Thursday, December 19, 2024
The markets are ugly. This market crash is ugly. Volatility, as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) just spiked to 32.76. Traders are running scared. Stocks are plunging. Inflation is out of control. Central banks are racing to cool inflation. The Dow fell from its April 2022 high of about 35,500 to 30,663. There […]
Investors may want to buy weakness in lithium stocks, like Albemarle (ALB). Sure, Goldman Sachs said it expects for lithium prices to fall about 10% this year. Then, by next year, the firm believes lithium could fall about 73%. But that’s not going to happen. The world wants to put millions of electric vehicles on […]
Just look at Nio (NIO), an electric vehicle stock, which just reported strong deliveries. In fact, for May 2022, the company delivered 7,024 vehicles, of which 5,317 were premium smart electric SUVs, including 746 ES8s, 2,936 ES6s and 1,635 EC6s. Nio also sold 1,707 ET7s, its flagship premium smart electric sedan. Nio’s cumulative deliveries as […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, monkeypox pops up. “Doctors warned that numbers will rise significantly as the virus spreads through Europe and as far as the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Spain now has the highest number of infections, outside places in Africa where the virus is endemic, with more than […]
Investors may want to use the pullback in electric vehicle stocks as an opportunity. Global leaders want millions of EVs on the roads and automakers are abandoning combustion engines for electric vehicles. On a global level, sales are only accelerating. In the U.S., as Car and Driver notes, “American car shoppers seem to have discovered […]
Investors may want to keep an eye on biopharmaceutical stocks. We could be on the cusp of a massive wave of new M&A activity. As Reuters reports: “Biotechs are coming off their worst April since 2002, and the crash in valuation has made them attractive M&A targets, especially when small drug makers are grappling with […]
Markets are getting crushed… but there’s always a bull market somewhere. Look at uranium prices, for example, which is strong for a few reasons: First, Congress is considering legislation that could ban Russian imports, which currently accounts for about 17% of the uranium used by U.S. power plants, says Real Clear Energy. Second, global leaders […]
With hurricane season approaching, investors may want to keep an eye on Generac Holdings (GNRC). After all, this is the company that provides power generation equipment and other light-motor equipment for industrial and residential customers—in fact, it’s the the market leader in home standby generators. Beyond the physical damage to homes and businesses, one of […]
Markets are in disaster mode. Since the end of April, the Dow is down about 3,000 points thanks to fears of inflation, recession, and rate hikes; the war in Ukraine; and nervous traders running for the exits. Unfortunately, should the Dow fail to hold support dating back to February, there’s no support until we drop […]
Light-emitting diode (LED) stocks could be a bright investment idea. CNBC reports that earlier this week, the Biden administration “announced new energy efficiency regulations that will phase out old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs, a move that will drive down electricity use and curb greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s power sector.” The new rule will ban the […]
