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Investors looking for the next “big thing” in investing are likely to find what they want by seeking out small cap stocks. Small caps are a somewhat flexible term, but any company with a market capitalization under $1 billion is definitely one.  In today’s world, with some companies having trillion-dollar-plus valuations, even $10 billion could be considered small, although after that, you start to get into the mid cap category. Some are growth stocks with a high earnings yield, others ...
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Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) was founded in February 1997 by Richard Kinder and William Morgan. It began with the acquisition Enron Liquids Pipeline, a publicly traded limited partnership. The company today attracts dividend investors with its 7.75% yield and the deal just sweetened with the additional acquisition by Richard Kinder. In 2014, the company shook the master limited partnership (MLP) world when it brought all of their majority owned MLPs under one corporate structure. The company that had ...
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National Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: FIZZ) produces sparkling water, juices, energy drinks and carbonated soft drinks. On Friday, the company closed 7.86% lower on significant volume. As the price was wilting, the bearish option activity was heating up. The move was a breakout from a bullish channel since April and coupled with the option activity is a signal for a much larger bearish move. While there was no significant news that caused the price to fall, the option activity was significant ...
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I call these kinds of companies my COVID-19 list. It’s not that they’re infected, it’s just that they have been affected either positively or negatively by the closures that have happened across the world. The shift to online spending has certainly helped companies like Amazon, and the closing of malls and the concern about going out in public affected retailers like Macy’s negatively. As we look forward to this week, these companies may give us a handle on the direction ...
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The stock market has had an incredible ride this year, and with many workers now stuck and home and with sports events cancelled or delayed indefinitely, chances are the ride will stay wild.  That’s because this year’s events have resulted in a confluence of new investors.  Whether they’re simply folks finding more free time during working hours or someone finally willing to try out the stock market with a stimulus (or unemployment) check, there’s been an explosion in small retail investors this ...
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Oil. Black gold. Texas tea. However you refer to it, it’s still a product in hot demand, even in a world seeing lower and lower costs for alternative energy. While the oil sector can be cyclical, it’s also tied to the economy. So it’s no surprise that oil has had a tough year, with Brent crude prices going from $60 at the start of 2020 to negative $40 as traders needed to get out of futures contracts, to a pop back ...
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On Thursday, the Advance GDP numbers came out and it posted the largest decline in U.S. history at 32.9%. This should create alarm for the very dire predicament we find ourselves in. This may create more desire on the part of Congress to put an infrastructure bill before the president to sign. As the infrastructure chorus builds, these infrastructure names may start to gain. In 2019, America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act was signed and at $287 billion became the largest amount of ...
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After a disastrous earnings, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ: BBBY) has been climbing the hill over the past few weeks and finds itself at its pre-earnings high near $11.50. As the price faded from its high yesterday, the put option volume surged to nearly six times the average and is indicating another leg lower. On July 8, the company announced earnings that saw its EPS miss the estimates by over 60% and the price closed nearly 25% lower ...
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