Wall Street loves acronyms and catchy nicknames… About a decade ago, TV personality Jim Cramer wanted a way for his viewers to easily remember a key group of stocks. So he used the first letter of each company’s name… The four stocks were Facebook, Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Google. Facebook and Google, of course, …
Folks, the market is complicated. But ultimately, one thing is the key to success… Stock prices are based on expected earnings growth and price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios. It’s just that simple. Now, before we get started, it’s important to understand that I’m not supporting or dismissing growth or value investing. The Power Gauge rightfully accounts for …
We just endured the worst month for stocks this year… The benchmark S&P 500 Index fell around 5% in September. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index dropped nearly 6%. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 4%. Some of the popular mega-cap companies suffered even worse last month. For example, Apple (AAPL) fell almost 9%. …
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My friend’s response surprised me… “I’m not sure I’ll have a busy season this year. It’s drying up.“ We had just finished a wonderful dinner. And my friend and I were talking shop… She’s one of those people who enjoys that type of chat. And I must admit that I do as well. I can’t …
My heart sank when the real estate executive suggested taking my car… You see, we were meeting to discuss a multimillion-dollar deal. I hoped to share it with my subscribers. And he suggested something that hadn’t crossed my mind yet… “Let’s hop in your car and drive around the property.” A sense of self-awareness rushed …
When it comes to Amazon (AMZN), I’m more than a little biased… I’m addicted. But can you blame me? The ubiquitous website has almost everything. And it seems like it can all be at my door in a couple of days. Heck, many items arrive the next day. Without question, Amazon is the master of …
Our marketing folks are always so dramatic… They want the biggest, juiciest numbers. They want claims of massive upside potential. And they want everything to happen in the blink of an eye. That’s the type of stuff that attracts the most attention. So it makes life easy for marketers. But as we all know, the …
Editor’s note: We’re doing something different in the Chaikin PowerFeed today… In short, we’re turning things over to Sean Michael Cummings from our corporate affiliate Stansberry Research. He’s a member of our good friend Brett Eversole’s True Wealth team. Earlier this week, Sean covered an oft-criticized part of the market for readers of the free …
Folks, last week was rough for stocks… All 11 top-level market sectors fell over the five-day stretch. And the same thing was true for nearly all the main subsectors we follow in the Power Gauge. The only subsector on our list to not fall was insurance. And that isn’t saying much because the SPDR S&P …
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The path from nothing to something is as good as it gets. Think about it… History is riddled with examples. Countries grow from undeveloped farming societies into sophisticated industrial powers. And that process creates a ton of potential wealth. That’s why many folks in the U.S. love emerging markets… It happened in many places after …
