Stock Market

Stock Market Collapse Could Turn to Profits Fast The best investors are those who are able to see opportunity in any situation. Right now, the opportunity is a total market collapse brought on by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The stock market, I'm sure you've noticed, has been infected…

Marijuana Stocks & Renewable Energy Stocks on the Rise While the president of the United States doesn’t dictate the future of the stock market (and is often credited or blamed too much for the economy's performance), when in office, the president’s policies can often determine the future of…

Time to Look at the Laggards This Year for Big Gains In 2019, the stock market was dominated by the momentum stocks, particularly the brand-name technology stocks. But this doesn’t mean value stocks were left out of the action; the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned a healthy 22.3%…

Why the Dow Jones Could Hit 30,000 in 2020 2019 was a great time to be long on stocks, even with all of the trade-war noise. Just when we thought a U.S.-China trade deal was within grasp, it slipped away. The action on the stock market was a…

Warren Buffett's Investment Strategy Provides Signals You don’t get the title the "Oracle of Omaha" easily. The word "oracle" is, of course, a reference to the soothsayers of ancient Greece, renowned for their supposed ability to predict the future. Warren Buffett may not have any sort of magical…

Profiting from a Recession One of the most important indicators for recessions has just gone off, prompting many to predict that a major economic pullback is in the offing in the near future. The bond market yield-curve has inverted. In layman’s terms, that means that shorter bonds are…

Market Could Fall 10%, But That Means Opportunities As I'm writing this, the Dow Jones is down 400 points and has breached its 200-day moving average as we see some selling emerge from the escalation of the U.S.-China trade war. A month ago, I was cautiously optimistic that…

China Deal or Framework Will Lift Stocks Traders and market participants will be anxiously listening for any clues on how President Donald Trump will proceed with the China trade war, as the initial deadline is set to expire on March 1. No deal or extension and we could see…

Economic and Political Risk to Drive Trading in 2019 I'm glad to say "bon voyage" to 2018, as it was one of the most difficult times to invest in the stock market, with intraday volatility becoming the norm. Now, I can't say with confidence that things will be…

Stock Market at a Dangerous Crossroads It has become increasingly frustrating to witness the resurfacing of selling capitulation in the stock market in what has so far been a hazardous year for bulls. But while I'm not ready to throw in the towel and accept that the bulls…

Bear Market in Tech Momentum Stocks Raises Red Flags At this juncture, as we move into the final five weeks of the year, the state of the stock market looks fragile. At the start of the year, I was optimistically forecasting gains of 10% or more for the stock market,…

Why the End of the Bull Run Has Not Yet Materialized What started on a promising note in early January has turned sour after the sell-off on October 24 drove the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 into a technical correction. At the close, and prior to the oversold…

Venture Capital: The Walled Garden of Finance As a basketball fan, I’m comfortable knowing I can never become the next Shaquille O’Neal. That’s fine. No amount of weightlifting can transform me into a 7-foot, 325-pound juggernaut. But when it comes to making money, I do everything in my…

How to Buy Canada Stocks Two factors are making American investors look north of the border to Canada. The first is that, in January 2018, the Donald Trump administration made its intentions clear by frowning on marijuana legalization. The second is that, in the summer of 2018, Canada will…

Stock Market Chaos Can Generate Opportunities The major stock market volatility over the past week and a bit may be new to some of you, but for me, it wasn't such a big deal, given that the run-up in January and 2017 was not reasonable. I have also experienced…

Market Sell-Off Means New Opportunity The world is not ending, folks, despite the Dow plummeting 660 points on Friday. The stock market is clearly adjusting after what was a ridiculous January, when the NASDAQ was up over 8.5% at one point prior to the selling. The reading of…

One Top U.S. Marijuana Stock You Can’t Miss We’re only a month into 2018 and marijuana stocks are already lucking out. As predicted, 2018 is turning out to be a great year for marijuana stocks. The top marijuana stocks are soaring through the stratosphere and there are good…

XNET Stock: Blockchain Is No Laughing Matter I have stumbled upon Xunlei Ltd (NASDAQ:XNET) stock, and I must say that this company is very intriguing. It operates in the cloud computing space, and it has recently ventured into the blockchain arena. Given the backdrop created by Bitcoin and the…

Cray Supercomputing Prowess Could Mine for Bitcoin So, I think I caught your attention with my mere mention of Bitcoin, but I don't have a cryptocurrencies play. Rather, it's a supercomputing company that could be used for mining Bitcoin. Of course, that's only my conjecture, and not based…

ServiceSource Could See a Doubling In searching for beaten up technology stocks that have failed to follow the NASDAQ on its 30% run this year, I've found an aggressive micro-cap that offers traders with an appetite for risk: ServiceSource International Inc (NASDAQ:SREV). SREV stock is down 45% year-to-date,…