Joseph Hargett
Joseph HargettEditor, Great Stuff
Joseph Hargett is the editor of Great Stuff, a daily Banyan Hill e-zine that keeps you informed on the hottest trends on Wall Street, provides you with the key information to make you filthy rich (*your results may vary) and inspires the best in dinner-table conversation. Great Stuff is finance with an edge.
Joseph joined the Banyan Hill team in 2016. Hailing from the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area, Joseph has spent more than a decade specializing in stock market analysis and stock and options trading strategies. Prior to joining Banyan Hill, Joseph cut his teeth in the research department of a well-respected options-based newsletter and was a regular contributor at both Forbes and InvestorPlace. He has worked as an analyst for the small-cap and biotech sectors at Cabot Heritage Corp. in Boston, Massachusetts. Joseph has been regularly quoted in a plethora of media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Money Show Digest, Reuters, USA Today, MarketWatch and Sentiment Magazine.
Joseph Hargett,
Editor, Great Stuff
Joseph's Articles
Tesla Sets Walmart on Fire … Literally August 21, 2019 Great Stuff - Mr. Powell’s Wild Ride I’m exhausted. Are you exhausted? August has already seen the S&P 500 Index make eight moves of 1% or more. Eight! And the day’s not even over yet, let alone the month. Today, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its July 30–31 policy meeting. Wall Street will be scouring […]
Millennial Market Madness; Baidu’s Blowout; iQiyi’s Leftovers August 20, 2019 Great Stuff - Millennial Market Madness We have a problem in the market right now. It’s driving massive amounts of fear and panic. No, not U.S.-China tariffs … the other problem. Not slowing global economic growth … the other problem. Not the potential for General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) crappy accounting to bring Wall Street to its knees […]
German Stocks Are Stimulating; Weibo Corp. & Estée Lauder Find Earnings Success August 19, 2019 Great Stuff - Germany and China join the economic stimulus bandwagon, and Wall Street loves it.
GEnron, Nvidia’s New Normal and Buying Greenland August 16, 2019 Great Stuff - Friday Four Play: GEnron, Nvidia’s New Normal and Buying Greenland The word on the Street today is that the market’s rallying because of strong consumer spending. Well, rallying is a strong word. Bouncing, maybe? Pretty much any positive news is going to lift spirits at this point, and Wall Street is clinging tightly to any […]
Walmart Won’t Yield for the Inverted Curve; Alibaba Black Sheep August 15, 2019 Great Stuff - No Money, Mo’ Problems OK, class. Today, I’m going to try to learn you something. I’m sure you’ve heard that the Dow plunged more than 800 points yesterday — its biggest one-day loss of the year. The reason for that plunge was the inverted yield curve. You may have also heard from the financial media […]
Averting the Trade War on Christmas August 14, 2019 Great Stuff - Averting the Trade War on Christmas I knew there was another reason for the delayed tariffs that I overlooked. The real reason. Yesterday, I riffed on the “Pavlov’s dogs” motif when talking about the market’s reaction to the tariff news. You know, the news that the 10% tariffs on Chinese imports would be delayed until […]
The Curse of Pavlov’s Market; Verizon’s Tumblr Fire Sale August 13, 2019 Great Stuff - Pavlov’s Market Wall Street has been conditioned. The White House says a trade deal is practically done … the market rallies. The very next day, the White House levies 10% tariffs on Chinese goods … the market plunges. Ring the bell once — rally. Ring the bell twice — sell-off. We are truly living in […]
How Uber Lost $5.2 Billion In 3 Months With This 1 Trick August 12, 2019 Great Stuff - How to Lose $5.2 Billion in 3 Months: The Uber Story My flippant attitude and punny sense of humor are both a blessing and a curse. Just ask my wife of 20 years. She’ll tell you the same thing. It appears that you, dear readers, are now in the same boat as my wife — […]
Mattel’s Mysterious Whistleblower & Uber’s Über Loss August 9, 2019 Great Stuff - Friday Four Play: Core Prices, Chips and Uber Hit the Skids Remember when Fridays were fun? You’d go out with coworkers or friends after work to relax and forget about the week. Lately, it seems that we’re going out just to maintain our sanity after all our hard investing work gets dashed to pieces by […]
Roku Stock Up 31% – Great Stuff Rocks Two Wins In One Week! August 8, 2019 Great Stuff - AMD Epyc Part 2: Electric Boogaloo Rome wasn’t built in a day … I bet you’re tired of hearing that one. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Nasdaq: AMD) just dealt another blow to Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), and investors are Caesaring the day. (You can pay me back for that bad pun at the Total Wealth […]
