A month and a half ago, Moody’s was trading below $137 a share, following a decline from as high as $188 in late-July, 2018. MCO stock was down by 27% in just five months and investors were getting overly pessimistic about its investment merits. But instead of simply extrapolating the recent weakness into the future,…
Procter & Gamble Stock Approaching Heavy Resistance
The lower the price paid the higher the return. This is a simple truth all stock market investors should keep in mind all the time. Yet, few really do. Procter & Gamble, for example, is the same strong company it was last year and the year before. Depending on the price you paid for its…
Ralph Lauren Stock Set for a 50% Gain?
Ralph Lauren, the maker of Polo, is another top apparel brand, which was left for dead during the “retail apocalypse” of 2017. In just four years between May 2013 and May 2017, the company lost over 65% in market value as the stock fell from an all-time high of $192 to as low as $66.…
Etsy Stock: The Easy Money’s Been Made Already
Three years ago, in January 2016, Etsy stock fell to as low as $6.04 a share. Yesterday, it closed at $54.59 a share. If you have been among the lucky few, who happened to pick the bottom and held until now, your annual compounded rate of return would be over 108% per year or 803%…
Bank of America Riding the Earnings Wave… For Now.
The last time we wrote about Bank of America was on October 18th, 2018. The stock was trading below $29 a share, down from the $33.05 top reached in March. The bank had just reported a record first quarter, but the stock price was falling nevertheless. So in order to make sense of it, we…
Boeing Stock Ready for a Final Ascent
The last time we wrote about Boeing stock was in early October 2018. In that article we shared our view that while BA was approaching the $400 a share mark, it was time for the bulls to play it safe. The Elliott Wave principle suggested that a bearish reversal can soon be expected, even if…
Home Capital: From near Bankruptcy to Opportunity
Home Capital Survived in 2017 Home Capital investors had a volatile two years. The company almost went bankrupt in mid-2017. Allegations from the Ontario Securities Commission that management misled investors about mortgage fraud within its broker network led to a run on the bank. 95% of its saving accounts deposits disappeared as a result. On…
Nvidia Stock Staging a Deceptive Elliott Wave Recovery
The last three months of 2018 may have been bad for stock market investors in general, but few suffered more than NVDA shareholders. Nvidia stock climbed to an all-time high of $292.76 a share on October 2nd. By December 24th it was down to $124.50, losing over 57% in less than 90 days. So it…
General Mills Stock Staging an Elliott Wave Recovery
If you think the last three months have been bad for stock market investors, think about how General Mills stock investors must be feeling. GIS has been steadily declining since mid-2016. Two and a half years ago, the share price climbed to an all-time high of $72.95. Last week it fell to $36.42, so it…
A Special Letter about the State of the Stock Market
Dear Fellow Elliotticians Most major stock markets have been in a bull market for almost a decade. Unfortunately, after last week’s selloff it is now evident that this bull market is over. The S&P 500 is down 17.8% from its all-time high reached three months ago, despite a still strong economy and relatively low interest…
Moody’s Stock to Give Investors a Chance to Evacuate
The stock market at large is crashing and even stocks owned by superinvestors like Warren Buffett are not immune to sharp selloffs. One such stock is Moody’s. As of September 30th, Berkshire Hathaway owns approximately 24 670 000 Moody’s shares, making it the 8th largest position in the portfolio. Moody’s reached an all-time high of…
FedEx Stock is in Free Fall. Is There a Bottom?
FedEx stock is plunging sharply after the company slashed profit targets and announced broad cost-cutting measures. The share price is down almost 41% from its all-time high of $273.66 reached in January, when everything looked so rosy. What happened? Many experts would argue that the market finally realized that FedEx is not what it once…
SPX Was Recovering… And Then it Wasn’t
The S&P 500 fell to an intraday low of 2583 yesterday, bringing its total decline to 12.1% from the top at 2941 in September. In Wall Street’s dictionary, a pullback of more than 10% is officially a correction and many are already worried about the big bear market ahead. On the other hand, it was…
Ford Stock Looks Attractive Near Fibonacci Support
Ford stock holders did not have a lot of reasons to celebrate in recent years. The stock climbed to $18.12 in July 2014, but has been sliding ever since. To make matters worse, 2018 brought a decline from $13.48 in January to as low as $8.17 last month. Ford stock closed at $9.25 yesterday, which…
Nordstrom Crashed. Was EPS Miss the Real Reason?
Nordstrom shareholders were enjoying a smooth ride so far in 2018. The stock was up by as much as 38.8% by the end of October, crushing the return of the S&P 500 by a large margin. November, on the other hand, is not that generous. JWN fell from $67.75 to less than $50 a share…
