by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 4, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
In a highly volatile earnings season in which Netflix, PayPal, and especially Meta Platforms (Facebook), got creamed, Amazon bucked the trend with solid numbers across the board and the stock jumped. Davis Rea analyst J.C. O’Connell has done a deep dive on the...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 3, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States
The stock market may be turbulent right now and investors may not be in a buying mood, but identifying and purchasing good companies for at least a three-to-five year haul is usually the best way for long-term investors to generate solid returns. That’s why this...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 1, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Media, Stocks
Fancy buying some beaten down former growth stock darlings? Be careful. An image of the proverbial falling knife going through a hand comes to mind. These type of fallen stars such as Zoom and Peloton often cascade downward much further than many expect once all of...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 31, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Stocks
The U.S. Federal Reserve is unlikely to derail the economic cycle by raising its key lending rate multiple times in the next year. That’s the view of the Global Strategy team at J.P. Morgan, which goes against the opinion of others, who believe the Fed may have...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 28, 2022 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Media, United States
The market has priced in more than four interest rate increases this year from the U.S. Federal Reserve to tone down inflation and remove monetary stimulus. There are some people who believe that won’t be possible. That stock market investors in particular will...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 28, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Financial Planning, Investing, Stocks, United States
No one likes to see the value of their portfolio go down. All that red on the screen can be disturbing. But pullbacks, corrections and crashes are part of long-term investing. It’s how an investor deals with their emotions that matters. We’re now dealing...
