Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The ride sharing industry has taken a beating over the last couple years due primarily to the pandemic. But is there a rebound is sight? The pandemic may finally be slowing to a crawl. Lyft (LYFT), one of the two ride sharing giants, has seen its stock price trend down since last summer. However, a […]
Shares of Peloton (PTON) hit another fresh 52-week low, with the company’s latest news revealing it would be temporarily halting production of its fitness products. The once-darling of Wall Street has seen its stock price fall from an all-time high of $166.57 to the mid-$20’s, for a decline of 86%. Internal documents from earlier this […]
Dear Investor, It’s different this time, truly. I am speaking, of course, of the 2020 stock market crash. One effect of the pandemic-triggered market drop was large declines for every type of high-yield asset. Declines hit every income category, no matter the level of risk or safety. That was a one-time occurrence, and during the […]
The public is on to the Fed’s inflation game! The Fed called it “transitory”. Baloney! The Fed announced: “…it is accelerating its removal of monetary support for the economy, citing a rise in inflation that has seen the biggest jump in prices nearly 40 years. In a move to cool growth, policy makers also said they expect to […]
The market may have been selling off last week, but it didn’t stop gold miners from catching a bid. In fact, VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) was up over 7% one day last week when one of its major component companies posted better than expected earnings. GDX traded over 300,000 options that day, with 76% […]
This week, I’m watching an ETF in the mining space. For the past year, it’s been basing after breaking out of a multi-year resistance point. I believe we could see nice upside in it within the next few months. As the markets as a whole are in turmoil… mining stocks are an interesting place to […]
Electric vehicle stocks, like NIO (NIO), could accelerate well into 2022, for three very important reasons. First, governments all over the world are racing to reduce carbon emissions. In fact, the U.S. just pledged to reduce emissions by as much as 52% over the next several years. Europe wants to cut CO2 emissions by up […]
When someone says electric vehicles (EVs), many people immediately think of Tesla (TSLA). But from an investment viewpoint, there’s a lot more to the industry than just one company. My favored EV subsector is the supply chain. Without batteries, there is no EV industry. And without the necessary raw materials, there would be no batteries. […]
Dear Investor, Last week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), better known as Freddie Mac, reported that the average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages jumped to 3.45%, up from slightly more than 3% a month ago, and 2.79% one year ago. Higher rates hurt traditional mortgage companies – refinancing business dries up, and […]
Tech stocks have the started the new year with elevated volatility and quite a bit of selling pressure. The most popular tech index, Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), is down 5% for the year and has seen a handful of large percentage moves already. One strategist is looking to take advantage of the volatility by using […]
