A huge electronics company is teetering on the edge of a sharp decline. The company is so large that it accounts for 17% of its home country’s entire GDP. Recently surpassing Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, the company is constructing the world’s biggest mobile phone factory in Vietnam.#-ad_banner-# However, this leading company is starting to show signs of being overvalued. In fact, it has warned about its upcoming earnings release, and the company’s shares are down about 7% since the end of December. If you haven’t guessed, I’m talking about Samsung (OTC: SSNLF). While Samsung is… Read More
A huge electronics company is teetering on the edge of a sharp decline. The company is so large that it accounts for 17% of its home country’s entire GDP. Recently surpassing Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, the company is constructing the world’s biggest mobile phone factory in Vietnam.#-ad_banner-# However, this leading company is starting to show signs of being overvalued. In fact, it has warned about its upcoming earnings release, and the company’s shares are down about 7% since the end of December. If you haven’t guessed, I’m talking about Samsung (OTC: SSNLF). While Samsung is primarily traded on the Korea Exchange, there are ways for U.S.-based investors to capture profits from its decline. One of the most compelling things about stocks is that profits can be made regardless of which direction the price moves. Although the majority of investors profit only when shares are rising, there is a subset of investors who specialize in trading the downward moves. I am not talking about waiting for a stock’s pullback and buying the dip (as I have written about several times) — I mean actually making money when shares decline in value. This tactic is… Read More