Written by: Angela Akers The market began the New Year with a bang. In the first two trading weeks, the Dow added 3.5%, the S&P500 rose 4.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 5.9% and the Price of the VectorVest Composite (VVC) increased 5.6% through January 13, 2023. However, the mood soured a bit this week as [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve had its final meeting of 2022 last week and raised interest rates by 50 basis points, from 4.25% to 4.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell set expectations that the Fed funds rate will increase to between 5.00% and 5.25% by early next year and remain at that level [...]
How to spot what companies are hiding in their accounts In the latest episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, we have the founder and CEO of Accountant Online, Larissa Feeney in our show, to share her insightful views based on her professional experience in the accounting industry. What are the key principles that underpin a [...]
ESG & Tech Show – What is driving fintech and is it investable today? In the latest ESG & Tech show episode, I discussed fintech, what drives it and whether it’s an investable theme right now. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, fintech is financial technology. It includes everything from payments, online banking, [...]
How to Be Imperfect with Money During the latest episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, I interviewed Allegra Brantly, Factora Wealth on the topic of “How to be Imperfect with Money”. We chose that title because often the thought “I must be fully ready/prepared/educated to take action” can truly debilitate people from moving forward. If you’ve [...]
ESG & Tech Show – Fastest Growing ETFs During the latest episode of the ESG & Tech Show, I considered multiple perspectives on the theme of the “fastest-growing ETFs” as it's worthwhile to consider this from different angles. I’ve examined ETFs many times in the show and a brief explainer points out that ETFs are [...]
ESG & TECH SHOW – BLOCKCHAIN – A DISRUPTOR During the latest episode of the ESG & Tech Show, I focused on the blockchain. It’s a topic that is gaining more and more traction all the time. It has the potential to disrupt many business models and is often mired in confusion. Therefore, it merited [...]
Top 5 Stock Market Investing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) During the latest episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, I discussed the top five stock market investing mistakes and how to avoid them. They consist of: o ignoring market timing o letting emotions get in the way o forgetting why they bought the stock in [...]
Nobody Analyzes Stocks Like VectorVest VectorVest issued a SELL rating for AMZN on 1/20/22 at $3,033.35, with a Value of only $1,359.13 per share. As of April 29, 2022, Amazon (AMZN) has plummeted from $3,033.25 to $2,483.00 since VectorVest's SELL rating on January 20, 2022. That’s an 18% loss in just over 3 months! [...]
VectorVest issued a sell warning for Carvana, before the stock collapsed, saving investors from this devastating loss. Only VectorVest issued a SELL rating for Carvana on 10/4/21 at $294.07. VectorVest calculated the value of the stock at just $37.29, alerting investors that it was extremely overvalued. Since 10/4/21, Carvana (CVNA) has plummeted to $59.75, as [...]
