Each week, our team publishes a blog and webcast.
Companies on occasion become the target of an “activist investor”, someone that buys a chunk of stock and ruffles feathers publicly in its advocacy to realize change. For a frustrated shareholder holding a dog, one often hopes to see a takeover or, failing that, an activist step in to serve as a catalyst to drive […]
The old phrase to “sell in May and go away” implies that investors (or, in this case, speculators) are best to sell their stocks before the calendar turns over to May and then buy them back as November approaches. Data suggests, however, that this speculative trade is not one to execute. Since the financial crisis […]
Stock splits are akin to exchanging a dime for two nickels. It doesn’t change the economic value of the company. If a stock trades at $50/share and a shareholder owns 100 shares, the value of the investment equals $5,000. If a 2-for-1 stock split is announced, the same shareholder will be given an additional 100 […]
Author Rod McQueen wrote, “Business leaders may be divided into three groups: entrepreneurs who start their own companies; hired guns who manage corporations for others; and members of the lucky sperm club.” Any time we see a stock trading with a Class B set of shares, it usually means one thing: voting control is concentrated […]
Last week, fund rating agency Morningstar downgraded Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF. After posting exceptional returns in 2020, the fund has since fallen from grace as disruptive technology growth stocks have declined sharply in value. Morningstar attributed its downgrade to the fund’s elevated risk profile. Full disclosure: we’ve never bought or sold a unit of […]
Another indicator that normally signals economic trouble ahead caught our attention this last week when the U.S. yield curve inverted. This matters because the U.S. yield curve has inverted before each recession since 1955, offering only one false signal. Not to sound overly technical, but a yield curve in plain language is a line that […]
Abraham Lincoln famously said that “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but [never] all the people all the time.” There is no shortage of information and opinions available that cover market strategy, sector trends, and individual stock recommendations for investors to consider. With […]
Commentary that the fossil fuel sector will decline and soon become obsolete – suffering the same fate of newspapers or the cable industry – is far from accurate. Next year, for the first time ever, the world will demand over 100 million barrels of oil per day. By comparison, the world needed 91.8 million a […]
Thirteen years ago this week, the market bottomed after experiencing many months of exceptional volatility and sizable declines in its stock prices. Evidence that the financial system was on shaky grounds became evident almost exactly one year prior to its bottom when investment bank Bear Stearns required a bailout and rescue buyer in March 2008. […]
