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I spent most of last weekend planning an upcoming trip to Europe (Prague, Munich and Amsterdam). I reserved a rental car, found a couple places to stay... and looked into getting a new credit card. I already have credit and debit cards that don’t charge foreign transaction fees, which is important...

Today’s Revolutionary Stock is Yelp. The growth potential for the company, which has no debt, is still huge.

Last week’s release of the latest job market outlook did more than shock the market; it reopened a debate that has been intermittently raging over the last couple of years, namely: will the U.S. dodge an inflationary recession (i.e., stagflation)?

Microsoft wants to pay $44 billion - perhaps the largest technology purchase ever - to buy Yahoo! Why? To compete with Google! But does it make sense? Well, from a big-picture point of view, anything that can thwart Google’s dominance of Internet search and advertising probably makes sense for Microsoft, and if they’ve got the cash, there are worse places to spend it. But does this make for an attractive investment opportunity? Do you want to own a piece of Microsoft/Yahoo!, recognizing that the Microsoft part is eight times the size of the Yahoo! part?

Tomorrow afternoon traders will get another look at how the Federal Reserve perceives the inflation situation, as well as its plans to manage interest rate hikes going forward. Below are the expectations in the options market, the bond market, and from a couple Wall Street firms.

Tomorrow afternoon traders will get another look at how the Federal Reserve perceives the inflation situation, as well as its plans to manage interest rate hikes going forward. Below are the expectations in the options market, the bond market, and from a couple Wall Street firms.

Today we have another installment in our Dick Davis Digests contributor series. Today’s contributor is Neil Macneale, editor of 2 for 1 Stock Split Newsletter. I decided to interview Neil after his Top Pick for 2012 was acquired last month, giving his subscribers (and some of ours) a nice 36%...

Up, up and away! The S&P 500 rose 1.52%, the Dow advanced 0.96%, and the Nasdaq climbed 2.82% last week, aided by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s dovish commentary.

There is no doubt this year’s rally has been one of the most impressive rallies market participants have ever seen. More than 50 new closing highs and over 200 trading sessions without a 5% pullback defines the power and consistency of this rally. And as we have all witnessed, the slightest pullback seems to act as a frenzied feeding ground for buyers.

There are scores of companies itching to make money from the Big Data Revolution. Some have developed products that can compile reams of data from numerous servers and applications into manageable formats. Other services enable the complex number crunching that’s required to make sense of the data. Several companies help...

There’s no doubting the dominance achieved by mega-tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google and the other members of the “FANGMAN” club (Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia). Over the past decade or two, these have created entirely new industries, grown to unprecedented size and rewarded shareholders with vast profits. And, like all of the technology companies that preceded them, they have reached their peak potential.

Sparked by an inflation data point that showed some signs of cooling, the market surged higher last week. The S&P 500 gained 6%, the Dow rose 4% and the Nasdaq gained a whopping 8.8%.

In today’s note, we discuss developments and institutional ratings upgrades for some of the stocks in the portfolio, including Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM), Atlassian (TEAM), GE Aerospace (GE), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) and Starbucks (SBUX).

In uncertain times like these, it’s only natural that defensive-minded investors are gravitating to healthcare stocks. After all, this space is characterized by consistent demand for essential products and services that millions rely on, regardless of the state of the economy. (Additionally, many of the companies in this category offer dividends that can be considered quite attractive during market sell-offs.)


While the sector itself has only lately returned to favor, a number of consumer-facing healthcare companies remain out of Wall Street’s good graces and under the public’s radar—including some which provide critical staple products for the everyday needs of consumers.

One of those companies is today’s turnaround recommendation.

Forbes recently released its list of the most valuable brands in the world. You won’t find any of today’s best growth stocks on the list. Here’s why.

Quantum computing stocks have been going wild for the last month, with a few meaningful catalysts behind them. Here’s why (and how) to invest in them now.

The “Magnificient Seven” stocks carried the bull market for two years. Now, they’re holding the market back. Which of the newly dubbed “Lag 7” are buys at these levels?

Tim Lutts’ list of five programs that aren’t working and five things that are.

The market and many stocks had a bad last week, no doubt about it—instead of slowly fading, the selling pressures have increased of late as earnings season begins in earnest. We can’t say we’re seeing a rash of breakdowns, but enough selling has occurred that we’re moving our Market Monitor into the neutral camp. A shift back in a week or two is possible if earnings season unfolds bullishly, but for now, we recommend limiting your new buying to smaller positions (maybe half or two-thirds of what you’d usually buy) and consider some names that could trend on their own (like precious metals names, for instance). You should, however, still try to hold onto shares of your most resilient performers, giving them a chance to re-emerge.

This week’s list has a few tempting growth stocks, as well as some turnaround plays that are doing well. But we’ll stick with the precious metals group, which has consolidated nicely after bolting higher last month. Allied Nevada Gold (ANV) is one of many that looks like it wants to head higher, bolstered by the price of gold and higher output.

Stock Name	Price	Buy Range	Loss Limit
ANV (ANV)	0.00	38-40	-
AOL, Inc. (AOL)	0.00	34-37	-
Barclays (BCS)	0.00	14-15	-
CTRX (CTRX)	0.00	48-50	-
DVA (DVA)	0.00	104-108	-
Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP)	0.00	45.5-47	-
AG (AG)	0.00	21.5-22.5	-
Google Inc. (GOOG)	0.00	720-735	-
Rackspace (RAX)	0.00	64-66.5	-
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL)	0.00	29.5-31	-

NFT investing is suddenly all the rage in certain circles. What is it, how does it work, and should you invest in them yourself?