Investing Strategies & Updates

Doing the Potomac Two-Step Through Earnings Season

July 30, 2018

Inside the beltway that circles Washington D.C., politicians liken staying out of trouble as “doing the Potomac two-step.” It simply means dancing skillfully through a minefield of potential career-ending scenarios. For stock investors, this past week has required the deft and grace of Fred Astaire to avoid the hidden trapdoors revealed by what is now […]

Tougher Talk on Tariffs Risks Fueling Market Volatility

July 23, 2018

Investors are doing their best to focus on record second-quarter earnings while letting the war on trade play itself out in the financial media. It is tough when Microsoft reports five-star results and has almost no impact on the well-being of the broader tech sector. There is a general feeling of broad support for bringing […]

China’s Bear Market Will Dictate the Trade War

July 16, 2018

The tale of the tape for both the Chinese and U.S. markets during the heated tariff skirmish is quite telling. And since most investors are of the view that “the tape doesn’t lie,” it is revealing to see how the global market views the brewing trade war in terms of who wins and who loses. […]

Market Looking Past Tariff Tussle

July 9, 2018

U.S. stocks got off to a positive start Friday amid signs that President Trump may ease back on plans for tariffs on European cars. It’s possible the United States could abandon its threatened tariffs altogether in exchange for certain concessions. In the meantime, this latest tactical move by Washington is giving investors hope that some […]

Looming Trade War Poses Real Challenges if Tariffs Kick In

July 2, 2018

Markets continue to hunker down amid little news of any breakthrough in the tit-for-tat tariff battle that threatens to become an all-out trade war amid President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion in Chinese imports. China’s highly publicized “Made in China 2025” outlines a state-backed industrial policy targeting 10 sectors in […]

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Tougher Summer Trading Landscape Sets in

June 25, 2018

The Dow may be in the red so far in 2018 and the S&P 500 may be ahead only 3% year to date, but there is a sizzling summer rally taking place among big-cap technology and small-cap stocks. Most so-called FAANG stocks –Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and […]

Looking for Bargains in Bullish Sectors

June 18, 2018

It has been an impressive week for the Nasdaq as the technology-weighted index soared to a new all-time high last Thursday to touch 7,768 before pulling back slightly in Friday’s tariff-related sell-off. In all actuality though, most tech stocks are behaving very well when it would seem only natural that traders would be inclined to […]

Generating Rising Income in a Rising-Rate Market

June 12, 2018

I get emails from many subscribers about how best to generate a reliable income stream that accomplishes the goals of beating the rate of inflation, isn’t at risk of price erosion because of rising interest rates and sports a yield that greatly exceeds that of the dividend aristocrat stocks and investment-grade bonds, CDs, Treasuries and […]

Strong Jobs and Earnings Trump Tariffs and Geopolitics

June 3, 2018

The market landscape of the past couple weeks has been fraught with headline risk that has resulted in several big moves in many asset classes and key stocks that tend to dominate investor sentiment. I think the most notable event has been the sudden decline in the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury moving from […]

Summertime Seasonality about to Kick in

May 28, 2018

The week leading up to the extended Memorial Day holiday weekend is typically an upbeat one for stocks. More confusion about the deal or no-deal situation with China and the possible delay of the North Korean summit affected stocks last Wednesday, but buyers stepped in on the sharply lower opening to support the market. This […]

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