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The Truth Behind Your Terrible Performance>>
2022 has been a year tough year for any investor that hasn’t had any exposure to oil & gas or commodities. Outside of a few industries, anything other than the above mentioned stocks have experienced significant losses. In fact, if you own any company trading more that 5x sales, you’re most likely ready to file…
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The End of Meta?
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), the artist formerly known as “Facebook,” reported their fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday. The result cost the company ~$230 billion in market value, equivalent to a 25% decline in the stock, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a personal loss of $30 billion in net worth. Slower growth, impacted by Apple,…
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Is the Market going to bounce?; What Should We Do?
Investors have been left feeling a bit uncomfortable as the Dow, the S&P and the Nasdaq, have been left in correction territory since the start of 2022. Emotions are kicking in, and stocks are experiencing the most outflows since March, 2020. #FinTwit is having a meltdown as half of its users believe the optimal time…
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How to “Beat the Market.”
Warren Buffet, considered by many to be the “greatest investor of all time,” constantly speaks about his investing style. “Buy wonderful businesses, at a fair price, and hold them forever.” Simple as that. That was the way I approached investing in 2021. With some savings, I started buying every great company that I could think…
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Which Way Will We Go? Follow the Fed>>>
I wrote an article on December 22nd, highlighting the faulty rebalancing of the Nasdaq 100. Let’s take a look at the year-to-date results of those stocks: Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) – 16.83% down Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) – 19.24% down Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) – 15.63% down Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) – 10.07% down Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:…
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Is Netflix just a “Pandemic Stock,” after all?
It feels almost traditional for me to see one of my biggest holdings, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), fall dramatically after hours, post-earnings. Since I bought the stock in late 2019, I’ve become accustomed to watching the stock fall, often in double-digit percent, on earnings misses, subscriber growth slowdown, and a general lack of stable cash…
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The “Anything but Tech” Rally.
The market has been on edge to start the new year with Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, announcing that the Federal Reserve will commence with hiking rates, as early as March of 2022. With the expectation being anywhere between two-three hikes this year, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), has since predicted that a fourth could be…
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Is Costco Really That Good, or is the Chicken Just Cheap?
There’s something about a stock, that has gained over 16,000% in the span of 30 years, that really gets the blood pumping. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is one of the best performing stocks in history, and there are only a handful of names that can truly compete. (But what makes Costco such a winner?)…
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Charlie Munger is still bullish on BABA. Should you be?>>
Yes, Charlie Munger, the 98-year old vice president of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) is still bullish on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). In fact, he’s so bullish, he bought another 300k shares on top of his already owned 300k shares. To prove how bullish he is, he even purchased the ADRs listed on the New York…
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Understanding a company’s Market Cap >>
If i tell you the price of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock is $180, what does that tell you? Not much. If i tell you that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has a stock price of $2770, does that mean Google is a more valuable business than Apple? Not at all. Why? Because of Market Capitalization. What is…
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