Investors Focus on Microcaps as 2020 Comes to a Close

The movement for a dedicated style box for microcaps seems to be gathering momentum. Though traditionally considered a subset of small cap, the success rate of investments in the $50-$300 million market cap range has many investors rethinking their allocation strategy. You don’t have to sell Ken Korngiebel on microcaps. The lead portfolio manager at… [Read More]

The American Cannabis Legalization Movement Continues to Gain Steam

The last several U.S. elections over the past decade have grown increasingly polarizing. Policy issues have largely taken a back-seat to “smear campaigns,” negative ads, and other off-script topics. While politics and elections continue to focus around individuals in the Republican and Democrat parties, one common theme that a majority of Americans increasingly agree upon… [Read More]
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The Importance of Day Traders: The Unique Role that Self-Employed Traders Play in Society and the Stock Market

By their definition, day traders typically buy and sell stocks, foreign exchange, futures and other securities, entering and exiting positions throughout the day. Using their own capital, day traders aim to make small — but frequent — gains by closely watching the financial markets throughout the trading day. Within this category, there can be brand-new,… [Read More]

BTC

We went long BTC in late July on the break above the long-term downtrend line.  Our next target is the high of $13,844 from June 2019.  If we break and close above this level, I believe we retest the all-time highs and head toward $24,000. [Read More]

The Importance of Day Traders: The Unique Role that Self-Employed Traders Play in Society and the Stock Market

By their definition, day traders typically buy and sell stocks, foreign exchange, futures and other securities, entering and exiting positions throughout the day. Using their own capital, day traders aim to make small – but frequent – gains by closely watching the financial markets throughout the trading day. Within this category, there can be brand-new,… [Read More]
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Every Day-Trader Dollar Is Worth Five in a New Theory on Stocks

By Sam Potter New research sets out to explain equity market fluctuations ‘Mystery’ of random moves best tackled by understanding flows Day traders claiming bragging rights for this year’s $9 trillion U.S. equity rebound can find some supporting evidence in the latest research. Even as retail trading has grown to represent 20% of daily volume, Wall… [Read More]

Market Update (9/17)

Markets turned red during a volatile Thursday trading session with tech leaders Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), and Facebook (FB) extending previous sessions declines. Investors were not inspired by the freshly released unemployment claims despite staying below the one-million mark for the third straight week. This mornings report pegged new claims at 860,000. A sharp drop… [Read More]

10 Small-Cap Stocks Ready to Become Large Caps

While some small-cap stocks have been hurt by Covid-19, these 10 should do well over the long haul By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 7, 2020, 12:17 pm EDT Source: Shutterstock Small-cap stocks have taken some serious punishment in 2020. The S&P SmallCap 600 Index is sporting a year-to-date total return of -11.8%, well short of the S&P 500’s total YTD return… [Read More]

Due Diligence in 10 Easy Steps

By RYAN BARNES  Updated May 20, 2020 Step 1: Company Capitalization Step 2: Revenue, Margin Trends Step 3: Competitors & Industries Step 4: Valuation Multiples Step 5: Management and Ownership Step 6: Balance Sheet Exam Step 7: Stock Price History Step 8: Stock Options & Dilution Step 9: Expectations Step 10: Risks The Bottom Line Due diligence is defined as an investigation of a potential investment (such… [Read More]