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Don’t Bottom Fish for Speculative Growth Stocks
February 7, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, Investment Opportunities, Trading Strategies
In today’s Your Money Matters, Clint Lee gives you the lowdown on areas of the market that are starting to see steep falls from their highs. Does that mean it’s time to go bottom fishing and grab those opportunities? Before you get ahead of yourself, Clint says to take a step back and look at the big picture. Because yes, many speculative areas of the market are tempting and have already seen a 50% peak-to-trough decline, but it’s not what it seems. Clint guides you toward the sectors that have seen true carnage, trade at reasonable valuations and are seeing good expected earnings growth. He also gives you three solid stock picks. Options Arena: The More, the Merrier?
February 6, 2022 Investing, Oil, Options Arena, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
In today's Options Arena, our experts duke it out on a major movement happening right now: the push to "democratize" investing. Chasing Performance, Rising Fed Rates and “Crypto Winter”
February 4, 2022 Cryptocurrency, Investing, Real Talk, Stocks
(2-minute read) Bubbles weren’t the only thing Charles tackled this week… Performance Chasers Turned This ETF’s River Into a Swamp (3-minute read) Performance chasers got the worst of both worlds when they invested in a popular exchange-traded fund.
The Signal From Junk
February 1, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
That happened fast. Just 15 trading days for the S&P 500 to hit correction territory (at least on an intraday basis) last week, making it one of the fastest in history to kick off a new year. That’s a bit concerning on the heels of a mostly calm 2021, where the S&P 500 barely registered a 5% decline. Does this sudden burst of volatility tell us something about the stock market? Are we now careening over the edge and staring into a bear market abyss? Before you assume that 2022’s bad start is about to turn into something worse, lean on history to guide you.