I had a very mixed reaction when I heard Trump telling WalMart to “Eat the Tariffs”. The economist in me was upset that Trump refuses to acknowledge that in the short run tariffs are absolutely ...

The S&P 500 (SPY) has broken out above the 200 day moving average. Does that mean that bear market fears are now over? And ...

We spent the last few weeks contemplating what it means for the S&P 500 (SPY) to break below the 200 day moving average. The good news is that it rarely becomes a bear market. The bad news is that ...

My monthly webinar for the Zen Investor service is set for Wednesday afternoon. The focus of that presentation is whether the election of Donald Trump changes my stock market outlook. I thought that ...

The theme in last week’s commentary was that, once again, mega caps are leading the way and smaller stocks are lagging behind. This explains how the S&P 500 (SPY) was making new highs in early October ...

Wednesday was an exciting day as the headlines proclaimed that the S&P 500 (SPY) made new all time highs at 5,796. This was nice to see after the weak start to the month. Sadly, this is a hollow ...

In the famed Stock Traders Almanac, author Jeffrey Hirsch shares statistics on how September is the worst month of the year for stocks. Investment commentators love to site these facts to get people ...

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) reported its first-quarter results on April 15. The company comprehensively surpassed Wall Street’s EPS and revenue estimates. In this piece, I have discussed why it ...

One of the screens we use in the POWR Options trade selection process involves comparing recent performance to help identify relative underperformance in Strong Buy (A – Rated) stocks. The expectation ...

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) exemplifies the pinnacle of the market’s fervor for artificial intelligence. Renowned for its semiconductor innovations, NVDA’s chips are serving as the cornerstone of the AI ...

TXT – With escalating geopolitical instability driving the spending levels of economies, backed by rapid technological adoption among industry players, the air defense industry’s prospects appear ...