While the market continues to impress – most recently thanks to another robust jobs report – the usual suspects appear overpriced, which brings us to undervalued stocks. Yes, it might seem like every idea is overbought. However, there will always be enterprises that don’t grab the spotlight. It’s just a matter of mathematical realities. Right now, investors can choose from thousands upon thousands…
As tracked by the price of WTI, crude oil that serves as one of the main global oil benchmarks, crude oil has climbed from the recent $65 to less than $80 per barrel trading range. A few weeks ago, the WTI price rose above $80, and recent trading shows that level might become a new floor. Even a massive build…
In this video, I talk a fair bit about the recent moves in GDL, SLV, GDX & SILJ and how these can serve as an indicator as to where the stock market may be going next. A brief synopsis of topics I also cover include: The pauses and pullbacks in the stock market. Why gap downs are actually a good…
Silver just hit a two-year high and is close to breaking out above a five-year high. Things like oil, gold, and copper are undervalued and looking for a reversal to the mean. This trend could continue as the market broadens out from the Big Seven. The question you have to ask yourself is how do you play it. I like silver…
It’s tempting to chase after the next big biotech breakthrough or speculate on businesses burning cash like there’s no tomorrow. However, that’s usually a fast track to disappointment – and a much lighter wallet. Instead, I believe the road to turning $50,000 into a cool $1 million is paved with high-quality, financially sound businesses. Betting on companies with bright futures,…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the prevailing growth theme in the market since ChatGPT hit 100 million monthly active users in January 2023.There’s been plenty of discussion of the companies supporting AI, but what’s talked about less are the companies successfully investing in AI and monetizing it. Here’s why these three AI stocks are worth considering now. This post originally appeared at The Motley Fool.
Sam Bankman-Fried on March 28 was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Judge Lewis Kaplan, a year and a half after Bankman-Fried’s crypto startup, FTX, suddenly exploded and crashed to the ground in spectacular fashion. The financial world is rife with fraud. The next Bankman-Fried, or Bernie Madoff, or Charles Ponzi, or “Kenny Boy” Lay is just around the…
With the equities market continuing to march higher, now may be an ideal time to consider sleeper stocks. Essentially, these are companies that attract little interest among investors. However, once more people recognize the underlying bullish narratives, they could fly higher. In this day and age of the 24/7 news cycle combined with social media, it may seem strange that sleeper stocks…
The energy sector’s future underscores its pivotal role in human development, where renewable energy growth is expected to complement the persistent reliability on oil and gas, anticipated to meet over half of the global energy requirement by 2050. Furthermore, the incorporation of advanced technology in the oil and gas industry, vital for modernization and efficiency, could keep the industry resilient.…
The ticker for the Russell 2000, which is the bottom 2000 stocks of the Russell 3000 index, is RUT. RUT is an index of small- and medium-sized companies with a mean market cap of $900 million. Traditionally, it performs better than large blue-chip stocks but that hasn’t been the case of late. Investors have been chasing the “Magnificent Seven” stocks…