Rates are going up everywhere, at least that’s what the financial press would have you believe. On July 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell oversaw a rate hike that placed interest rates at 22 year highs, pegging them at 5.25-5.50%.
The market had largely priced in the rate hike and so the S&P 500 fell just 0.17% on the day.
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Tesla reported record profits and production in the second quarter of 2023, but its stock price fell 11%. The company’s revenue increased 47% year-over-year to almost $25 billion, and delivered just shy of 900,000 vehicles. However, Tesla’s gross margin fell by almost 7% points from 25% in the previous quarter, due to price cuts.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company is “
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Investment Alert: Buy Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Under $57
Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.
This might be among the shorter trade alerts of the year but that won’t make it any less valuable if we’re right.
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Investors crave companies with exceptional long-term capital growth, and Chipotle Mexican Grill has emerged as a rare gem. Over the past five years, its share price skyrocketed by almost 5x, easily outperforming the S&P 500’s 63%+ return since 2018.
But what sets this humble burrito outlet apart from the rest, and is its stock overvalued?
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Netflix reported earnings recently and the share price plunged $40 on the day, down almost 8.5%. To anybody who could read the tea leaves, the reaction came as no surprise. But how do you read the tea leaves? Or in other words, what was the giveaway in the financials that led to investors realizing the risk to reward ratio was poor,
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Investment Alert: Buy Medtronic (MDT) Under $89
Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.
We last reported on Medtronic in March when the stock was hovering around the high-$70s.
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The turtle and hare game is so apt in investing. Why chase the fast bucks when slow and steady wins the race? Where investing gets tough is when the tortoise approach turns into a game of switcharoo, where you the investor gets the rug pulled on you. What am I talking about?
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Want to know when the next big move is coming in a stock? It’s not as hard as it might seem to figure it out.
To begin, look to the past. If a big move has already occurred, you could be looking at a good candidate. Next, you want to see that a stock has paused or consolidated for a while so that the moving averages “catch up”
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Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has been on a growth tear in recent years, with revenue and active accounts growing rapidly. Indeed over the past 5 years, through thick and thin economically, the company has grown its top line. This growth has been driven by the increasing popularity of streaming services, as well as Roku’s strong brand and user experience.
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Is the stock falling or consolidating? Is it pulling back in an uptrend or rising in a downtrend? Sometimes it’s just hard to know what’s what, and even harder to know how to make money from chart patterns, so let’s life the veil.
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