Saturday, April 12, 2025
In the classic movie Ghostbusters, Gozer the Destructor appears in the form of the StayPuft marshmallow man, and the end of humanity is narrowly avoided thanks to the high-risk maneuvers of the ghostbusting adventurers. In the stock market, the form of the Destructor changes with frightening regularity: For much of last year, it was inflation […]
In February of last year, a private equity fund managed by Standard General announced that it would purchase Tegna (TGNA), which owns of television stations, digital media platforms, and marketing services, for $24 a share. Private equity giant Apollo Global Management (APO) invested in the entity that Standard General created to buy Tegna, and Tegna […]
Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), known as FEMSA, is a very interesting company that traces its origins to an 1890s brewery in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Now a Mexican multinational beverage and retail conglomerate headquartered in Monterrey, FEMSA operates the largest independent Coca-Cola bottling group in the world as well as the largest convenience store […]
2022 was a bad year for many companies… but not for consumer goods companies, which had a remarkably strong year. And this was despite a sharp rise in raw material costs and stretched household budgets because of inflation. Consumers swallowed big price increases in 2022 without batting an eyelid. Companies in the sector hiked prices […]
Despite the volatility caused by two banks collapsing over the weekend, the broader market is still overvalued, so I have been avoiding that for the most part. Instead, I’ve been looking at special situations. And for this week’s Hidden Profit Report, I’ve uncovered two situations that have the potential to deliver strong returns no matter […]
I would love to be an unabashed stock market bull right now. It is very easy to be a market bull. People love a more optimistic message. If you are a market bull, you can have conversations about artificial intelligence, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and all that other exciting stuff. Bulls promote the idea of […]
Everybody loves tech stocks. After all, technology has changed the world and will continue to do so. The hard part is picking those tech stocks that will be the winners over time, and deliver potentially life-changing returns to shareholders. In tech stock investing, getting caught up in a story is even easier than usual. Consider […]
The past couple of weeks, we’ve talked about how looking at the right 13F filings can reveal some of the greatest investments to make right now. It’s like having Wall Street’s best analysts working for you, for free… If you know what to look for, of course. But before we move on to other segments […]
Yesterday I mentioned that there are many ways to make money from watching companies’ Form 13F filings, and most people had no idea how to accomplish that mission. So today I’m going to share a money manager who’s 13F filings are full of proverbial “gold mines” for investors looking to beat the market… For those […]
Tuesday, February 21, marked the SEC’s first quarterly deadline for Form 13F filings of 2023. Money managers of all stripes must file this form with the SEC 45 days after the end of every calendar quarter. Comparing this quarter’s filing to previous filings allows us to see what the nation’s hedge fund, mutual fund, endowment, […]
