What a week we had!  It took less than a 3% decline to bring the dip buyers back in to finish at record highs last week.  Mega-cap growth is back; cyclicals and industrials seem to have lost favor, for now.   The upcoming week will...
Over the long run, the stock market has a history of rebounding and moving higher.  That’s especially true for the stocks that have big growth potential.  Gearing up for the back half of 2021, investors are piling into the highly coveted ‘FAANG’ stocks for their appealing growth....
Second quarter earnings season officially kicks off this week with major financial institutions like Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) set to report.  Expectations are high as profits roared in the second quarter relative to the early days of the pandemic last year.  
The stock market rally showed solid gains in the major indexes last week, fueled by strong gains by the mega cap tech names, along with big-cap chip winners such as Nvidia (NVDA).  But quite a few stocks had nasty sell-offs or reversals.  On the...
Investing in precious metals often seems to be reduced to two options.  You can either buy physical gold/silver - the simpler, less risky option but often with the lowest returns, or invest in specific mining companies - which requires significant research and generally carries more risk.