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To mark an example of how I go about trying to time earnings beats and time buys into potentially explosive growth stocks, I’d like to highlight the most recent purchase of MEMC Electronic Materials. For those that read this blog, you’ll know that I had been high on MEMC most of this month after reading […]
This post might be better titled as a guide to buying growth stocks, but it sounds more impressive as a guide to picking earnings beats. It’s my general strategy to timing entry into stocks. My criteria are simple, but this quarter it has yielded tremendous results. It’s a strategy I believe can work regularly, but […]
Happy Halloween! Here’s a post in the spirit of the day. We’ve all heard of the Superbowl Indicator and the whole “sell in May and go away” tenet. But, have you ever heard of the Halloween Indicator?
Actually, the Halloween Indicator is actually the resolution of the “Sell in May and Go Away” strategy. It refers […]
Well, here we are at the start of another earnings season. Investors are at the edge of their seats wondering what to do hoping that earnings, or at least guidance, for the last quarter will soothe their fears of a slwoing economy and slowing consumer demand. So, what is one to do? If you’ve invested […]
When markets begin to turn or have already fallen, many investors turn to fixed income to weather the storm. Typically speaking, fixed income refers to bonds which pay a fixed amount each year to their holders. Hence, fixed income each year. For those who want to continue to have exposure to the markets, a portfolio […]
Not interested in changing your whole asset allocation model or just too lazy to learn about international markets and other less popular asset classes? Confident in your stock picking ability and would rather put together a portfolio of individual names? Well, in times of economic distress, you might want to narrow your hunting grounds. Recessions, […]
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