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April Stock and Fund Picks

Week 1  April is starting off well.  Still have doubts about Trump's trade policies, especially towards Mexico.  The China problem centers around forced technology transfer, or simply technology theft by a communist government.  We should never have let any of that happen.  But Mexico is simply a producer with higher bang- per- buck labor resources.  Any resources value per dollar is its productivity or value added divided by its price.  That's the same principle as when we expect consumers to…

March Stock and Fund Picks

Weeks 1 - 2: Looks like things have decided to cool off and things are relatively stable. Trump and the Chinese can still cause a major disruption so be prepared. Since you can't know when things might change and it is political rather than fundamental it is probably best to plan on holding through any disruption. That said, panic selling is always a buying opportunity so I'd have some cash on hand. Stocks to look at for growth are JLL,…

February Stock Picks

Week 1 - 2 (Feb. 1 - 15): More trade uncertainty for March 1st and looming government shutdown #2 are on the horizon. Have been all month so haven't wanted to commit to anything in the stock market. The Chinese will be watching the compromise bill to avert the shutdown so as to guess how soft a deal Trump might accept. For those inclined to be in the market consider ARCH for growth; RC and RIO as dividend growth stocks;…

January 2019 Stock and Fund Picks

Week 1 (Jan 1 - 8): It is hard to read the market. The Fed still wants to pair down its balance sheet by letting its bonds expire or to sell them. By not buying or selling US treasury's it will still cause interest rates to rise. Trump still doesn't understand the more efficient allocation effects of specialization and trade so whatever deals he makes will still make us worse off by decreasing production and increasing prices, inflation, and unemployment.…

December Stock and Fund Picks

Week 1 (Dec. 1 - 9): The market is trying to price in the Trump trade protectionism policies.  It has been doing that since January of this year.  The only other politician advocating trade protectionism is Bernie Sanders.  This tells you that such a negative supply-side policy is going to be no good.  Let's hope that Trump comes to an accord with the Chinese and the EU before we have a global recession.  In the meantime, do like that banks…

November Stock and Fund Picks

Week 1 (Nov. 1 - 9): The October sell-off has created opportunities for stock pickers.  On the other hand, Friday's hot inflation read means the market is now sure of a Dec. Fed rate hike.  As Warren Buffet warns,  "Interest rates are like gravity to stocks."  A more mechanical rationale for this phenomenon is that the higher the interest rate the higher is the discount rate on expected future earnings for stocks.  This simply lowers their present values. If you're…

October Stock and Fund Picks

Week 1 (October 1 - 5): Fed interest rate hikes are the new source of market volatility.  Cramer says that he doesn't like this market.  Given his experience, that's a big red flag.  Cramer also suggests that the sell-off has begun.  Another red flag.   Generally, stocks do well during rising rates until, of course, the Fed goes too far.  Right now the Fed is still below a neutral discount rate or Fed funds rate target.  Thus, while the Fed…

September Market Beating Stock Picks

Week 1 (Sept. 4 - 7): Trade is still a negative while just about everything else (eg., domestic economy and GDP growth, relatively low real interest rates, and company earnings) are positives. On a different issue, I don't get why the NFL allows anyone to take a knee during the national anthem.  There are a billion and one things to protest and every player can take a knee for one reason or another such that no one stands.  This disrespects…

August Market Beating Stock Picks

Week 2 (August 13 - 17): Back from 3 plus weeks of vacation.  The office staff is back to work. [caption id="attachment_782" align="alignnone" width="5312"] Busy and Tia.[/caption] Here are some pictures taken during my time away from my computer.  Guess where? Growth stocks to consider:  SNDR, VRS, VSI, and ZBRA.  SNDR pays a small dividend.  New dividend growth stocks for your retirement portfolios might include OSB and GLNCY.  The best ETFs are JSML, RZG, and VIOG. The collapse of the…

July 2018 Stock State Update

"Trump trade" noise leads to panicky sellers.  Yet, the underlying domestic economy is robust, as is earnings growth.  Actionable conclusion:  Buy the dips.  Panicky sellers simply create opportunities for the hunters.  Which of the two would you rather be?