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Estée Lauder is currently considered a high-risk stock. The brand is iconic, but it’s facing real challenges—weak sales in China, a botched acquisition, rising debt, and a stock price that’s dropped over 83% from its peak.
One of the most intriguing concepts recently discussed by Chris Begg is the idea of Value Investing 3.0. But what is Value Investing 1.0? And what about Value Investing 2.0?
In this brief market report, we will take a look at the various asset classes, sectors, equity categories, ETFs, and stocks that moved the market higher, as well as the market segments that defied the trend by moving lower.
With investor skepticism weighing on sentiment, contrasted by the opportunities in Waymo and Google Cloud, the disconnect between perception and performance has created a rare window of opportunity for long-term investors in Alphabet.
Despite Monday's dance to the downside, the S&P 500 enjoyed a pretty good week. This doesn't mean the market will be off to the races from here, but it can certainly be considered a positive.
The major indices closed with nice gains on Wednesday, but well off the highs achieved earlier in the session. It shouldn't be hard to tell what sector led – technology. But the bigger technical picture remains troubling.
Here is a short look at the 7 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, April 26, 2025. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.
Stocks stormed higher on Thursday, stretching a rebound on decent earnings, a Fed not yet kidnapped by the White House, and the novel idea that fewer tariffs might be better than more. And yet, skepticism continues to manifest.
The airline industry is facing growing turbulence as the ongoing global trade war creates a cloud of uncertainty over passenger demand and revenue projections. Amidst the gloom, this ETF in the space may look appealing.
What has Wall Street been buzzing about this week? Here is a short look at the top 5 buy calls and the top 5 sell calls made by Wall Street's best analysts during the trading week of April 21-25, 2025.
Google made an investment in SpaceX (Elon’s single biggest asset personally), and it has created a meaningful portion of their most recent profits. However, this has barely made a dent to the damage seen over the past few months.
The real question in 2025 isn't just why gold is rising. It's who is doing the buying—and what that tells us about the future of capital flows, monetary governance, and geopolitical trust.
The proliferation of leveraged speculation ensures acute fragility. And, to be sure, faith in liquidity backstops and market bailouts is absolutely fundamental to market structure.
This week gold fell $15 to $3,220 and silver slipped $0.26 to $32.19, as markets trembled, volatility surged, and the Fed is starting up the choppers for a new wave of money mania.
Stocks prices are down, yields on bonds are up, and the dollar is weakening. This is the type of behavior one expects from emerging markets falling into
Unless the tariffs as proposed are significantly reduced, the pain will be severe and will continue for longer than a year, easily outweighing any benefits.
China’s economy is an unconventional mixture of central control and subsidies, especially involving the large state-owned firms and the financial sector.
The 50 Day EMA sits right around the 19,500 level, but if we were to break above there, then we need to look at the 200 Day EMA, currently sitting just below the 20,000 region.
In this week's video, we'll review the latest charts and data to help us answer the question: the breadth thrusts nailed down on Thursday — do the charts overall align with the rare bullish signals or contradict them?
In addition to awaiting quarterly reports from several of the Mag 7 big tech companies next week, Wall Street will be anticipating Starbucks results for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday, April 29.
Gold surged another $100 at one point yesterday, and even I’m stunned by this rally. This run in gold, now to over $3,400 on a spot basis, has been so remarkable that even the major media are, well...remarking on it.
Netflix has reached a historic milestone, with its stock price soaring to an all-time high of nearly $1,101. Investors seeking to tap the bullish trend should invest in ETFs with the largest allocation to this streaming giant.
In this video lesson, I review last Friday's swing trade, the overall market in relation to my multi-time frame ports, sell rules, and the stocks in my weekly squeeze scan.
Accounting firms Baker Tilly and Moss Adams said on April 21 that they have agreed to merge in a $7 billion deal that will create the sixth-largest U.S. certified public accountant advisory firm.
Alphabet shares had spiked as much as +4% in today’s trading session, with the tech conglomerate blowing away its Q1 earnings expectations after-market hours on Thursday.
The US Dollar (USD) strengthens modestly on Friday as investors digest contradictory messaging from the United States and China regarding potential tariff negotiations.
A reader asks me about my 2025H1 recession call. I don’t have one, but here’s the latest depiction of indicators followed by the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, as well as alternatives.
One of the most important pairs charts I follow is $AW01//GC, which is the All World Equity Index divided by Gold futures prices. After months of waiting, the pattern finally completed.
Buying at fair value allows investors to fully participate in a company’s earnings and dividend growth, while overpaying diminishes that potential and increases risk.
The DOJ says Google’s dominance doesn’t just come from building better products. It’s because the company makes sure its competitors never get a chance to compete.
