Retail and institutional investors aren’t the only ones who used the fourth-quarter selloff last year as a buying opportunity.  Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), one of the largest U.S. pharma companies by revenue, didn’t waste any time scooping up biotech Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG). Announced on January 3, the $74 billion acquisition is the second-largest pharmaceutical M&A deal ever (after the $87 billion merger of Warner-Lambert and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) twenty years ago). Despite the price tag, it was still a bargain. Even though BMY offered a 53.7% premium to CELG’s closing price on January 2, the latter, which lost $30 per… Read More

Retail and institutional investors aren’t the only ones who used the fourth-quarter selloff last year as a buying opportunity.  Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), one of the largest U.S. pharma companies by revenue, didn’t waste any time scooping up biotech Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG). Announced on January 3, the $74 billion acquisition is the second-largest pharmaceutical M&A deal ever (after the $87 billion merger of Warner-Lambert and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) twenty years ago). Despite the price tag, it was still a bargain. Even though BMY offered a 53.7% premium to CELG’s closing price on January 2, the latter, which lost $30 per share between August 30, 2018, and year-end, still trades below its 52-week high. This price action shows how unexpected the deal was, and how little of the future M&A premium was “baked” into the price of CELG before BMY has made its move. Identifying potential M&A targets is a difficult process, but it can be worth the effort. After all, a jump of 30%, 50% or even more is a nice payoff… But it’s never wise to simply invest in a stock on the hopes that it will one day be acquired — hence the research part.  —Recommended Link— 9… Read More

Many traders ignore seasonal patterns, simply because they’re based on the calendar.  But I’m here to tell you that seasonal trends are important, and there’s a particular one that I want to highlight this week.  To find a seasonal trend, an analyst calculates how prices performed on a certain day in the past. For example, we know that since 1950, March has been an “up” month for the S&P 500 64% of the time. Since there’s normally about a 59% chance of an “up” month, that’s a slight seasonal bias to the “up” side.  However, that’s not really a tradable… Read More

Many traders ignore seasonal patterns, simply because they’re based on the calendar.  But I’m here to tell you that seasonal trends are important, and there’s a particular one that I want to highlight this week.  To find a seasonal trend, an analyst calculates how prices performed on a certain day in the past. For example, we know that since 1950, March has been an “up” month for the S&P 500 64% of the time. Since there’s normally about a 59% chance of an “up” month, that’s a slight seasonal bias to the “up” side.  However, that’s not really a tradable seasonal pattern because it doesn’t offer a very strong signal. An example of a strong signal would be one that tells us there is a 75% chance for a market gain in the next week, or if the probability of a gain in the next week is significantly below average.  …which is exactly what the charts are showing us right now.  For the next two weeks, seasonals are weak and that tells us to expect a pullback in the broad stock market.  There are several ways to look at seasonals. Two of the more popular techniques are shown below in… Read More

I can’t think of a stock that’s more hated. We’ve written about this company several times before. And just about every time we mention it, we end up receiving nasty emails admonishing the fact that we would cover — let alone recommend — investors own shares of this company. In fact, it happens so often that whenever we cover this stock, I instruct our staff to put in a mention that this investment isn’t for everyone. If you don’t want to invest in this stock, I can certainly understand. But if you have an open mind toward this black sheep,… Read More

I can’t think of a stock that’s more hated. We’ve written about this company several times before. And just about every time we mention it, we end up receiving nasty emails admonishing the fact that we would cover — let alone recommend — investors own shares of this company. In fact, it happens so often that whenever we cover this stock, I instruct our staff to put in a mention that this investment isn’t for everyone. If you don’t want to invest in this stock, I can certainly understand. But if you have an open mind toward this black sheep, you’re likely to appreciate what it can do for you. —Recommended Link— Larry Claims He Makes $213,000 A Year Using This System On average, a handful of investors quietly make $1,543 a month with this simple, 3-step system. Some, like Larry from Washington, will bank 6-figures this year. To find out what you’re missing, click here NOW… Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) is the world’s second-largest tobacco company, behind only China National Tobacco. And it might take the title for Most Hated Company on the Planet, if I were to guess (although a few others could certainly give it… Read More

