It’s taken a while–what with the distraction of another potential government shut down. BUT IT’S ALL NOW AVAILABLE. You can find the complete version under the Special Reports tab.
What you need as an investor and what your portfolio needs is a road map to the likely events of the beginning of this new administration. And a take on what those events are likely to mean for the financial markets–and the prices of stocks and bonds. And recommendations on what moves to make to respond to the events of the first 100 days of a Trump Administration. Which is what this Special Report is all about. Here /i’ll give you an investor’s calendar to the first 100 days of Trump; a run-down of the likely effects on the financial markets of the events in the first 100 days; and recommendations for moves that you should make with your portfolio.
Today I added Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) as Pick #9 in my Special Report “10 New Ideas for an Old Rally.” Here’s what I wrote in that Special Report.
Today I made Verizon the sixth pick in my Special Report “3 Strategies and 1O Picks for a Yield Drought.” Here’s what I wrote.
Let’s start with the 4.54% yield. And then note that, if you hold a bill to maturity, it is essentially risk free. Compare that combination to gold which has a comparable degree of risk but pays a yield of 0%. Or to a 3-month CD where the average U.S. yield is 1.52% or to a 6-month CD where the average U.S. yield is 1.68%.
Today I added Qualcomm as Pick #8 for my Special Report “10 new stock ideas for an old rally.” The stock is already a member of my Volatility Portfolio. Here’s what I wrote
Today I added American Airlines Group as Pick #4 in my Special Report 10 New Stock Ideas for an Old Rally. Here’s what I wrote.
Here’s what I wrote today when I added Vulcan Materials to my Special Report “10 new stock ideas for a old rally.”
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had a banner first half of 2024 with the index climbing more than 17% as of June 30. But two-thirds of that gain is attributable to just six stocks: Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), Amazon.com (AMZN), Meta Platforms (META), and Apple (AAPL.).Track the performance of equal-weighted version of the S&P 500–rather than the commonly tracked index where the contribution of any stock to the index is weighted by market cap–and the index was up just 3.9% in the first half of 2024. For the second half of 2024 and looking ahead to 2024, I’m not so much worried about the fundamentals of this extraordinary rally as I am by a failure of market imagination Everybody owns the same 6 stocks. Hey, I get the excitement around these stocks and the boom in Artificial Intelligence. I share it. Which is why I own shares of Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet in my online portfolios. But there are 494 other stocks in the S&P 500. And 2000 stocks in the small-cap Russell 2000.(Up 9% in the first half of 2024.)After a rally that has recorded 30 new record highs for the S&P 500 just the first half of n 2024, some of that other 494–or 2000–are actually better stock buys, and likely to out perform the 6 stocks everybody owns from their current record high prices. But which ones? That’s what my Special Report: “10 New Stock Ideas for an Old Rally” is all about.
Today I’m making Rockwell Automation my sixth pick in my Special Report 5 Next Big Things. This pick just about completes the picks for my first of those 5 Nect Big Things, the Next Phase in the AI boom.
Traders and investors reacted to Apple’s (AAPO) AI announcements during the first days of the company’s World Wide Developers Conference with enthusiasm today sending the stock up 7.26% in June 11 trading. That’s a new all-time high for the stock. Technology analysts were at best mixed. Their more tepid response set the tone yesterday when the stock dropped 1.9%. Typical was this from KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon Nispel in a client note: Apple’s AI enhancements aren’t compelling enough for the average consumer to purchase a new device. I’m with the tech folks on this and today I made Apple a sell in my Special Report: Trade Wars! Trade Wars!
This Special Report; Trade War! Trade War! gives you my recommendations for what to sell, where to take profits, and where to trim as seen through the lens of a likely global trade war. Here are my choices with my first 3 sells
