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This is an interesting time to look at value investing opportunities. Earnings trends have been difficult and the potential for a “value trap” is high. A value trap is a company that appears to be trading at a discount but is really in jeopardy of seeing earnings and revenues decline or may have debt issues that may force it into bankruptcy. As you consider whether a company is a value, there’s some different paths you can take. You can focus on ...
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One of the biggest changes that may be coming in a post COVID-19 world is in healthcare. With so many hospitals having to shut down large portions of their operations in order to be ready for a surge in hospitalizations due to the virus, the financial future seems problematic. The disruptive potential in artificial intelligence (AI) technology is huge and it seems to be hitting at a just the right time. When things normalize, it’s possible that the medical profession will ...
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With the new year comes new trading opportunities. One method traders use to take advantage of the new year is to screen for companies that underperformed in the prior year. Buying these “dogs” tends to make for a market-beating year, on average. Trading Tips’ Andrew Packer explains in our latest video ...
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NIO Inc (NYSE: NIO) is a Chinese company that manufactures electric vehicles that are sold in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. The company was recently upgraded by Goldman Sachs from neutral to buy and began to really take off after Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) began trading on June 4. The company also announced record deliveries in May on June 4, 2020. As the positive news piles up, ...
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There are different ways to classify the “most bought.” It could be the number of shares, the number of insiders, the number of buy transactions, and the dollar value of the buying. In this circumstance, it comes down to the number of shares being purchased with a minimum of two transactions. Between June 1 and June 5, RCM Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: RCMT) saw insiders buy 1.1 million shares for a total value of $1.32 million in two separate transactions. RCMT ...
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With the new year comes new trading opportunities. One method traders use to take advantage of the new year is to screen for companies that underperformed in the prior year. Buying these “dogs” tends to make for a market-beating year, on average. Trading Tips’ Andrew Packer explains in our latest video ...
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The technology sector has been a huge outperformer for well over a year. If you were to take a ratio of the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 to the S&P 500, you would see the trend in the relative strength highly favor the Nasdaq since the December 2018 low. It’s not exactly unusual to see technology lead in a bull market, but that’s not exactly what we’ve been experiencing. However, the predominance of a handful of tech names have weighed heavily on ...
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With the new year comes new trading opportunities. One method traders use to take advantage of the new year is to screen for companies that underperformed in the prior year. Buying these “dogs” tends to make for a market-beating year, on average. Trading Tips’ Andrew Packer explains in our latest video ...
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