G O’Fiachra

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December 23 2024

How To Trade When Markets Hit All-time Highs

With the market near all-time highs, buying stocks can look like a worrisome proposition and it’s no surprise that many investors feel more comfortable sitting on the sidelines.

Staying out of the market entirely, though, presents an opportunity cost in the form of lost potential returns. So, just what can investors worried about the market’s performance and potential volatility do to limit their risks while still putting their money to work for them?

December 23 2024

Is The Santa Claus Rally Real?

G O’Fiachra The Ivy

Every seasoned trader has heard the phrase “Santa Claus Rally,” but very few understand precisely why it happens. Is it random or is there something structural under the surface that repeats like clockwork each year?

Beyond the whimsical idea of holiday cheer spilling over into the markets, there are structural and behavioral dynamics at play that make the final weeks of the year particularly conducive to market gains.

December 20 2024

1 Defense Contractor Going Global

G O’Fiachra The Spotlight

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is doing very well and making great progress with its 21st Century Security® strategy. The bold plan concentrates on three main initiatives that aim to boost the company’s role in the defense and aerospace industries.

The first initiative focuses on making Lockheed Martin’s production system stronger and able to handle more.

December 20 2024

Why Did Billionaire with Perfect Track Record Buy This Stock?

G O’Fiachra The Ivy

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZI) might have won over legendary investor Stan Druckenmiller but the market hasn’t been so kind, punishing the stock to the tune of 37% year-to-date.

When management unveiled earnings last quarter, $303.6 million in top line sales failed to ignite enthusiasm given that it represented a 3.3% year-over-year decline.

December 19 2024

1 Cloud SaaS Healthcare Stock to Buy on the Dip?

G O’Fiachra The Burst

It might surprise many that Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV), best known for its cloud-based software solutions tailored to the life sciences industry, has maintained a core principle of putting customer success and product excellence ahead of short-term gains.

In a market crowded with SaaS companies seeking to serve a wide variety of enterprises,

December 18 2024

1 Extraordinary Stock Won Over Buffett and Cathie Wood

G O’Fiachra The Ivy

Stock market observers would be hard-pressed to find two major investors more different than Warren Buffett and Cathie Wood. Buffett’s careful, value-driven approach to investing has allowed his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate to become the first $1 trillion company outside of the tech sector. Wood’s ARK funds, meanwhile, focus on extremely high-growth tech companies that often have yet to turn a profit.

December 17 2024

NVIDIA Investing In Tiny Robotics Firm, Should You Follow?

G O’Fiachra The Burst

NVIDIA gets a lot of attention for designing some of the world’s most powerful GPUs. It’s difficult to imagine that the recent advancements in artificial intelligence would have happened without NVIDIA. After all, OpenAI trained ChatGPT with 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs connected to a Microsoft supercomputer.

But NVIDIA actually does much more than build efficient processing units.

December 16 2024

Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now?

G O’Fiachra The Ivy

Have you ever wondered how much short-term versus long-term taxes actually affect your net worth and portfolio over time?

Let’s imagine a $100,000 portfolio goes up 20% annually and is taxed at the end of the year at 33% due to short-term capital gains. What would the portfolio grow to after 10 years?

December 13 2024

1 High Energy Drink To Buy on the Dip?

G O’Fiachra The Spotlight

Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ:CELH) is the maker of a line of energy drinks that has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years.

Once virtually unknown, Celsius has used social media marketing and celebrity influencer deals to rapidly build its brand awareness.

Although the product itself has been quite successful, the stock’s performance hasn’t matched it.

December 13 2024

Nobody’s Watching This AI Stock Steadily Rising

G O’Fiachra The Ivy

After poring over Lattice’s Q3 filings it’s looking increasingly likely that the Street is missing the forest for the trees with Lattice. Yes, the headline numbers were brutal – revenue down 33.9% y/y to $127.1M. But beneath the cyclical noise, Lattice is methodically building what could become the dominant franchise in edge AI computing.

Having covered semis since the early 2000s,

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