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Value Stocks: The Cornerstone of a Strong Portfolio

Value stocks – as the name implies – offer investors a solid chance to boost the future value of their portfolio. Stocks in this category are notable because they trade at a discount in relation to their fundamentals. And this is what makes them so, well, valuable.

The hallmark of a good value stock is that it’s trading below its intrinsic value. This is determined by measuring any number of metrics. A low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is a classic sign of a value stock. Historically, the average P/E for the S&P 500 is around 15. So anything below that would equate …read more […]

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Best Performing Stocks of the Last 5 Years

Understanding the best performing stocks of the last five years can be tricky. On one hand, there’s no question that if you invested in them five years ago you made a killing. On the other hand, that doesn’t mean they’re the best stocks to invest in right now. Nevertheless, it’s still worth getting to know the top performers over a long period of time. That way you can understand more about what tends to do well in the stock market.
So, let’s take a look at a list of the top stocks over the last five years (mega-, large- and mid-cap …read more […]

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Goldman Sachs: 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks With Growth on the Horizon

Did the bull market cycle end on September 2? The NASDAQ lost 7% from its peak above 12,000, while the S&P saw smaller losses of 4.5%. Of course, there have been positive trading sessions – and a look at the year-to-date chart suggests that stock markets simply experienced a temporary correction, one of several that have occurred so far, since the bull run began in March.Still, the market activity of the past two weeks reminds us that every investor should take steps to defend his portfolio, in good times as well as bad. Banking giant Goldman Sachs has taken that …read more […]

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‘Cuties’ Backlash Led Netflix U.S. Cancellations to Spike Nearly Eightfold, Analytics Firm Says

A campaign waged against Netflix over “Cuties” and the film’s sexualized portrayal of children produced a surge in U.S. subscription cancellations over the weekend, according to research company YipitData. Netflix subscriber churn rates began to rise Sept. 10, the day after the release of “Cuties” on Netflix, when the hashtag “CancelNetflix” was in the top-trending […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Dipping Their Toes Back Into Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL)

At the end of February we announced the arrival of the first US recession since 2009 and we predicted that the market will decline by at least 20% in (see why hell is coming). We reversed our stance on March 25th after seeing unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus unleashed by the Fed and the Congress. […] …read more […]