Wednesday, November 27, 2024
On Monday, shares of Beyond Meat (BYND) were up more than 15% on a volume spike to 4.3 million shares, as compared to daily average volume of 4.06 million. This is all thanks to news that Barclays’ analyst Benjamin Theurer upgraded the BYND stock to an overweight rating, with a price target of $80 a […]
Soaring demand for semiconductors used in smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets during the pandemic has led to an acute chip crunch, keeping order books full at Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), the world’s most valuable and largest semiconductor manufacturer. No wonder it reported a record quarterly profit. Taiwan Semiconductor’s revenue growth went above 20% year on year […]
Matterport (MTTR) is one of the purest plays in the new market being referred to as the metaverse, and it has started to gain traction after Facebook officially changed its name to Meta Platforms (FB) last November. At the time, Facebook’s CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerbrrg, said: “The metaverse is the next frontier in connecting […]
While the market has been selling off recently, market volatility can provide a benefit for certain types of trades. The additional premium in options during volatile periods can make covered calls more attractive. For example, Cameco (CCJ) is a uranium producer that has sold off with the market. A strategist used this opportunity to sell […]
There was quite a bit of options action across multiple asset classes last week between the Fed meeting and several key earnings releases. One asset that saw plenty of options activity was gold, particularly SPDR Gold Shares (GLD). GLD tracks physical gold prices and is generally a heavily traded ETF. On a busy day last […]
What the heck is going on? In the fourth quarter, I was housebound due to medical issues. When cleared to travel in late December I bought tickets to spend Christmas with the grandchildren. I was shocked, airfares doubled over last year. Might it be because I was a last-minute flyer? When I booked our return […]
We haven’t seen a trend change in the market since March 2020. Maybe the market will shoot back up like it did… or maybe it won’t. I’m not seeing it necessarily go to “bearish” trend. It’s a different trend. I have a proprietary algorithm that catches these wind changes. And you have access to it […]
There’s a substantial amount of fear in the market. At one point on Monday, the Dow Jones was down more than 1,000. This may have been for a number of reasons. One, the Federal Reserve may have to get aggressive with interest rates in order to slow inflation. “Over the past month, the Federal Reserve […]
One of my favorite investors (other than Warren Buffett) is Jim Rogers. He and many other high-profile investors have been talking up the prospects for investments in agriculture for the past 20 years. It’s easy to see why. The United Nations estimates that, by 2050, we will need to feed an additional 1.82 billion people […]
Dear Investor, Bank of America stock analysts recently released a long-term forecast that bodes very badly for investors for the next decade. If the analysts are correct, many investors will not reach their long-term financial goals. But one investing strategy looks to avoid the problem… In October, several news outlets, including Yahoo Finance and Markets […]
