In the last few weeks, many markets around the world have been testing major support levels. For example, 4 weeks ago the S&P 500 was trading at levels that suggested the markets could to break to the downside. Just as it looked like a recession was imminent; they wound up surging over the... Read more
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Do Technical Charts Even Mean Anything In Shanghai?
October 21 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: China Markets, Commodities, Composite Exchange, Hard Landing, Shanghai Index, Support, Technical Trade
Is It Time To Freak Out And Sell Or Time To Buy The Dip?
August 10 | Posted by Matthew Clark | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: Blue Chip Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Exxon Mobil, McDonalds, Nasdaq, S&P 500, S&P Downgrade, Starbucks, Warren Buffet, Warren Buffet Quotes, Whole FoodsIf you’ve been contemplating whether or not you should join the “global sell off band wagon” and start offloading investments in your portfolio, let me reassure you that now is NOT the time to do that. Quite often when investors try timing the markets or begin panic selling, it’s too late and they... Read more
Life, Property and Casualty Companies Still Good Value
August 5 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: Book Value, Credit Cards, DFS, Discover Card, Discover Financial Services, Hartford, HIG, Life Insurance Companies, Lincoln, LNC, Manulife, MET, MetLife, MFC, PRU, Prudential, SLF, Sun Life, Travelers, TRV, Value Investing, Value StocksDuring the Great Recession we were bullish on credit card companies due to the fact that we expected people would walk away from undervalued homes with their credit cards intact. They did. Credit Card companies, like Discover Financial Services (DFS), fell over 80% during the credit crisis and provided a great buying opportunity... Read more
Wal-Mart Thrives During Recession! What’s Their Secret?
June 20 | Posted by Andrew Burchett | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: Income Stocks, KR, Kroger, Massmart Holdings, Safeway, SWY, Value Investing, Wal-mart, WMTWith a proven ability to not only survive an economic recession, but even grow during it, Wal-Mart (WMT) is a stock definitely worth looking at. With its focus on low, ultra competitive prices and a growing threat to take a large slice of the grocery store market share as food prices sore for... Read more
Global Markets At Key Technical Points! What’s The Trade?
June 17 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: AAPL, Apple, China, Credit Crisis, FXI, Markets, MSFT, S&P500, Shanghai, Shanghai Composite, Shanghai Index, Shares, Stock Charts, Stocks, Technical TradeThe summer pullback is in full swing. Markets across the globe are letting worries get the best of them as the problems of the credit crisis still linger and further financial damage seems more inevitable than ever. One saving grace is that corporate earnings are only a few weeks away. If the markets... Read more
