ALLIGATOR MARKET: Calm Surface Hides Danger Below
The S&P 500 is a market cap-weighted index meaning the largest companies by market cap have the greatest impact on its direction. A handful...
Is There Hope in Stocks?
In The Wall Street Journal, Jack Pitcher discusses the big outflows in stocks and the potential for a turnaround. He writes:
Investors have a sour...
Blank Check Company Boom Goes Bust
The Boom in blank check companies has turned into a bust. According to the WSJ, many blank check firms or SPACs, are down more...
Global Liquidity Is Increasing Despite the Fed
Despite efforts by the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and the Bank of England to decrease global liquidity, it is increasing instead and driving...
Your Survival Guy’s Number One Recommendation in Times Like These
Originally posted October 27, 2022.
OK, what’s Your Survival Guy’s number one recommendation in times like these--when inflation is running hot and interest rates are...
Meme Stock Gurus Indicted in Pump-and-Dump Scheme
Bloomberg's Bob Van Voris reports that meme stock gurus Edward Constantinescu and Perry Matlock have been indicted, along with six others involved in what...
The Death of Value Investing
Originally posted January 23, 2018.
Value investing is dead, or so one might have assumed based on the relative performance of value portfolios during the...
What Happened to All the Stock Buybacks in 2022?
Stock buybacks have fallen short of expectations in 2022. At The Wall Street Journal, Spencer Jakab explains what happened, writing:
Washington hates stock buybacks as...
Your Survival Guy’s Hunkering Down in His Cave, Join Me
Happy Friday. What a trashing in the tech sector. Meta is off 70% year to date, Amazon is getting trashed this morning, and Apple’s...
What Happened to Day Trading?
You may have noticed that your brother-in-law or college buddy hasn't been talking your ear off as much lately about the trades he's making...