I’ve long been an everything-happens-for-a-reason disciple. And while the stock market sometimes exaggerates or undervalues a company or a sector (providing a good reason for stock-picking), if an underlying trend exists, a company’s stock price action cannot operate in isolation. This is why it’s important to know your stocks and sectors, and that’s why single-company valuation should be viewed together with that of its group’s. For such comparisons, having a watch list of potential holdings is quite helpful. Ergo, I present to you a watch list I created for a group of leading cloud computing companies. As you can see… Read More

I’ve long been an everything-happens-for-a-reason disciple. And while the stock market sometimes exaggerates or undervalues a company or a sector (providing a good reason for stock-picking), if an underlying trend exists, a company’s stock price action cannot operate in isolation. This is why it’s important to know your stocks and sectors, and that’s why single-company valuation should be viewed together with that of its group’s. For such comparisons, having a watch list of potential holdings is quite helpful. Ergo, I present to you a watch list I created for a group of leading cloud computing companies. As you can see below, the entire group had a strong rally earlier this year, a rally that was interrupted by the fourth-quarter market rout. With the underlying trend of corporate IT moving to the cloud and the accompanying multi-billion-dollar spending (which is forecast to reach $160 billion this year, an increase of 23.2% over 2017, according to the International Data Corporation), the selloff could be viewed as a buying opportunity, at least for the best of the group. A Closer Look… All the companies on this list are peers of the No. 1 cloud pick in my premium service, Fast-Track… Read More

In a recent issue of Fast-Track Millionaire, I introduced my subscribers to a feature our portfolios have not seen until now: a market hedge. And not just any hedge. A high-quality bond might protect you from stock volatility, but it’s not likely to make you a lot of money if the market tanks. —Recommended Link— “It’s like getting 26 paychecks advanced to you in ONE LUMP SUM!” Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. Read More

In a recent issue of Fast-Track Millionaire, I introduced my subscribers to a feature our portfolios have not seen until now: a market hedge. And not just any hedge. A high-quality bond might protect you from stock volatility, but it’s not likely to make you a lot of money if the market tanks. —Recommended Link— “It’s like getting 26 paychecks advanced to you in ONE LUMP SUM!” Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. Today, I’d like to tell you a little about it — and why you might want to consider implementing this tool yourself. #-ad_banner-#While I think abandoning the market is not the answer to recent volatility, this does not mean I want my readers to stand idly by and watch the value of their portfolios decline. One solution is to start building a portfolio hedge. A hedge, by definition, is something that would make you money in case your main investment won’t. And I believe one such hedge exists. Of course, it’s not fool-proof — there is no guarantee, just as… Read More

How do you position yourself into the end of the year in order to maximize the potential for gains and while minimizing exposure to the least-promising stocks? With the markets taking wild swings on an almost daily basis for the past month, this question becomes more important than ever. —Recommended Link— 9 Investment Revelations For 2019 From toppling the titans of Monday night entertainment to robotic heart surgery… 2019 will be a very interesting year for investors. Want to know where the smart money will be in 2019? Discover 9 Game-Changing Predictions for 2019 NOW. The answer to the… Read More

How do you position yourself into the end of the year in order to maximize the potential for gains and while minimizing exposure to the least-promising stocks? With the markets taking wild swings on an almost daily basis for the past month, this question becomes more important than ever. —Recommended Link— 9 Investment Revelations For 2019 From toppling the titans of Monday night entertainment to robotic heart surgery… 2019 will be a very interesting year for investors. Want to know where the smart money will be in 2019? Discover 9 Game-Changing Predictions for 2019 NOW. The answer to the first part is relatively simple, albeit not easy: the best stocks are usually the ones that are positioned to grow in good times and bad. But it can be harder to determine stocks that are best to ignore (if you don’t own them) or to sell (if you do own them). It could be even harder to pull the trigger. #-ad_banner-#Even as the market, during periodic re-evaluation processes, inevitably creates new bargains, some stocks remain too dangerous. Their relative unattractiveness could stem from their deteriorating businesses, over-leveraged balance sheets, or inept management. So today, I want to concentrate on some… Read More

There are many tools designed to help investors analyze their portfolio holdings and to ultimately weed out undesirable or riskier stocks. Financial analysis is always helpful, of course, but studying companies’ balance sheets and their filings requires a lot of time and effort. Financial ratios, such as Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Sales, Debt-to-Equity and others are all very useful, but some are more readily available than others. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See… Read More

There are many tools designed to help investors analyze their portfolio holdings and to ultimately weed out undesirable or riskier stocks. Financial analysis is always helpful, of course, but studying companies’ balance sheets and their filings requires a lot of time and effort. Financial ratios, such as Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Sales, Debt-to-Equity and others are all very useful, but some are more readily available than others. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to cash in HERE, starting at $3,080 per month. For the most recent stock screen I shared with my Fast-Track Millionaire subscribers, I chose one of the “less-available” ratios to search for companies with questionable financial health, with the ultimate goal of locating a set of stocks investors are better off avoiding. As a second measure, I reviewed revenue growth from last year. But let’s start from the beginning. A good measure of a company’s overall health is Return on Equity (ROE). This financial ratio shows, generally speaking, how much profit is generated for shareholders’ equity stake. #-ad_banner-#A negative… Read More

After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance… Read More

After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance As you can see in the table below, some sectors have been holding up better than others, most notably the utilities and consumer staples, reflecting — no surprise here — a flight to safety this quarter. #-ad_banner-#What might come as a surprise, though, is how different the long-term performance of the sectors has been. If there is a discernable trend here, it’s that growth has been strongly rewarded over the past decade. We can clearly see that the sectors that have, because of their structural nature, benefited from the productivity growth and other changes brought on by 21st century… Read More