Week 1 (Nov. 1 – 10): Goldilocks global economy and the three bears are no where in site. Consider SQ, INTC, MMM, GRUB, MB, SAFM, ASIX, LAZ, and CRL for growth. Some of these like MMM, and LAZ also pay dividends that offer more growth. Keep cash on hand for any corrections, or for buying… Continue reading Weekly Stock Picks for November 2017
Category: Stocks of the Week
September 2017 Stock Pick Performance
September was another challenging month. So many fear October that sellers tend to dominate the month and finding stocks that might make gains is more challenging. The Base stock portfolio beat the NASDAQ and performed nearly as well as the DOW and S & P 500. The best performer was the regional banks (KRE). Shopify… Continue reading September 2017 Stock Pick Performance
October 2017 Stocks of the Week
Warren Buffet thinks that the low-interest environment creates a situation in which stocks are NOT overvalued and that there are good buying opportunities out there. Also, the general consensus is that there are more positives than negatives that might affect the stock market in the near term. That said, some analysts continue to stress the… Continue reading October 2017 Stocks of the Week
September 2017 Weekly Stock Picks
Week 1 (9/5 – 9/8): September is generally a worse month for stocks than August, which wasn’t very good. Still, stock indexes finished August at nearly their break-even points. Adjust your expectations for September to include a greater risk for profit taking and a market correction, and for stocks to finish the month lower. This… Continue reading September 2017 Weekly Stock Picks
August Weekly Stock Pick Recommendations
Week 1 (July 31 – Aug 11): For growth, I suggest looking at INTT, NVMI, KLIC, TFECY, LYV, and GILD. For dividend growth and income, consider MPLX, and NTES. ETF’s that pay around 8% quarterly and provide strong growth are IHD, and IAE. An undervalued CEF that pays monthly is the Boudler Growth and Income… Continue reading August Weekly Stock Pick Recommendations
July 2017 Weekly Stock Recommendations
Stock picks for the 1st week of July, 2017 (July 3 – 7), with markets closed July 4, 2017. The tech sell-off created buying opportunities. July, week 1 stock recommendations must include AAPL. I’d also consider TREE, TCMD, NTES, ANET, JD, JPM, CRIUF, and ARCC. ARCC is a large, solid business development company that pays… Continue reading July 2017 Weekly Stock Recommendations
June 2017 Stock Picks of the Week
Stock tickers to consider adding to your portfolio for the week of June 5 – 9 are: Two Chinese growth stocks BABA and WB; Dividend stock with strong dividend growth AVGO; High yield dividend stocks STWD, HSBC, IRM, and EPD; the technology dividend fund TDIV; and the speculative stocks NEO and AERI. Take no more… Continue reading June 2017 Stock Picks of the Week
May 2017 Weekly Stock Picks
Busy moving my daughter to Los Angeles, CA this month and have gotten behind. The best I can do now is to combine the 1st and 2nd week’s stock picks for May into one set. These tickers are: ZIXI, BOTZ (a fund for robotics and AI), CELG, AEIS, and ABMD. I expect these to beat… Continue reading May 2017 Weekly Stock Picks
April 2017 Stock Picks and Market Strategy
Trading range, consolidation, pull-back to 200 day support line are all possibilities to look forward to in the near term. The market tends toward risk-on with good news about fundamentals such as the ADP hiring report this Wednesday. By contrast, political uncertainty “noise” has a strong, or even stronger, negative effect pushing investors into the… Continue reading April 2017 Stock Picks and Market Strategy
Flow Theory of the Stock Market
Flow theory is about the flow of money into and out of stocks, economic sectors, and the overall stock market. I am going to focus on the overall stock market. Flows into and out of the stock market occur for different reasons in the longer-run period (greater than 1 or 2 years) versus the shorter-run… Continue reading Flow Theory of the Stock Market