If World War 3 Breaks Out, Own This Stock
With news breaking recently of a drone attack by Ukraine on Moscow, it appears the stakes have risen and tensions escalated.
Amid the backdrop of war, defense contractors are a natural play on the markets. And they don’t necessarily even need the US to get involved to benefit.
Reportedly, President Biden stated that many of the so-called aid packages to Ukraine are in fact funds that never leave US shores but instead land in the coffers of defense contractors, » Read more about: If World War 3 Breaks Out, Own This Stock »
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1 No-Brainer Cable Stock to Buy
Usually cable stocks should be avoided like the plague. The trend towards cord-cutting has been unrelenting as streaming services like Netflix came to the forefront over the past decade. After all, why pay $80 per month when you can pay $10 for a range of movies on your favorite streaming platform?
But most of the well-known cable companies compete against each other in city environments and have to fend off stark competition.
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1 Virtually Unknown Driller Is Way Undervalued
When it comes to energy stocks, some names leap off the pages. Exxon, Valero, Conoco Phillips are all well-known but what about the lesser known names, is there an opportunity to find one trading at bargain basement prices there?
We stumbled across one such firm that likely has never crossed the radars of most investors.
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Market Commentary: Will The Fed Lose Control?
From 1982-2023, a massive bull market in share prices took place, creating enormous wealth. But the prior decade or so between 1966-1982 was quite the opposite. Indeed, investors who bought the top in 1966 would have had to wait a full 15 years before seeing their investments turn profitable.
The bull run over the past forty years has been intermittently interrupted by stock market crashes,
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1 Weird Advantage NVIDIA Has Over Magnificent 7
In spite of recent share price turbulence, NVIDIA has been on an astonishing run over the past 5 years with the stock gaining a remarkable 2,317%.
To give you a sense of the magnitude of the bull run, NVIDIA’s revenues were $10 billion in 2020, but have soared to $60.9 billion in the intervening years.
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Is This Old Buffett Favorite Now Worth Buying?
Once upon a time Wells Fargo was beloved by Warren Buffett. Despite scandal after scandal plaguing the company, his conviction couldn’t be shaken, until finally the accumulation of issues appeared to spark a sell.
As a reminder, here are the scandals that rocked Wells Fargo over the years:
- September 2016: The fake account scandal
- September 2016: Improperly repossessing service members’ cars
- December 2016: Wells Fargo fails its ‘living will’ test
- March 2017: More fake accounts
- March 2017: Flunked community lending test
- April 2017: Whistleblower wins $5.4 million and his job back
- August 2017: Lawsuit over overcharging small business retailers
- February 2018: Sacramento sues over discrimination against black and Latino borrowers
- March 2018: Wealth management investigation emerges
- April 2018: $1 billion settlement for mortgage locks and auto-loan issues
- May 2018: Altering business information without client knowledge
- May 2018: $480 million to settle securities-fraud lawsuit
- June 2018: SEC fine for leading investors astray
- July 2018: Refunds over add-ons like pet insurance and legal services
- August 2018: Hundreds of houses foreclosed on due to computer glitch
- August 2018: Wells Fargo pays $2.1 billion for its role in housing bubble
- March 2019: Wells Fargo among advisors sanctioned by SEC for fee-disclosure practices
Since Buffett offloaded his position,
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457 Million Reasons to Buy This Auto Stock
When you find an investment manager overseeing $1.2 billion, it warrants further investigation when they bet one fifth of their entire portfolio on a single stock. Yet that’s exactly the conviction that Impactive Capital demonstrated by betting 20.4% of their portfolio on an automotive retailer.
Amid the universe of thousands of stocks, what is it that Impactive portfolio managers saw in Asbury Automotive that motivated them to allocate $457 million of their fund to it?
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Investors craving energy plays in 2025 may wish to consider this 8%-yielding UK stock
Traditional energy companies have been buoyed by rising prices and Donald Trump’s pro-oil US presidency at the start of the year. In this market climate, high-yield UK stock Harbour Energy (LSE: HBR) might be an option to consider for those eyeing returns as well as price appreciation.