The market is much like a pendulum, swinging back and forth, or more precisely up and down. With each dip, it finds the energy to power higher to break new highs. Until the buyers are exhausted that is, and then a correction follows.
Usually, it climbs up steps, slowly and methodically, but falls down the elevator shaft.
Nvidia has been famous for its astonishing rally over the past year but on June 18, Jim Cramer came out and declared, “Nvidia, own it, don’t trade it, so far so good”
Literally the very next day the stock started to fall. And it reported its first full week loss thereafter.
When Stanley Druckenmiller revealed that his family office had taken a stake in Woodward, some head-scratching followed. What was one of the greatest investors in the world doing buying an aerospace and industrials stock?
With about 6 weeks of news being released that Woodward was among his top buys for Q1, the stock took off and perhaps it’s no surprise why as you’re about to find out.
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In the research rooms of investment management firms, returns on invested capital are keenly focused on. Buffett often speaks of this metric as a proxy for what return to expect over the long haul.
So, I decided to run a screen to find stocks with ROIC percentages north of 15%. That’s a high hurdle all by itself that most companies will fail to meet.
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Is Netflix breaking out? If you are to believe Mark Minervini, a renowned trader with a very successful track record, the answer is yes, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye.
First let’s take a look out at the chart highlighting the recent breakout above resistance of Netflix. As you can see a few days ago the share price peeked above resistance,
Yiren Digital is likely not a company you have heard of but in China it has been growing like a weed thanks to two primary fintech offerings: CreditTech and Wealth Management.
With the rapid growth of China’s fintech sector and the increasing demand for digital financial services, Yiren Digital has been putting up numbers that demand a closer look.
Usually, we talk about interesting stocks that may be on the cusp of growing revenues, profits or share price rapidly on a Tuesday but today we’re breaking from our regular programming to flag a major concern that could affect consumers. And because consumer spending is widely regarded to constitute about 70% of GDP, anything that affects it has a material impact on the broader stock market.
In spite of recent volatility, energy stocks have historically provided strong returns during periods of crude oil price recovery. With crude oil prices nearing the lower end of their range and a bullish shift in fundamentals, is now the time to begin long positions in the energy sector?
Crude oil is approaching the $70 per barrel mark,
If one key indicator is to be trusted, the U.S. economy may be headed either for choppy waters or over a cliff, and the fallout for stocks may be enormous.
While there is no doubt that the forces of money supply creation and consequently inflation drive nominal prices higher over the long-term, the short-term is less easy to forecast with the same degree of accuracy.
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Silicon Valley darling, Salesforce, saw its stock fall 16% following last night’s fiscal Q1 2025 earnings report. Growth moderated to an 11% year-over-year increase, which was the lower end of the guidance and that was enough to spook investors.
Yet the woes continued when full-year revenue guidance of $37.7 billion to $38 billion was reported because it reflected a growth projection of just 8% to 9%.
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