest sentiment disconnects I’ve seen in my career… Now, more than at any time since 2008, folks are calling for a housing crisis. And just about everyone is certain that home prices – and even rents – will fall in the months ahead. At the surface level, it’s easy …
Homebuilders Are Soaring… But Investors Hate Them Read More »
You might get déjà vu after reading today’s headline… It’s very close to what we published on January 11, after all. But look again… Our original essay focused on popular companies that attract investors, like Tesla (TSLA). We discussed how Tesla founder Elon Musk is changing the way we get around. He sells electric cars …
