24 08, 2022

Zoom is Down 78% as the Pandemic Fades…Buy, Sell or Hold?

By |2023-12-07T21:16:24+00:00August 24th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

While the pandemic put many companies out of business, others found an opportunity to thrive. One such company is Zoom. The video teleconferencing company became the primary way for companies to meet (besides Google Meet) over the past 2 years. Zoom’s stock price reached a high of $559 in October of 2020 at the height [...]

23 08, 2022

This Pension Fund Sold Off Top Tech Stocks to Buy Walmart…Should You Do the Same?

By |2023-12-07T21:16:24+00:00August 23rd, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

A Canadian pension fund (Public Sector Pension Investment Board) recently made dramatic changes to its portfolio. PSP Investments currently manages over $180 billion in assets, so this news has investors scratching their heads, wondering if they should follow suit. After cutting positions in three top tech companies - Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft - they [...]

19 08, 2022

GM Restores Quarterly Dividend – and With Momentum in its Sails, the Stock is Rated a Buy

By |2023-12-07T21:16:25+00:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Back in April of 2020, the world's second-largest automaker - General Motors - made the decision to cut its dividend payouts. This decision came at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when companies were hit the hardest. In February of 2020, the company paid out a dividend of 38 cents. And on September 15, [...]

19 08, 2022

Target Feels the Effects of Inflation in Latest Earnings Report – 2 Reasons It’s Still Rated a Buy

By |2023-12-07T21:16:25+00:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The second quarter wasn’t kind to many companies, especially retail stores like Target. As inflation continued to heat up, the company saw its profits drop an astounding 90%. While competitors like Walmart are suffering the effects of inflation-weary customers as well, the extent to which Target has been affected is far more significant due [...]

17 08, 2022

Despite 2nd Quarter Woes, Nvidia is Still Rated a Buy for These 3 Reasons

By |2023-12-07T21:16:25+00:00August 17th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Nvidia chose to release 2nd quarter earnings a few weeks early - and the results were less than investors had hoped for. While the company is known for being reliable and safe, it fell short of expectations - coming in at just $6.7 billion in revenue. This is a 17% discrepancy from the $8.1 [...]

17 08, 2022

Disney Surpasses Netflix in Subscribers…But Does This Alone Make it a Buy?

By |2023-12-07T21:16:26+00:00August 17th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

It’s official - Disney+ has surpassed Netflix in subscribers. Now, take this with a grain of salt - as Disney+ includes ESPN+ and Hulu, two other streaming services the entertainment company owns. Nevertheless, the milestone is an important one - as Disney is poised to take a stronger grip on the streaming space than [...]

16 08, 2022

Warren Buffet Loves Chevron…So Why Shouldn’t You Buy it Right Now?

By |2023-12-07T21:16:26+00:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

With interest rates soaring, investors are looking for safe stocks to invest in. Back in 1981, Warren Buffett’s advice for times like these is to look for companies that: Can increase their prices quickly and easily to keep up with inflation/interest rates Can take on new/more business without having to invest heavily By keeping [...]

16 08, 2022

AMD Thrives Despite Plunging Desktop CPU Sales: 3 Reasons This Stock is Rated a Buy

By |2023-12-07T21:16:26+00:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , |

As the desktop CPU market plunges, one stock situated within the industry continues to thrive - and that’s AMD. Despite record-low desktop CPU shipments, AMD (Advanced Microdevices) managed to report gains in the last quarter. What makes this particularly interesting is that AMD’s competitors - Intel, Nvidia, and more - are struggling. Yet, through [...]

16 08, 2022

The Auto Industry is Cooling Off – and CarGurus is Starting to Feel the Heat (Why CARG is Rated a Sell)

By |2023-12-07T21:16:27+00:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , |

The used car market - and the auto industry as a whole - has been rapidly growing over the past year and a half. The market peaked in February, and while prices are still higher now than in previous years, we’re seeing the median price of pre-owned cars finally start to trend back to [...]

11 08, 2022

Google’s Negative News Week Has Investors Scrambling…Here’s Why VectorVest Still Rates it a Buy

By |2023-12-07T21:16:27+00:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , |

It’s been a tough week for Google as far as the news goes. Headlines about lawsuits and software crashes, and even a riff with another tech-giant Apple for texting standards are all making noise. As you can imagine, this news has investors scrambling - but, our system still rates Google a buy. There are [...]

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