Every stock needs a news trigger to surge. Sometimes, the news drives up excitement about something new, and sometimes, the news gives enormous relief to the company weighed down by it. Here’s one stock that has struggled for months despite everything +ve due to one issue. Today, it got relief, and this might drive the stock higher.
Large Cap 2025
Alibaba – A Contrarian Play
Will Deepseek tilt the balance towards Chinese tech stocks? If yes, then Alibaba is the right pick
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Has Intel formed a Base?
If there is one thing the market has done consistently over the last six months, it is to bounce back after every negative newsflow. The market has done that so often that it does not surprise investors now. In such a market, high quality stocks become the best buy on declines.
Dog of the Dow Pick
Dogs of the Dow is a stock-picking strategy that selects the highest dividend-paying Dow stocks. Here’s one stock that is no longer part of the Dow but fits the criteria and, hence, is a top buy now.
A High Growth company
AI in 2024 was all about Hardware/Semiconductor/Large players. It seems the trend is moving towards Application and Software. In the space, I like a company that’s growing at an explosive rate. It reported EPS gains of 211%, 156%, 500%, and 400% in the last four quarters. The good news is that the stock has just started moving higher.
Two EVs making a move
Investments in EV stocks have been a disaster. The only stock that has done wonders is Tesla. The big question is, how should we see the rise in two EV stocks this month? Does this represent a trading opportunity?
Turnarounds – Do they work?
Every Business gets tested in the marketplace. Sometimes, the company just loses its way and fails to get the customer attention it’s used to, and that impacts everything from revenues to profits to stock price performance. The company then goes through long periods of business and stock underperformance. The market punishes the stock and forces the company to work on leadership and operational issues.
The companies then work on turning the business around, and the perception changes, and the stock makes a big comeback. But turnarounds are never simple. There is hope of a turnaround and then the real turnaround, and when there is a mismatch, the stock goes back to underperforming again. There is money to be made during the turnaround process.
Reading Price Action – Ford, MU and AT&T
Here’s my take on these 3 stocks
Two Stocks Same Sector Different Outcome
The Sector plays a big role in the investment decisions. One should never bet against the market narrative in the short term. But there are always winners, even in a sector where everyone struggles. One can take the case of Target and Walmart in Retail and Pfizer and Teva in Pharma.
The AI Bull Market continues
The future is always uncertain. If you want to stay away from the sunny side, I can give you at least seven reasons to be pessimistic and probably more. But does it matter? Your views count for nothing in financial markets if they are not in sync with the market. Let us look at how the leading large caps are shaping the market right now.