The story and hype around artificial intelligence drove a whole wave of technology stocks higher in 2023. Some of the gains were well-deserved and others, like Broadcom, might have mushroomed to unsustainable levels for 2024.
We took a peek at the financials to see if the current valuation matches with the price and,
Have you got your seatbelts on as this market thrusts higher like a rocket attempting to escape orbit?
Extraordinarily, the market is up 23% for the year, yet the vast majority of that gain has come in the space of just 6 weeks.
Back in early November, the chatter around where the S&P 500 would end up centered around bearish targets.
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Imagine I could reveal to you a stock that generates a cool $1 billion of income a year on revenues of $4.4 billion? That’s right a company that is so profitable it regularly reports 10-figures of profits, and now what if I told you the market values it at less than 1x sales, would you be interested?
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Buying a boat manufacturer ranks right up there as one of the most treacherous investments when interest rates are elevated, at least on the surface.
But then there’s Marine Products Corporation that trades with a price-to-earnings ratio of just 7x. Not only is the PE ratio attractive but the earnings have been growing steadily quarter over quarter and operating income looks very attractive for the past three years too.
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Following a market correction in 2022 of about 20%, this year has been topsy turvy with some stocks doubling and others lagging like an anchor is tied to their share price.
PetMed Express falls into that latter category as losses mounted but the underwhelming performance has created a potential opening for value investors to get in at really low prices.
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David Einhorn has made a name for himself as the founder of Greenlight Capital, which manages around $1.7 billion at last count in Q3 2023.
Interestingly, the fund has made a massive bet on another company with Green in its name, Green Brick Partners. It’s an unfamiliar name to many investors and even those who do know of it may wonder why such a huge position was established by Einhorn and his investment team.
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Some stocks just don’t get a lot of notoriety but they deserve the plaudits. In the United States if you were to ask someone to name a digital payment processor, you would likely hear the names Square or Stripe, but the odds are Adyen wouldn’t rank highly in a poll.
It’s with good reason that the Dutch firm flies under-the-radar.
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When you think of AI plays, Airbnb is not the first company that springs to mind. Yet, Brian Chesky’s firm has made a splash by snapping up GamePlanner.ai for $200 million.
Although it’s not apparent at first glance how artificial intelligence plays into the Airbnb business model, a deeper dive reveals the genius behind the acquisition.
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As a prominent mall REIT, Simon Property Group (SPG) share price has been doubly impacted by both the rise of remote work and the surge in online retail, leading to its dividend yield soaring to an impressive 6.5%.
This high yield has prompted a significant change in management’s investment strategy, now favoring the repurchase of SPG shares.
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Imagine your job is to grow Starbucks. You’ve got your work cut out for you launching hundreds of store locations each year in prime locations. Market research, consumer trends, cost of real estate, these are just a few of the factors you’ll need to analyze before building out the stores, and then you’ve got all the challenges of hiring baristas,
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