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Nov 14, 2017
How Have Our “Best Ideas” Performed During 2017?
The top-weighted ideas are getting the job done, while we avoided one of the biggest missteps in all of 2017. We’ve had better years, but 2017 was still a great one.
Oct 24, 2017
Bellwethers Drive Dow Jones Past 23,450 – Cheers!
Image: The stock market is partying like it's 1999 or 1929, or 1987. You pick. Cheers! Creative Commons, Ruth Hartnup. The market is reacting positively to calendar third-quarter earnings reports during the trading session October 24, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has now surpassed 23,450+. The rally in US equities ensues. Stocks mentioned in this note: General Motors, McDonald’s, and Caterpillar.
Oct 14, 2017
Euphoria Running Rampant: Investigating Some of the Hottest Names Around
Image Source: Tesla Roadster. As we march forward in what Morgan Stanley has dubbed a bull market of “epic proportions,” euphoria appears to be at levels perhaps not seen since the dot-com bust of the early 2000s. Let’s take a look at some of the “hottest” names on the market.
Aug 9, 2017
North Korea and the Bomb
Image Source: James Vaughan. Tensions between the United States and North Korea have heightened, and we may look to August 2017 as the dawn of yet another Cold War. The news has little impact on our thesis, however. US stocks generally remain overvalued, and some of them considerably. In this note, let’s cover a few stocks in the news and reiterate our positive stance on the defense industry, two of our favorite ideas recently highlighted in the Nelson Exclusive publication. Learn more about the Nelson Exclusive publication here.
Aug 1, 2017
Apple, Hanesbrands Power Higher
Image shown: Performance of the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) since the beginning of 2017. There aren’t two other companies within the Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio that may be more controversial positions than Apple and Hanesbrands -- one is on the cutting edge of technology and the other makes T-shirts and underwear, a very interesting dichotomy.
Jul 14, 2017
Systemic Risk in These Frothy Times
Image shown: Nelson's Syllogism of the Stock Market. Let’s talk about index investing, market valuations, and mention how a few ideas in the portfolio of the Best Ideas Newsletter are doing.
Jun 26, 2017
Random Musings: Retail, REITs, BlackBerry, and More
Image shown: Best Buy's resiliency in the face of competition from Amazon. Let’s cover some recent news.
Jun 15, 2017
I CARE
Image: The S&P 500 from early 2009 through today, June 15, 2017.
Jun 5, 2017
Labor and the Economic Cycle
As we arguably near the “peak” in the business cycle, labor is starting to demand more, a dynamic that we believe is emblematic of the period of aging economic expansion. Let’s have a look at what’s happening in the fight for higher wages.
May 17, 2017
Volatility Spikes, Oh Cisco, the Mighty US Dollar, and More
Image Source: CBOE. Let’s talk about recent market events May 17. There’s a lot going on.


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