The same mistakes that crushed dot-com portfolios are happening again. Hello, Reader. One of the main keys to being a smart investor is to avoid staying comfortable and instead adapt to shifting currents – a principle that’s especially relevant in today’s market. If you don’t believe me, listen to Bob Dylan: You better start swimmin’ ...
Initially, I thought my prediction of 20% EPS growth in Q1 might have been a little too optimistic. As it turns it, it wasn’t nearly optimistic enough. With about 2/3rd’s of companies having reported Q1 results now, the EPS growth rate has soared to an impressive 27.8%. And we still have bellwether companies like Nvidia ...
Don’t Let This Common Mistake Hurt Your Portfolio The data seemed clear – but that doesn’t mean the conclusions were. During World War II, U.S. military analysts examined bombers that had safely returned from missions over Europe. They mapped every bullet hole across the aircraft and quickly found that patterns emerged. The wings and fuselage ...
The above chart from LSEG’s, “This Week in Earnings” shows the progression in both sector and EPS growth since Jan 1, ’26. Source: LSEG The energy sector EPS estimate – as of May 1 ’26 – has understandably rocketed higher, at +46.1%, and is now equal to the tech sector’s +46.2%. Maybe Even More Interesting ...
The hidden math working against everyday traders. Wall Street is very good at giving traders exactly what they think they want—and charging them for what they don’t understand. Leveraged ETFs can make you feel like you’ve found a shortcut. But the problem with shortcuts is that if they really worked as easily as advertised, they ...
Lead indices had a good end-of-week finish that registered fresh breakouts. The slingshot index could be the (). It traded a nice handle before it broke lower in what looked to be a pending test of its 20-day MA. But instead of that, it reversed and has now broken to the upside. We are looking ...
Editor’s Note: I’ve been telling my readers that the AI boom is entering a new phase – not a collapse, but a reshuffling. Because from here, it won’t be about whether AI wins… it’ll be about who wins.And that’s where I think a lot of investors are exposed right now. Many are still concentrated in ...
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Editor’s Note: Every tech boom follows the same script. The companies building the breakthrough technology grab the headlines first. Investors pile in. Expectations soar. But the biggest winners usually come later — from an entirely different group…Not the companies that build the tech but ...
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Every time I think about this, it stops me cold. The U.S. Interstate Highway System took 35 years to build. It stretches 48,000 miles, from Maine to California, with every on-ramp and overpass in between. That’s enough asphalt to circle the globe nearly twice. ...
When a new technology takes off, most investors instinctively chase the companies building it – history suggests that’s often a mistake. In today’s Friday Digest takeover, our macro investing expert Eric Fry revisits a pattern that’s played out across multiple technological revolutions. The early builders capture the spotlight, but the companies that use that new ...
