$Apple(AAPL.US$ You've probably seen a lot of anxiety about China sales slipping. But China is not a growing consumer market for any product. In fact it's dying - literally. China's population is aging out and their decades-long "one child per family" mandate has decimated their population replacement rate. India, on the other hand, is just the opposite - young and growing population. Both populations are approximately the same size, about 1.4 billion ppl. Ba...
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$Apple(AAPL.US$ Just when you (and stock analysts) think AAPL is done growing, AAPL always has an Ace card they haven't shown yet. I've seen it time and time again over two decades of owning the stock. The announcement of AI is big, but what's bigger and hiding in plain sight, is manufacturing and consumer market is shifting from China to India. Same size mega-population, yet India is young and growing. China is literally aging out. Compare the two population pyramids below. ...
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This article has a bunch of interesting takes on Election Year market insights (Congress more important than POTUS, Hmmm), AI, AAPL and more
What Do US Elections Mean For The Stock Market? - Simply Wall St
What Do US Elections Mean For The Stock Market? - Simply Wall St
$Global Partners(GLP.US$ My first share lot buy of GLP was during the COVID market crash, about $9 per share. I found this little known company while searching for oversold oil and gas companies particularly mid-stream. However, this is not a mid-stream company it's a 75 year-old family owned partnership that is rather unique in the oil/fuel industry. They own and operate a chain of retail gasoline stations, large commercial fuel terminals, and st...
Watch out for the "September Effect" which sometimes starts in late August. Profit taking, temporary fall in stock prices. September Effect: Definition, Stock Market History, Theories
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Why can't you have both in your portfolio? I have diversity in mine. Numerous multi-year holdings in large caps that are profitable and aren't going away. Then I have some short term stocks that are poised for upside, and ready to take a gain when opportunity strikes. I typically dollar cost average on the way in and on the way out on these.
I've read several bull and bear analyses on how Oct. Opex may affect the overall market. One opinion is that we are in s short term bounce currently, and OpEx week could kill the bounce and go lower. Another opinion is that historically October OpEx is a rebound week. This is my current strategy (disclaimer: I'm not an expert trader but not amateur, 20 years of self-managing my portfolio)
1. I'm using the current bounce to sell some short ter...
1. I'm using the current bounce to sell some short ter...
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In the past few trading days, does anyone else get the feeling computers are doing most of the trading? (i.e. automated orders, robotic investing, etc.) The US indices have been having a lot of 1 to 5 minute upswings especially when a MA ceiling is broken, followed by a few minutes of stability, then a sudden drop. I can't imagine human traders suddenly get very optimistic for a few minutes between CPI day and Fed day.
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