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Let’s talk about a specific category of stocks that I like to buy after they fall from grace. These are famous stocks that don’t fall very often, but when they do, I like to snap them up because they’re almost always destined to rebound. And it just hit me: these are MOVIE STAR STOCKS.

Now that the market has fallen substantially, I think we’ve reaped the bulk of the potential profits on our recent purchase of these two ETFs.

Last week, we started our multi-part discussion on position sizes, and looked at the benefits and weaknesses of an equal-weighted approach. Let’s look at perhaps the most common weighting used by fund managers: relative weighting.

Crista has updates on several portfolio stocks.

The stock market is down again today due to oil price competition and aggression between Russia and Saudi Arabia, which led to plummeting oil prices.

Crista has rating changes for three portfolio stocks and reports an earnings miss for a fourth.

Crista updates us on three portfolio stocks.

One portfolio stock had a earnings beat and there are two additional rating changes.

Two portfolio stocks report earnings beats.

Crista has two rating changes today and reports on another with a good 2020 outlook.

After seven consecutive down days and a swift, brutal stock market correction, we’re bound to see a few up days quite soon. Please be cautious.

This energy stock reported a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat.

The quarter’s revenue surged in their Europe and licensing businesses, and lagged in their Americas Retail, Americas Wholesale and Asia businesses.

All of our portfolio stocks move to a Hold recommendation while U.S. stock markets react to turmoil in energy markets. I expect more downside to U.S. stocks in the coming days.

The selling that began in growth stocks last week broadened out in recent days, with the rest of the market coming under pressure. The major indexes are down 2% to 4% on the week, while growth-y indexes and funds are down even more.

Well, we’re in the thick of it. New citywide, statewide and national mandates are being pronounced daily, the stock market fell dramatically, my two daughters were sent home from college, three close relatives lost jobs/projects, and one close relative is a basket case over potentially losing his business.

Odds favor that we’re still in an overall bull market, so holding most of your strong, profitable names makes sense.

It’s been a very interesting week in the market. It started, of course, with Monday’s news-driven plunge, as fears of an implosion in the Chinese real estate market caused a big selloff that brought most indexes below near-term support. But growth stocks never really gave up the ghost, and the rally on Wednesday and Thursday was very encouraging, with most indexes coming into today up slightly on the week.

Last week’s market bounce was encouraging but inconclusive—the major indexes rallied at a key level, and many leading (and potential leading) stocks did the same. That said, at best, most things were still stuck in neutral, with few names really powering ahead and the indexes still in intermediate-term downtrends.

It’s been a solid rebound week for the markets, but as has been the case lately, it really depends on where you look—many major indexes actually hit new highs yesterday, but the Nasdaq could “only” get back to its 50-day line, and so far this morning, we’re seeing some sellers reemerge.