21 08, 2023

Can You Time The Market? YES!!

By |2023-12-18T14:27:05+00:00August 21st, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Featured: Retirement Education Services, Market Timing, Stock Market, Stock Market News, VectorVest News|Tags: , , , |

By Steve Chappell, Global Head of Trading Systems Development for VectorVest, Inc. It has always been ironic to me that seemingly everyone on Wall Street says, “You can’t time the market,” and then proceeds to make predictions about its future. Somewhere along the way, market timing became a myth, or worse, a total investing taboo. [...]

21 08, 2023

Palo Alto Networks Gains 15% After Upbeat Earnings & Forecast: Should You Buy This Stock?

By |2023-12-07T19:53:50+00:00August 21st, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

Over the past month or so, shares of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) had fallen more than 15%. Analysts and investors alike sent the stock into a downward spiral, overreacting after the company scheduled its earnings call for a Friday. There is no question that this is a rare occurrence, but investor sentiment can be [...]

21 08, 2023

SELLING STOCKS SHORT

By |2023-12-07T19:53:53+00:00August 21st, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market, Stock Market News, The Views|Tags: , , , |

Written by: Angela Akers The US Fed meeting minutes were released this week and they were more hawkish than anticipated causing interest rate concerns to resurface. Additionally, the global economic concerns that have permeated the last several weeks intensified this week with more bad news for China, the world’s second-largest economy. So, we’ve experienced [...]

18 08, 2023

Hawaiian Electric Stock Tanks on Concerns of Wildfire Liability: Cut Losses or Weather the Storm?

By |2023-12-07T19:53:53+00:00August 18th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

The wildfires in Maui are officially the most deadly in the US in the last century, claiming the lives of more than 110 people so far. People have already rushed to assign blame - citing blunders by the city’s emergency chief, the mayor, and now, Hawaiian Electric (HE). Shares of the state’s energy provider [...]

17 08, 2023

Lyft CEO Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is With $1.1m Stock Purchase: Should You Follow Suit?

By |2023-12-07T19:53:56+00:00August 17th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , |

Lyft (LYFT) has been trending positively over the past few months, and CEO David Risher has decided to hop aboard with an insider purchase of $1.15m in company stock. He flat out said, “I’m putting my money where my mouth is”. The purchase works out to 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock. Risher [...]

16 08, 2023

Target Points to Weakening Demand and Pride Month Debacle in Latest Earnings: How Bad is it?

By |2023-12-07T19:53:59+00:00August 16th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

Early this morning Target (TGT) reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations while revenue fell just short of analyst estimates. But, the key takeaway from the call was that the company was reevaluating its full-year guidance, walking back its previous forecast. In fact, the company is expecting sales to decline by mid-single digits for the [...]

15 08, 2023

The Metals Company Stock Pops After News of a $27m Capital Raise: Does it Justify Buying the Stock?

By |2023-12-07T19:54:05+00:00August 15th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

Word broke on Monday morning that the Metals Company (TMC) has been approved to raise gross proceeds of as little as $27 million or up to $38 million through a registered direct offering. The company specializes in deep-sea floor mining, pulling low-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules. And after struggling to retain its [...]

14 08, 2023

Can Stealthgas Inc. Continue Higher From Here?

By |2023-08-24T23:25:18+00:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Stealthgas Inc. (GASS), is a Nasdaq-listed firm incorporated in 2004 with headquarters in Athens, Greece.  The company provides global seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users, as well as ships natural gas and crude oil.  The company maintains a fleet of 36 LPG ships with a capacity of [...]

14 08, 2023

U.S. Steel Gains 30% After Declining $7.3b Offer – Should You Buy X as Other Offers Are Considered?

By |2023-12-07T19:54:08+00:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

Shares of U.S. Steel (X) have skyrocketed more than 30% so far in Monday morning’s trading session. The company just turned down a whopping $7.3 billion offer to acquire the company from Cleveland-Cliffs.  This deal would have had incredible implications for the steel industry as a whole - but for now, it’s business as [...]

13 08, 2023

Key Criteria to Consider Before Purchasing An ETF

By |2023-08-24T19:25:27+00:00August 13th, 2023|Categories: ETF, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, VectorVest|Tags: |

by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Purchasing ETFs is more complex than purchasing mutual funds and individual stocks when you take into account their key attributes and the dizzying number of choices available.  With a universe of 3,159 ETFs, investors and traders struggling to select a few ETFs for their regular and retirement portfolios may [...]

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