It’s been a tough 14-month stretch for the major market averages. While investors focused on great businesses trading at deep discounts to fair value have managed to outperform the indexes, it hasn’t been easy and many former leaders have been taken out and shot. With the S&P 500 (SPY) now up ~15% off its lows,…
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Dozens Of Catalysts On Deck For This Stock
While commodity stocks often allure many investors given their ability to return upwards of 200% in a strong year, they are not for the faint of heart. This is because cyclical stocks can rise just as quickly as they fall, they regularly retrace over 70% of their advances and they can be extremely volatile. It’s…
Small-Cap With A Double Digit Yield
In a market where positive returns could be fleeting due to abnormal volatility, stocks offering high yields can be very attractive options given that they guarantee returns and often help to smooth portfolio volatility. Some of the best candidates that fit this bill are TC Energy (TRP) and Enbridge (ENB), and ideally one wants to…
CELH Continues To Post Industry-Leading Growth
We’ve seen a much better start to the year than 2022, with the S&P 500 (SPY) clawing back some losses after the worst year for the market since 2008. Although this is a positive for investors enjoying seeing some green in their portfolios, it’s made stock-picking a little more difficult. This is because it can…
High-Growth Auto-Parts Name Breaking Out
It’s been a volatile past year for the major market averages, with several bull traps laid by the market, placing a severe dent in the portfolios of investors that stumbled into these snares unexpectedly. One of the areas where we’ve seen the most traps and damage occur is in the growth space, which is understandable…
A REIT That’s A Play On The Cannabis Sector
It’s no secret that the cannabis sector, tracked by the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS), has been a place where capital has gone to die in the past two years. In fact, while the Nasdaq Composite (COMPQ) may have just endured a 40% peak-to-trough decline, the Pure US Cannabis ETF is down 87% from…
Growth With An Attractive Dividend Yield
2022 was a rough year for investors, with nearly all S&P 500 (SPY) sectors ending the year in negative territory, except for energy. Meanwhile, staples and utilities exited the year with only a marginal decline, with many investors looking to play defense. Fortunately, 2023 is off to a much better start, with the S&P 500…
Undervalued Restaurant Stock With A Competitive Advantage
One of the best ways to generate alpha is to uncover early-stage growth stories, and the best place to find these names is in the new IPO list. However, given that IPOs see a lot of excitement when they begin trading and debut at lofty valuations, I prefer to place these names on a watchlist…
Cheap Exposure To The Restaurant Sector
2022 was a year to forget for investors in stocks and bonds, with it being one of the worst years in history for combined stock and bond returns. Not surprisingly, the difficult year has led to many investors reeling in their expectations as we head into the new year. This is reflected in the share…
Self-Care Company With Dirt Cheap Valuation
While value investing is a highly profitable strategy that has stood the test of time and has been employed by many famous fund managers, one ruler I typically use to separate the wheat from the chaff is the 80% decline rule. This rule means that unless the overall market has declined by 40% or more…
