Avoid This Semi Stock Like The Plague?
On August 1st, Intel released its Q2 earnings report, much to the chagrin of longtime shareholders.
In the release, the company reported a 1% year-over-year revenue drop alongside a quarterly net loss of $1.6 billion. Much more concerning was the company’s plan for a cost reduction campaign that involved layoffs, reduced capital expenditures and a suspension of the company’s quarterly dividend. » Read more about: Avoid This Semi Stock Like The Plague? »
Read MoreAlert: 1 Under the Radar Stock BIG Money Is Buying
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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Read MoreMarket Commentary: How To Spot The Next Big Move
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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Read MoreMarket Commentary: How To Read Charts To Make Money
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.
Key Points
- View charts on a weekly time horizon and a 2 year time frame to get a clear overview of broader trends.
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Read More1 Billion Reasons To Buy Buffett’s #1 Stock
While Buffett’s massive cash pile of nearly $300 billion on the books at Berkshire Hathaway has been making waves, what few are paying attention to is how much he’s actually earning on that money every day, week or month.
It turns out Buffett is raking in just shy of a cool billion dollars each and every month just from interest earnings on his war chest.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Buffett’s Mystery Holding Unveiled: How To Play It
Speculation has been rife for some time about why Berkshire Hathaway requested special exemption from disclosure of a holding that most likely it has been building a position in.
Buffett knows as well as anyone that his holdings are carefully observed and many followers plough into them with abandon when revealed.
He also has admitted that so few purchases will move the needle for Berkshire now that it’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Spotlight: Dine On Steak After This Brazilian Breakout
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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Read MoreThe Daily
Warren Buffett Just Identified the Biggest Threat to Berkshire Hathaway
One of my favorite things to read has been published. No, it’s not a magazine or a new book by one of my favorite authors. Instead, it’s Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 1.67%) (BRK.B 1.68%) shareholders (of which I’m one).
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