The US registered another loser week for stocks, which makes it two in a row, but historically speaking, this conforms with the past as the Stock Traders Almanac says this is what often happens in the first two weeks of August.
Who’s right – the short sellers or the analysts? I’ve done the grunt work to see what positive views the analysts might have about those companies that are heavily shorted.
A rally for stocks (on the back of a lower job creation figure for the American economy) U-turned when hourly wage numbers in the state of the labour market report rose more than expected.
I’m backing a 10% rise in the stock market this financial year, as a minimum. To that I’d add at least 5% for dividends. I’m hoping the RBA doesn’t make it all too difficult by raising rates too high and thereby creating a recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up again, and this week registered the 13th day of rises on the trot, which hasn’t happened since 1987.
In a climate changing world, can you seriously invest in oil, gas and coal stocks?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fought for a 10-day in a row rise, which are the best consecutive up-days for the index since 2017! This coincided with the Nasdaq dropping over 2%, as initial jobless claims in the US fell to a two-month low, which sparked some to argue that this will push the Fed to give another rate rise this upcoming week, which hurt tech stocks.
I’ve uncovered 8 quality businesses with a 20% or more upside.
In case you’re wondering, early Saturday morning for me starts with a ‘crawl’ out of bed and the first thing I grab is my mobile phone. I quickly click on the markets’ app, and today for Wall St it was green on the screen!
Warren Buffett would advise “to be greedy when others are fearful” and given the likelihood that we’re closer to the end of rate rises than at the beginning, I feel it might pay to be both greedy and brave in the not-too-distant future with your investing.
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