The ongoing situation with Boeing (NYSE: BA) is important for investors to watch.  As you probably know, on Sunday, March 10, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed just six minutes after takeoff in Ethiopia, killing all 157 passengers and crew aboard.  Authorities have begun investigating the cause of the crash, which was the second crash involving that particular model within the span of several months. In the meantime, a number of countries issued orders to ground the Boeing model, with the U.S. following suit on Wednesday.  Safety concerns about the airplane maker’s 737 MAX aircraft are a tragedy, and… Read More

The ongoing situation with Boeing (NYSE: BA) is important for investors to watch.  As you probably know, on Sunday, March 10, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed just six minutes after takeoff in Ethiopia, killing all 157 passengers and crew aboard.  Authorities have begun investigating the cause of the crash, which was the second crash involving that particular model within the span of several months. In the meantime, a number of countries issued orders to ground the Boeing model, with the U.S. following suit on Wednesday.  Safety concerns about the airplane maker’s 737 MAX aircraft are a tragedy, and I don’t have any intention of minimizing them. And we don’t have a clear idea of just how much this will affect Boeing just yet. But from an investment perspective, history shows that problems in a single company can spark a significant decline in an overvalued market. Let me explain… #-ad_banner-#Historic examples include the October 1989 market crash that followed the collapse of a leveraged buyout deal for United Airlines. That crash was small, with the S&P 500 falling a little more than 6% that day, but the deal’s collapse showed traders that buyouts were risky. The news pushed prices down… Read More

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Here at StreetAuthority, we spend a great deal of our research efforts digging through hundreds of investment ideas, SEC filings, earnings reports and analyst reports so we can identify what we believe are the best investment opportunities for our subscribers. We wouldn’t continually waste our efforts if it didn’t prove fruitful. Over the years our hard work has delivered some incredible gains for our premium readers. And perhaps no single piece of research we do has been more profitable for more people than our annual Top 10 Stocks report for the coming year. —Recommended Link— How I hacked the stock market and got away with $37,000 One of my readers told me “[He] had zero experience but made approximately $40,000 in 2 years.” Click here for the easy (and legal) secret…… This report, which is produced by the Top Stock Advisor research team, has proven to be one the most anticipated pieces of research we produce each year. When we first started this ambitious project in 2003, our stocks beat the market by twelve percentage points. Then in 2004… 2005… 2006… 2007… we trounced the market. In the market crash of 2008, we saw losses like everyone else… Read More

In 1851, Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones founded the New-York Daily Times. The paper sold for a penny. By 1857, the company changed its name to The New-York Times. It wasn’t until 1896 that it dropped the hyphen. Finally, in 1969, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) became a publicly traded company. Contrary to what you may have heard a certain U.S. President claim, the New York Times is hardly failing. In fact, I think it may be one of the next big winners we have over at my premium service, Maximum Profit.  Here’s why… The Case For NYT… Read More

In 1851, Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones founded the New-York Daily Times. The paper sold for a penny. By 1857, the company changed its name to The New-York Times. It wasn’t until 1896 that it dropped the hyphen. Finally, in 1969, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) became a publicly traded company. Contrary to what you may have heard a certain U.S. President claim, the New York Times is hardly failing. In fact, I think it may be one of the next big winners we have over at my premium service, Maximum Profit.  Here’s why… The Case For NYT The news organization is the third most widely-distributed circulated paper in the United States, behind USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. It’s been awarded 125 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. The New York Times has thrived in a world where it’s seen many of its peers fail.  For example, The Tribune Company, which owns the Chicago Tribune and, until recently, the Los Angeles Times, filed for bankruptcy in 2008. And it’s not alone: Newsroom employment has dropped by more than 20,000 in the past 15 years, and newspaper circulation is at its lowest level since… Read More