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2 Highly Ranked Stocks To Buy For Growth & Value At Year’s End

2 Highly Ranked Stocks To Buy For Growth & Value At Year’s End

Image: BigstockRounding out the year, investors will start looking for stocks that offer value and have favorable growth prospects. This points us to a few highly ranked stocks that currently boast spots on the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) list. In addition to their Strong Buy ratings, here are two intriguing stocks with an “A” Zacks Style Scores […]
Is A Triple Boom Bull Market Underway?

Is A Triple Boom Bull Market Underway?

Image Source: UnsplashIn this comprehensive video, I discuss what is behind the stock market’s recent turnaround and how it could impact investing over the next decade.01:12:50More By This Author:Rare Stock Market Signal Has Only Been Flashed 3 Times In Last 25 Years A Logical Assessment Of Recession And Bear Market Odds Fed Pivot Opens Door To More […]
Three Best Practices Of Successful Traders

Three Best Practices Of Successful Traders

 With this post, I’ll be taking an extended sabbatical in order to complete my next book and related projects.  I thought a worthy final post would summarize the best practices of traders who have experienced success in 2023, with the aim of improving yourself and your trading processes in 2024.Best Practice #1:  Moving From Reactive […]
At Year’s End, No Quick Fix For Oil 
                    
Oil News and Market Movers: A year in red thanks to OPEC
Oil Technical Analysis: Geopolitics to dominate in 2023

At Year’s End, No Quick Fix For Oil Oil News and Market Movers: A year in red thanks to OPEC Oil Technical Analysis: Geopolitics to dominate in 2023

WTI Oil drops back below $74, under important support. API overnight print was double the previous build.  The DXY US Dollar Index sells off further and snaps below 101. Oil prices are trying to recover a little bit with support coming in ahead of the very last US trading session for 2023. One thing that […]
Tesla Is Reportedly Considering Setting Up A Factory In Gujarat, India 
                    
Tesla is yet to confirm such plans
Tesla wants a preferential 15% duty

Tesla Is Reportedly Considering Setting Up A Factory In Gujarat, India Tesla is yet to confirm such plans Tesla wants a preferential 15% duty

Image Source: PexelsTesla Inc (NQ: TSLA) is in focus following reports that it could announce plans of setting up its first factory in India at the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit.Tesla is yet to confirm such plansPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Elon Musk – the Chief Executive of Tesla are expected to attend the said event scheduled […]
These 8 Micro/Small Cap AI Stocks Are Still In Bubble Mode – Up 19%, On Average, In December

These 8 Micro/Small Cap AI Stocks Are Still In Bubble Mode – Up 19%, On Average, In December

Photo by Steve Johnson on UnsplashEight micro/small cap ($50M to $2B) AI & related stocks are still very much in bubble mode advancing far above the sub-sector average of 4.9% in December while maintaining an advance of more than 95% YTD. Their performances are ranked below, in descending order, as to their closing prices in December, plus their […]
Will Copper Repeat A Story We Already Know?

Will Copper Repeat A Story We Already Know?

Photo by Gerson Repreza on Unsplash How has yesterday’s important price action in copper affected the short-term picture?Let’s start today’s analysis of copper with the medium-term chart. Looking at the weekly chart, we see that after many weeks in the downtrend the bulls managed to push the price of copper not only above the previously broken 200-week moving average, but […]
With Gold At All-Time Highs, Will Silver Finally Take Off?

With Gold At All-Time Highs, Will Silver Finally Take Off?

On this final week of trading for 2023, gold is set to put in its highest ever annual close.  The gold price has been capped at around the $2,100 level since trading just shy of it in May. Whenever prices threaten to break out, institutional sell orders on futures exchanges come rolling in. So, it […]
Fifty Shades Of Grey Swans: The Risks That Matter Most 
                    
“Grey Swans” and timeless patterns of investment risk
“Deep Risks” – A Unique Class of Grey Swan
“Black Swans”
White Swans…Black Swans…and the “Grey Swans” in the messy middle. What can investors do?
Bottom line
Post-Script: What can we learn from history about risk?

Fifty Shades Of Grey Swans: The Risks That Matter Most “Grey Swans” and timeless patterns of investment risk “Deep Risks” – A Unique Class of Grey Swan “Black Swans” White Swans…Black Swans…and the “Grey Swans” in the messy middle. What can investors do? Bottom line Post-Script: What can we learn from history about risk?

Photo by Nikola Cirkovic on Unsplash There is nothing new, except what has been forgotten. Marie Antoinette The world is complex and ever-changing; news travels at warp speed, events happen fast, and popular narratives can distract and mislead us. Many risks important for our portfolios are new, hidden, or nuanced in some underappreciated way—and likely to be misunderstood […]
Government-granted Patent Monopolies Are Not The Free Market

Government-granted Patent Monopolies Are Not The Free Market

Image Source: UnsplashIt is amazing how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking clearly. We saw this fact on display in a Washington Post piece on prescription drug prices by its columnist Bina Venkataraman.Venkataraman points out that we are seeing great advances in developing new drugs and treatments, but many of […]