by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 18, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Media, Stocks, Uncategorized
Investors previously content to set it and forget it in an S&P 500 index fund are now aggressively speculating in individual stocks more than they have in about 13 years. This is resulting in an exuberance and investor confidence not seen in decades, according to...
by John O'Connell | Dec 11, 2020 | Big Picture, Blogs, Disruption, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
First, this is not breaking news and much like the government’s recent suit against Google, is unlikely to have a lasting, much less negative impact on Facebook’s profitability or its attractiveness as a long-term investment. Second, whatever you may read...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Oct 23, 2020 | Big Picture, Blogs, Disruption, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Uncategorized
Story by Sarah Ponczek via Bloomberg L.P. and msn Take all the physical assets owned by all the companies in the S&P 500, all the cars and office buildings and factories and merchandise, then sell them all at cost in one giant sale, and they would generate a net...
by Mark Bunting | Oct 21, 2020 | Big Picture, Blogs, Healthcare, Interviews, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Uncategorized
Michael Taylor had it right. The virologist turned Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at Critical Mass Partners said in late October vaccines were coming soon and it was time to buy “garbage stocks”, the types that have been adversely affected by...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Oct 5, 2020 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Investing, Investments, Stocks, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
RBC Capital Markets has updated its list of Top 30 Global Ideas for 2020. We’ve paired it down to a more manageable list of 10 based on Canadian representation, technology trends and total implied returns for the stocks, which range from 17 per cent to 53 per...
by John O'Connell | Oct 3, 2020 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Disruption, E-Commerce, Financials, Healthcare, Investing, Investments, Stocks, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
The month of September has passed with a loss of about five per cent for the S&P 500. Underneath the surface, however, there was more turbulence. The winning stocks of the year, those most immune to the ails of the pandemic (Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook, Google,...