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The Stock Market Rotation is Here
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... stocks in general—slower growers with attractive valuations—as well as hospitality, airlines, cruise lines and energy companies. Financials are another promising sector: Banks are reasonably priced and ...
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What the Democrats' Win Means for Stocks
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... markets have been rising in unison so far, I believe the best approach going forward will be to buy stocks of individual companies based on both their long-term prospects and their ability to weather the ...
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Vaccine News Shakes Up the Market
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... health crisis. But what does that news mean for your investments? If you've loaded up on stay-at-home stocks—such as e-commerce, teleconferencing and streaming entertainment companies—it may be time to ...
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President Trump's Coronavirus Diagnosis: Market Impact
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... strengthen the case for social distancing, while sending many students and workers home. What kinds of companies might thrive in this stay-at-home world? The kind that we at Copeland Wealth Management ...
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Raise Cash, Look for Opportunities
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... why I believe it's time to raise cash and look for companies that offer immense value, but that the market has left behind. The bull market that followed the mid-March lows has been led by big companies ...
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Be Very Careful Here
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Something strange is happening in the stock market. While earnings among companies in the S&P 500 index are down 25% this year, the index itself is down just 10%. Meanwhile the broad economy is in ...
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Fear Means Opportunity
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... closing non-essential businesses. That's sent shockwaves through a whole host of industries, from restaurants to car dealers to airlines and convention organizers. It's a good bet that companies' earnings ...
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What to Do Now
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... or reduce production to become more profitable. Yes there will be pain, and highly indebted fracking companies are not the right place to be right now (and neither are cruise companies). But life will ...
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What the Coronavirus Means for Investors
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... That said, there are sure to be short-term losers. Developing Asian countries that rely heavily on trade with China are feeling significant economic pain. And U.S. companies that are especially exposed ...
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The Coming Corporate Debt Cliff
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... So-called growth stocks, which appreciate faster than the general market and usually don't pay dividends, have enjoyed a decade-long bull market. But tech companies and other growth stocks have fueled ...
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Progress in the Trade War
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... and they seek to avoid at all costs. For investors, the trade war has hurt industrial and technology companies. If the U.S. and China are starting to replace tit-for-tat tariffs with incremental ...
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Bond Yields Are Low – So Where Do You Find Income?
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... war and other pressures could hit companies' profits and force them to freeze or lower dividends. The key is to analyze and identify companies that are poised to continue growing their dividend payments ...
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Time to Invest Smarter
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... market is likely to be very volatile for the foreseeable future, and certain types of companies will be hurt by the trade war with China. Those facing pressure include big-box retail companies: Because ...
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Interest Rate Cuts: Too Little Too Late?
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... will realize before long that stocks are overpriced. It'll become particularly clear if companies start missing their projected earnings for this quarter. Investors will start selling, and a correction ...
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The Investment Outlook Is Changing
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... is to rebalance into high-quality companies with low debt and a track record of increasing dividends. Those dividends can be reinvested to help compound your gains more quickly, or they provide reliable ...
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Understanding What Drives the Market
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... Catalysts can be short-term. When President Trump has taken swipes at tech companies, the sector has dipped, at least for short periods. A surprisingly good quarter of earnings can send a company's stock ...
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What the Market Plunge Means for Investors
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... Federal Reserve's ongoing interest-rate hikes. Investors fear that rising rates will hurt companies' earnings in a few different ways. When consumers with variable loans must pay more interest on the loans, ...
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What Will Kill the Bull Market?
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... raises interest rates too quickly. Rapidly rising rates would make it harder for consumers to pay off variable rate debt. That pain would ripple through the economy, eventually hurting companies' sales ...
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Trade War Ahead? Here’s What to Do
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... one kind of crop and leaving others untouched, for instance. If your portfolio doesn't have a lot of exposure to at-risk companies, you're likely to see a lot less negative impact. Investors who are ...
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How to React to the Market’s Ups and Downs
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... This doesn't mean buying on impulse. Investors should maintain a "wish list" of companies that they want to buy, and a price level at which they're worth buying. Recently, Apple and Sysco, a food services ...