Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to pause its rate hiking efforts to slow down inflation. Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank is not done fighting inflation yet, and that this is just a brief pause to allow the committee to observe how the rate hikes impact the economy. From where I sit, they are…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tried to walk a fine line Wednesday in the first of two days of congressional testimony between explaining why the central bank paused its interest rate hikes while also acknowledging that inflation is far higher than it desires. The Fed put a hold on its aggressive campaign of raising interest rates for what would have…
By now, we’re all well aware of the world’s desire to go green. The U.S. wants to cut emissions by 52%. The European Union wants to cut emissions by 55%. China says it’ll stop releasing CO2 over the next 40 years. To help, we now have President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which will pump about $370 billion into renewable energy and create a big opportunity for green energy…
Despite facing several macroeconomic headwinds over the past year, the technology industry is well-positioned for significant long-term growth, driven by rapid digital transformation across several industries and growing tech spending worldwide. As the industry’s prospects shine bright, these three fundamentally strong tech stocks could be wise additions to your portfolio. These stocks are well-positioned to leverage the industry’s growth potential…
For those seeking stocks that have trounced the market over the past year, the biotech sector might be an excellent place to start. The SPDR S&P Biotech Index ETF, an industry benchmark, has climbed 34% over the trailing-12-month period, nearly three times the gains of the S&P 500. These two drugmakers that have done particularly well for themselves. Moreover, both…
A great way to play contrarian is by selling or shorting stocks that are perpetually bleeding and have little chance of making a recovery. There are many companies like Bed Bath & Beyond (OTCMKTS:BBBYQ) that are delaying their inevitable bankruptcy through share dilution and betting against these stocks can be extremely profitable if you choose the right ones. Some stocks…
The global drone market is taking flight in 2023, with an estimated 38.6% compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2030, according to data and consulting firm Grand View Research. Global shipments of enterprise drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are expanding into business sectors from real estate to emergency response to military security and defense. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence and machine learning have…
While the markets continue to face macroeconomic headwinds, I still believe that now is a great time to buy some of the most undervalued penny stocks and growth stocks. As an observation, the, the S&P 500 index has trended higher by 11% for year-to-date 2023. However, during this period, several growth and penny stocks have delivered multi-bagger returns. For example,…
Chris sits down with Jesse Day of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference to explore, through the lens of technical analysis, the answers to the following questions: What are the different stages that the stock market goes through, and how do investors prepare for this? What strategies should the average investor be using in current market conditions? What strategies should they…
Depending on who you are, AI is about to change everything all at once or nothing at all. Since the release of art-bot AIs like DALL-E and chatbot AIs like ChatGPT, some observers have rushed to dub this the dawn of a new age. Occasional enthusiasts have literally compared the invention of AI to the industrial revolution or even the invention…