Month: May 2020

As the markets look to finish the first full week of the new calendar month, the current bullish trend in motion continues to look friendly overall. But notorious fabled advice is also making sense in select overbought price charts, hinting at stocks to sell right now. It wasn’t long ago that the novel coronavirus pandemic allowed
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In the center of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the question on income investors’ minds is whether any stock can afford to pay its dividend. United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) stock can handle that load. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com For the March quarter, UPS had net income of $935 million, $1.11 per share diluted, on revenue
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With the pronounced destruction caused by the novel coronavirus, it wasn’t surprising to see railroad transportation specialist CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) suffer significantly during the first three months of the year. For investors, CSX stock is where the rubber meets the road. If any economic indicator of recovery is to be believed, theoretically, you should see it
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It’s been a disappointing start to Q2 for silver (SLV) investors as the metal is up just 6.5% for the quarter while the Nasdaq-100 Index (QQQ) continues higher unabated with what many believe to be significantly deteriorating fundamentals. Unfortunately, fundamentals may be helpful over the long-term, but the technicals typically rule in the short-term, and the Nasdaq has had
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Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) announced its Q1 earnings on May 5 after the market closed. The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the result of the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia have caused oil stocks to plunge. In 2020, OXY stock has tumbled about 66%. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Yet that price decline shows only
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In March, Chevron (NYSE:CVX) stock saw a sharp decline to near $50 per share, putting it in deeply oversold territory as panic-selling engulfed the markets. Source: Denis Kuvaev / Shutterstock.com Subsequently, fiscal stimulus and expansionary monetary policy triggered a sharp market rally. Production cut agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC members also boosted sentiments for the
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Peloton machine Source: Peloton Many on Wall Street were convinced the usual playbook would occur when this market and economic downturn hit.  Bubble-like tech stocks that led the way up would get crushed as a bear market exposed their hype and sent stock speculators scrambling. But the opposite has happened.  The names skeptics used to
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