When does the market top? Looking back at prior bubbles, one rule of thumb to internalize is “when price goes vertical, a top may be near”. If you’re the mathematical type, think of the angle of ascent that price takes. Usually, a bull market plods along, slow price rises push up against the Wall of Worry.
A powerful investing lesson lies hidden in the movement of Nvidia this year. As the calendar turned to 2023, the stock was trading at $143 per share. Within fewer than two quarters, it had catapulted well above $300 per share. What could justify a 169% year-to-date return?
In 2022, Forbes released a “Best Banks In America” list and placed one little-known bank at the top of the list. Impressively, it was the third time five years that the bank had topped the prestigious list. Yet few investors are aware of this under-the-radar bank: Home Bancshares.
At time when interest rates are rising and banks are dropping like flies,
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Billionaires like Buffett claim the headlines but Jeffrey C Smith has grown in prominence to build over $5 billion in assets under management. Remarkably, his largest position commands a 14.7% stake in his portfolio, and he’s allocated it to a well-known stock that appears significantly undervalued: GoDaddy. What’s the bull case for his purchase?
Trading volume is like oxygen for market makers, and over the past decade off-exchange market makers like Virtu Financial have soaked up a lot of trades from individual investors, creating a fortune for shareholders.
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Apple made a splash recently with its announcement that iPhone users who have an Apple Card are now eligible to earn up to 4.15% annually. The announcement came as a shot across the bow to the already fragile banking industry. After all, who is more trusted than Apple with its fortress balance sheet to hold your money in a safe place?
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Warren Buffett had a lot of interesting things to say recently in a discussion with CNBC’s Becky Quick, but a few really stood out to us.
Asked whether the economy is in a better or worse place than six months ago, Buffett was unequivocal. He first mentioned a business in his portfolio experiencing a 22% sales decline.
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When you go hunting for dividend-paying stocks, a tenured growth streak offers a lot of confidence that the company can sustain its payout to shareholders. One stock that fits that bill is Enterprise Products Partners, a midstream energy company that offers a mouth-watering 7.44% dividend.
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