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The use of the word “staples” is intentional in that the companies that produce products in this sector are considered staples for consumption purposes. Think of those things that you probably can’t live without and it’s probably a staple. The consumer staples sector is broken into four major categories or industries. The industry groups are as follows: food, beverage, and tobacco; household and personal products; and food and staples retailers. With nearly 70% of GDP made up of personal consumption expenditures, ...
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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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Some of the greatest opportunities can be found in beaten down, ignored stocks under $5. Especially those with solid long-term growth and strong fundamentals.

• Digital Turbine (APPS) ran from about $1.20 to a high of $102.56 for 8,447%.
• Harmonic (HLIT) ran from $4.30 to a high of $12.22
• Marathon Oil (MRO) ran from a low of $3.64 to $25.58

While we often hear that sub-$5 stocks are “there for a reason” and “should be avoided at all costs,” that’s bad ...
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BioLife Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: BLFS) is a medical technology company located in Bothell, WA. The company produces bioproduction tools for the cell and gene therapy. The company provided a preliminary revenue announcement on July 1. The release shows a 43% to 46% increase in revenue year-over-year from the same quarter in 2019. The CEO, Mike Rice, commented: “Despite the continued impact of COVID-19 on the biotech industry and specifically, the cell and gene therapy market, we continued to drive revenue growth ...
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Continental Resources, Inc Stock (NYSE: CLR) is a crude oil and natural gas production company. They have among the lowest cost of operations amongst their peers and primarily operates in the Bakken field in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. The company is operating three rigs currently, but is targeting running off of two rigs by the end of 2020. As oil prices continue to hover around $40 and last week’s report of a large oil inventory draw, the ...
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Last week, the CSI 300 Index closed at a five-year high as the data is starting to show signs of life in China’s economy. The increase in bullish sentiment helped lead Chinese stocks to the biggest one-day move since February 2019. The data that help spur on today’s buying spree was the Caixin manufacturing PMI and the Caixin Services PMI that posted values greater than 50. Values above 50 is an indicator that the economy is in expansion. The excitement on ...
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On June 30th, 2020, gold prices topped $1,800. That’s an eight-year high for the metal, and it’s also close to the market’s all-time peak of $1,900 set back in 2011. In a time of economic uncertainty, massive amounts of government stimulus, and non-market fears permeating the world, gold will likely continue to shine—and set a new high along the way. The gold futures contract suggests the uptrend will keep going for a while yet. As gold prices fare, gold stocks, particularly gold ...
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There are a number of ways to invest. For investors looking to get the best returns—as long as they don’t mind a little risk—growth stocks can be a great way to meet your investing needs. The best part about an investment in growth stocks, or companies that are seeing rapid growth in their earnings, sales, and cash flow, is that they can massively beat the stock market average over time. That makes it a great counterweight to the value stocks, dividend ...
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