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Updates on two stocks and a rating change on another.

Yesterday, as the S&P 500 was heading to a 1.2% loss, a trader was aggressively selling April puts in many retailers. Here’s an explanation of put-selling.

Last month’s banking crisis categorically punished regional banks, many of them unfairly. These 2 looks like they’re worth buying at a discount.

The banking crisis has dominated the headlines, but fears of contagion are overblown. Here are 2 micro-cap banks to buy at a discount.

Stock market corrections will always happen, but you don’t need to be a victim—invest wisely and use them to your benefit, instead!

TiVo took it on the chin thanks to some misreported earnings results. Now it’s a bargain stock - and a Strong Buy in light of the real results.

Despite the recent slide, the market remains overvalued, meaning there are plenty of good deals out there. Here are the three best undervalued stocks today.

Yesterday, as the S&P 500 was heading to a 1.2% loss, a trader was aggressively selling April puts in many retailers. Here’s an explanation of put-selling.

With market uncertainty heading into next year, it’s important to remind ourselves what’s at the core of value investing and why it’s a good option in 2023.

WHAT TO DO NOW: Remain defensive. Near term, we are seeing a couple of rays of light, including a developing positive divergence from our Two-Second Indicator and some legitimate dips in some reliable sentiment measures, so we’re not sticking our heads in the sand as the vast majority of primary evidence and our market timing indicators are negative, with the indexes so far having trouble finding much support. We could do some nibbling if the market finds a low it can work off of, but in the meantime, we advise staying mostly on the sideline and letting the sellers finish up their work. We have no changes tonight, and the Model Portfolio’s cash position is 83%.

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The major theme that I’m noticing during this earnings season is that Wall Street analysts were low-balling their earnings and revenue estimates as they cautiously assessed the potential impact of the COVID-19 virus on business activity.

The iShares EM Fund (EEM) is well on top of its moving averages, which keeps the Emerging Markets Timer remains firmly positive. We have one change tonight.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury hit its highest level in seven years and remains elevated as this week progresses. This interest rate surge has created some unusual ripple effects across growth stocks, utilities, financials, and energy stocks. Thankfully our diversified portfolio is doing well so far and we have no rating changes, but the overall market might lead to some defensive moves in the future.

This market is officially flirting with ugly. The S&P is now down about 7% from the 52-week high and not far from correction territory, down 10% from the high.

The selling intensified over the last week after the Fed struck an unexpectedly hawkish tone at last week’s meeting. The gist of the Fed’s message is that rates may well go higher and will stay higher for longer. The statement pours cold water on the notion that rates will be cut in the near future and reinforces the realization that higher rates are here to stay.

This week’s Friday Update includes our comments on earnings from Macy’s (M), Toshiba (TOSYY), and Vodafone (VOD).

We are back in earnings season again. This season tells us more about our companies, but it also helps us get a read on sector trends.

Let’s start with a look at takeaways on key sector trends from the quarterly earnings call by executives at Organigram (OGI). This Toronto-based company serving Canada, Israel and Australia may be small, with a market cap of $300 million. But its executives know the space as well as anyone, and they offered the following insights.

After bouncing around for a few weeks, the S&P is moving higher again. The index is now just about 2% below the high and may rally this month.

The tariff story continues to play out. The market made a huge recovery after the initial fears in April as investors wrote off a disaster scenario. Now, talks are dragging on, and the market still can’t move completely past the issue. But good economic news was a pleasant surprise.