Avoiding CVS Health
Several political issues may have bearing on commerce in months and years ahead. Though it appears to have been delayed in a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill that is working… Read more »
Economic Doldrums Persist Amid Cold Weather
There is a classification of business models and corporate stocks that is known as anticyclical or countercyclical. What happens, or can happen, is that if there is economic difficulty persons… Read more »
Market Turbulence In Days Ahead? What to Watch
Borrowing costs, as measured by US Treasury securities of varied maturities, are up. Nominal rates have gained each day thus far in 2021. While no claim is made here that… Read more »
MDU Resources: A Growth Stock & A Problem
Shares of corporations that enjoy accelerating revenue, or prospects for it in the distant future, can outperform. Sir John Templeton, known as a great stock picker, and identified with a… Read more »
SolarWinds (SWI): My Account is Short It
SolarWinds Corporation (SWI) is a technology company that produces an Orion software product. Its shares are mostly owned by institutional investors. Anyone reading online news is probably aware of the… Read more »
Stocks that May Rally
Nikola (NKLA), Omeros Corporation (OMER), and ITM Power may each rally in the near future. The former two corporations have shares that are volatile. Volatility is sometimes identified with a… Read more »
A Short Stack of Books
It must not be a maxim or axiom, nor does it qualify as conjecture, that most persons only read books occasionally and it is when a particular topic has them… Read more »
President-Elect Biden
For better, and optimistically not worse, it appears that Joe Biden will be our next president, provided his candidacy survives pending recounts. There may be some attributes of his potential… Read more »
Parties and Wine Duty
Though we have a two-party system, there are other options. Democrats care about the environment. Republicans prefer lower income tax. Libertarians readily accommodate a cross-section of policies on both the… Read more »
Novavax Inc
There is a COVID-19 scenario that does not currently seem popular, namely that a vaccine or effective treatment is never found. Governments and pharmaceutical firms are putting everything they can… Read more »