Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani surprises Stuart Varney of FOX Business' "Varney & Co." today (Wednesday) when he states he believes the U.S. is sitting on a stock bubble right now.
Find out why Gilani sees the markets as "well over-cooked" – creating a stock bubble – from the Fed's strategy in the following video segment:
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By Tim Melvin, Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Individual investors have always had a soft spot for cheap stocks to buy, but get scared away because traditional Wall Street dogma would have you believe that these stocks are too speculative and dangerous for most individuals.
But cheap stocks can be among the best stocks to buy because they bring several advantages to a portfolio.
By Tim Melvin, Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning - • Print | Email
One of the best ways to make money in the stock market is to spot stocks to buy with high growth potential before Wall Street and the big investment firms recognize these budding winners.
One way to do that is to shop for companies that have been losing money but are showing signs of profitability – "turnaround" stocks, I like to call them.
The ideal turnaround stocks will surprise to the upside and return long-term profits.
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By David Mamos, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The organic foods business is a $60 billion global industry, and no other grocery chain has profited from this boom as much as Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: WFM).
Whole Foods is leading the charge of supplying organic, natural, and locally grown foods to the health-conscious eater. Founded in 1980, it now has a count of 355 stores in 40 states and 3 countries.
By Don Miller, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
When it comes to stocks, it's easy to equate size with quality.
But over the past year, smaller has been better, which means you need to be looking for small-cap stocks to buy.
In fact, the market's practically screaming that you should be putting some chips to work in the small-cap arena.
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The global derivatives market is big. Really big. So big – and so unregulated – in fact that no one really knows exactly how big it is, but the very best estimates put the notional value at $1.2 quadrillion dollars. That handily beats the entire world's "GDP" of $71.8 trillion. The number is so big that it really defies anything on a human scale. Humans don't do quadrillions of anything – at least not usually.
Or think of it this way: There are about 2 quadrillion stars in the "El Gordo" cluster, the largest cluster of galaxies we've observed so far. The derivatives market is galactic in scope.
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While the global economy is taking longer than we'd like to land a full recovery, there are retail stocks to buy right now to benefit from better times ahead.
And now – since the stock market is always anticipatory – we're seeing some interesting opportunities in the luxury goods sector.
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By Greg Madison, Managing Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Short sellers got burned this year because they forgot these "golden rules" of investing…
If you looked at holdings of hedge fund barons William Ackman and David Einhorn at the start of 2013, it looked like 2013 was a year for short selling.
In December 2012, Ackman placed a $1 billion bet that Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF), which he calls "a pyramid scheme," would fail. Einhorn bet against Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (Nasdaq: GMCR) back in October 2011.
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By Rebecca McClay, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Your stock market news today: Equities are higher across the board this morning after Larry Summers withdrew his name from the candidates to replace Ben Bernanke as head of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Summers told President Barack Obama on Sunday that he believes his appointment would be too controversial.
The Dow is up 1% at 15,536, Nasdaq is up 0.3% at 3,732, and the S&P 500 is up 0.8% at 1,701.
Stocks are holding their gains even as new manufacturing data on the New York region reflects an unexpected decline in manufacturing activity there. Investors also received data on industrial production and capacity utilization in August this morning that revealed the biggest monthly gain in six months last month.
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By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Optimism returned to Wall Street last week, as Syria attack talk subsided and the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note slipped.
Triple-digit gains Monday through Wednesday last week added 401.10 to the Dow. Stocks closed with modest losses Thursday, with the S&P 500 Index snapping a seven-day winning streak. But the bulls were back in force Friday, helping the Dow log its best week in nine months.
Yet, the market pendulum continues to swing between risk-off and risk-on trading, leaving investors cautious.
Money Morning's updated list of the best stocks to buy – and some to avoid – address today's biggest market concerns and find the smartest opportunities for your money now.
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