Consumers around the world are all too familiar with inflation by now. With inflation expected to stay elevated throughout the year, the Federal Reserve is taking a more aggressive stance to tighten monetary policy by moving to increase interest rates and tame the sustained rise in prices. The Fed raised the interest rate for the fourth time this year in July, representing the largest…
It’s no surprise that the conflict in Ukraine has had a significant impact on fertilizer stocks in the stock market this year. Eastern Europe is an important wheat belt and a large exporter of fertilizer. As a result of the conflict, it has made wheat prices vulnerable. Simply put, the Ukraine-Russia war has caused a hike in the prices for…
Technology stocks have mounted a stellar rally since their June low, but even so, many of the stocks are trading well below their highs. Yes, the surge by technology stocks in 2021 was excessive, but for contrarian investors, the subsequent selling was overdone. That’s the situation with UiPath Inc (NYSE:PATH), a provider of enterprise software used in the robotic process…
Cyber security stocks are a type of investment that is becoming increasingly popular in the stock market as the world becomes more reliant on technology. For the uninitiated, Cyber security stocks are companies that provide products or services that help to protect against cyber attacks. These companies can range from small start-ups to large multinational corporations. While there is no…
The safest blue-chip dividend stocks can be pretty easy to sort out. Investing in them makes sense in turbulent times like those we are currently experiencing. Blue-chip stocks represent companies with household names that have proven quality, are reliable and tend to operate profitably in good times and in bad times. In other words, they carry an inherent degree of safety…
Many people try to time real estate markets or predict when the ups and downs will be. While it seems easy to time a real estate market after seeing what happened in the past, it is much more difficult trying to predict the future. The world’s smartest economists have trouble predicting real estate markets. There are so many variables that…
The last time I wrote about penny stocks for InvestorPlace in January, I used the traditional $5 criteria for qualification. All seven of my stock picks have gotten hammered in 2022. That should tell you how risky it is to buy penny stocks. In today’s world, where fractional shares are commonplace, more than ever, quality is far more critical than…
The past few weeks have been refreshing for Cathie Wood and fans of her style of growth stock investing. The CEO and co-founder of Ark Invest publishes the buys and sells of her firm’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) every market day, giving the public insight into her latest allocation strategies. Many of her stocks have been moving higher. Her most popular…
The outlook for Fisker Inc (NYSE:FSR), a beaten-down electric vehicle (EV) stock, just got a little brighter. Fisker recently announced that it sold 5,000 pre-orders for a limited-edition EV model and that the company is on track to start the initial production of that model on November 17. The 5,000 “Fisker Ocean One” pre-orders represent approximately $350.0 million of potential…
What stocks has Warren Buffett bought and sold lately? Each quarter, all fund managers with at least $100 million in assets must publicly disclose their stock holdings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission via Form 13F, giving investors a rare peek behind the curtain of some of the world’s largest and most successful hedge funds. One of the most…