Editor’s note: The markets and our Chaikin Analytics offices will be closed Monday, May 30, for Memorial Day. Because of that, we won’t publish the Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter. Look for your next issue on Tuesday, May 31. Enjoy the holiday. Millions of Europeans are struggling to heat their homes right now… Take Henry Backhaus, for …
If you own a car that uses gasoline, you’re going to need a part-time job to fill your tank… In fact, things will only get worse. And unfortunately, gas could soon cost $10 per gallon. It all comes down to basic math… You see, each barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. And today, the …
Nothing is worse than being too hot at night… We’ve all experienced it. A hot bedroom can make you toss and turn in bed. It’s hard to sleep when you’re not comfortable. Fortunately, most Americans don’t need to deal with this problem often… You see, electric power in the U.S. is generally reliable. Yes, the …
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About 22 years ago, I ate lunch with office colleagues who sang the same tune every day… They couldn’t get enough of their favorite Internet stocks. You see, it was the peak of the dot-com boom… It was a new job for me. I didn’t want to act like a snob. So I sat silently …
I bet you own more than one stock in your portfolio… After all, you can’t see the future. You don’t have a crystal ball. If you did, you would simply invest all your money in the best-performing stock. And then, you would spend all your time doing something other than investing. Of course, that isn’t …
Meals went cold. Some customers waited hours for their supposedly “free lunch.” The crush overwhelmed kitchen workers all over the city. But it wasn’t the restaurants’ fault… A third-party website offered a special promotion. This website is a regular thorn in restaurant owners’ sides. Not surprisingly, the website crashed – twice. It couldn’t handle the …
The dot-com boom began in 1995. At the time, the Nasdaq Composite Index was around 750… And the tech-heavy index soared to more than 5,000 by March 2000. That’s a sixfold gain in roughly five years. Of course, some dot-com companies did even better than that. But there was a big problem… Most of these …
It’s not official yet… But a recession seems more likely every day. In fact, one major financial leader is practically calling it already… JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon only sees a 33% chance that we’ll come out of the current environment unscathed. He believes a severe recession is just as likely. And with the …
Just before the 1929 market crash, John F. Kennedy’s father stopped to get his shoes cleaned… But the enthusiastic, young shoeshine boy wanted to offer something more – stock tips. That’s all Joe Kennedy needed to hear. In his mind, nothing could indicate a market top better than unsolicited stock advice from a shoeshine boy. …
The market was standing on an apple crate of sorts… And it just broke. You see, Apple’s (AAPL) stock just crossed below a critical threshold. The tech giant closed last Wednesday at less than $150 per share. That’s important because of Apple’s size. In January, it became the first publicly traded U.S. company to surpass …
