Despite short-term volatility, many stocks are still making a strong run to all-time highs. For example, this year alone, Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) is up 21%, Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) is up 64%, and Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) is up a whopping 119%. It’s easy to look at a chart’s price action and think you’ve missed…
Bottom-fishing for exceptional businesses is a great strategy if done carefully, but there is a less popular strategy that also works great. Trend followers employ this strategy, and its goal is to buy stocks that are making new highs – especially during bear markets. The rationale behind this strategy is that if a stock can…
After a quasi-normal summer, the spread of the Delta and Lambda variants and rising hospital cases are leading companies to reconsider their recovery plans. Some of the biggest corporations in the U.S. updated policies this week following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. United Airlines (UAL) and Walmart (WMT) will require…
August 2021 My name is Wayne Burritt and I’m CEO of Burritt Research and a MarketClub analyst. I research and write about investments, cryptocurrencies, and data science. Earlier in my career, I worked for companies like Bank of America and Morgan Stanley doing a bunch of stuff with numbers and investments. But lately, I spend…
The days may begin to cool in the U.S., but the stock market is RED HOT! August was one of the strongest months in the last two decades for the benchmark indexes. Tech companies helped to keep things rolling with the high-flyers closing out August with jaw-dropping gains. With the anticipation of stock splits (split…
More and more states around the U.S. are imposing shelter-in-place or stay-at-home executive orders, making it illegal for residents to leave their homes for non-essential purposes. With a record number of people stuck in the house, the online gaming industry has a captive audience like never before. Through online and mobile gaming, players can spend…
The United States is taking serious precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus — encouraging the private sector and in some cases requiring the public sector to transition non-essential personnel to teleworking. State and local governments are also canceling public events and canceling schools. With millions of Americans hunkering down in their homes, many service-based…
Updated January 21, 2020 Many companies that pay strong and reliable dividends are powerful performers able to offer extra cash to investors. This cash or stock offer sweetens the deal for the investors that are able to find only the strong-trending stocks with the highest dividend yields. With MarketClub’s scanning technology, members can quickly confirm…
Niche companies can be great bargains for investors. Having a specialized market share or product ensures repeat business. It also allows the company to grow without a lot of competition to contend with. In a high-demand industry like real estate, that kind of singular focus could be a catalyst for bigger things. For one niche…
Next week is a big week as some of the Street’s biggest players are scheduled to report their stock earnings. With the US economy growing faster than expected in Q1 of 2019, beating expectations by more than 35%, traders are eagerly waiting to see how EPS shake out for the companies leading their sector. This…