Is ZM A Value Trap?
In my opinion, the hardest thing in investing is admitting when you’re wrong. I have a tendency to hang on to my losers too long – and then they’re down so much that I figure there must be value by…
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DE To Earn Nearly $10 Billion This Year
While most investors are focused on the first new 52-week high in the NASDAQ in more than a year, I’m studying John Deere’s (DE) just released earnings report. You can see in the tweet above that the previous four times…
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WMT Is Crushing It
It’s been a good week for Top Gun as Home Depot (HD) reported a bad quarter on Tuesday morning and Walmart (WMT) just reported an excellent one. (Last week was a different story as PayPal (PYPL) disappointed). In “WMT Earnings…
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HD Under Pressure
In “HD Earnings Preview” Monday morning I explained why I was tactically short. And it turns out that HD’s results were significantly worse than expected. Comps declined 4.5% and Net Income 8.5% compared to a year ago. Because “demand softened…
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HD Earnings Preview
Leading home improvement retailer Home Depot (HD) reports earnings before the open Tuesday. The stock has been mostly sideways for more than a year and I am tactically short. That is, I’m a long term believer in the company but…
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WMT Earnings Preview
I have owned Walmart (WMT) for a couple years now. Everything was going smoothly until a year ago when it reported a bad quarter and the stock got smashed. (You can clearly see the selloff in the chart above). What…
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PYPL: Tremendous Value
I can’t think of a more hated large cap stock than PayPal (PYPL) – which reports 1Q23 earnings after the close Monday. While PYPL was extremely overvalued in 2021, I believe it is extremely undervalued today. In its 4Q22 earnings…
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LYFT Is A Second Rate Company – And The Investment Lesson You Must Learn
It must be noted that your Chairman – always a quick study – required only 20 years to recognize how important it was to buy good businesses. In the interim, I searched for “bargains” – and had the misfortune to…
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AAPL Is Past Its Prime
Apple (AAPL) has been such a great stock for so long that it’s hard to realize that it is past its prime. This was confirmed in their earnings report after the close Thursday. Revenue was -2.5% and Net Income -3.4%….
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Why I’m So Bullish GNRC
Generac (GNRC) – the leading maker of standby backup power generators – is one of my favorite stocks and largest positions. The stock has been decimated in the last couple of years as sales growth and profitability have rolled over….
