The Momentum Market is the Hot Topic … What Should We Make of It?
All you hear about these days with regard to markets are how it is a momentum market. Read any of these analysis pieces … or look at the chart heading the page … and you will realize that the momentum market is only that. The fundamentals, things like covid (and more importantly the staying power of covid), unemployment, debt levels, business uncertainty, etc., etc., etc., are overwhelmingly negative. Strangely, the prospect of a continued divided Washington helps ameliorate the risk of meaningful business tax increases. Draw your own conclusions, but start here:
Election Distraction has Taken Eyes off Our Economic Ills
Weighing the Week Ahead: A Lesson from Swiss Cheese
Wall Street Breakfast: The Week Ahead
Jim Cramer’s Stock Market Warning is Spot On – So, Sell Something
S&P 500 Weekly Update: New Highs Achieved While Some Call for a ‘Dark Winter’ Ahead
China moving forward in Asia-Pacific cooperation
RCEP trade pact is signed after years of negotiations
Wall Street Breakfast: Largest Trade Deal Ever
Finding winners during this uncertain time
The hunt for value never ends here. You may have the opportunity to jump on stocks that should prosper when Biden wins officially. Plus, with the Pfizer/BioNTech news things are starting to become clearer. The big caution remains the overall prognosis for markets. Be sure to seek out opportunities fundamentally strong in their own right.
Income Investing
5 Dividend Aristocrats to Buy, and 5 You Better Avoid
‘Income Factory’ or ‘Dividend Growth Investing’? – Can You Have it Both Ways
Value vs. Growth: Buy These 5 Top Dividend Stocks if You Want Both
2 High-Yield Dream Stocks for a Rich Retirement
Other Ideas
The 15 Highest Quality Blue Chips to Buy With Market at All-Time Highs
It never hurts to revisit last week’s ideas:
Building your knowledge each week
We scour the web for those who may not live and work in the industry. The hope is that these weekly selections can help build a base of understanding and appreciation for the core concepts that underly the more complex analysis that sometimes resides at the top of the page. This week we have some insight on retirement itself and the strategy to back it, plus a primer on diversification in your portfolio. Don’t be scared by these two, there is a ton of good background information in each of them. It is worth wading through to pick up some great nuggets.
2 High-Yield Dream Stocks for a Rich Retirement
The 15 Highest Quality Blue Chips to Buy With Market at All-Time Highs