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Posted by Martin October 19, 2020

Vaccine and stimulus

Stimulus hopes before the election fade away and investors are dumping stocks (but wait, they will be buying it back like crazy when the hopes renew after the election)… A good start on vaccine hopes diminished on the stimulus failed hopes. But who knows what the hopes are. It is all that media make always Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 15, 2020

Cup and handle in making?

As expected, the market topped in a parabolic run-up a few days ago and retreated. It is possibly creating a cup and handle formation and if completed and correct, we may expect another leg up:     Cup and handle and all charting is not an exact science. But if we take into account what Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 13, 2020

Did the market sprint to finish today?

The stock market can be compared to a sprint in athletics. When runners are running they run at a constant speed but as the finish line nears they start adding speed and take their reserves of energy to sprint faster to the finish line.     Yesterday, the market started showing the signs of a Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 12, 2020

Another parabolic craziness

The stock market, fuelled by hopes and wishes about more stimulus and more free money poured into the system, is going crazy. And the market loves free money and wants more of it.     As a dividend growth investor, I do not mind this behavior. There are still companies that are undervalued even in Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 05, 2020

Stocks to accumulate in October 2020

Our September accumulation was a great success. We have reached 100 shares accumulating a few of the positions such as PPL, PBCT, and now we will be accumulating more shares of other companies such as AT&T (T), Altria (MO), or Tyson Foods (TSN). There are still good companies which are undervalued even in this overvalued Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 27, 2020

Looks like the correction is over… boys are chasing the market up again…

Looks like the correction is over... boys are chasing the market up again...

If you were waiting for lower prices and wanted to buy in, do it quickly otherwise you just missed the boat. It seems, the 10% correction is over and we are heading up again. Not because anything has changed or the economy improved over Saturday and Sunday, but because the market players just had their Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 23, 2020

The market keeps struggling, but it’s good folks!

The market keeps struggling, but it's good folks!

The market struggles to find the ground. A few bounce attempts failed. We are currently down -1.56% and it seems we are heading towards 200 DMA.     But this is ultimately a good thing, providing this market with a much needed correction. We rallied up hard with no break or pullbacks and we need Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 21, 2020

Selling covered calls below cost basis

This post is about my view on selling covered calls below the cost basis of your stock (stock purchase price) when overwriting your portfolio. Is it a problem or a betterment to your portfolio? Other implications, such as taxes.   I have seen investors expressing their concerns when the markets dropped earlier this year and Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 05, 2020

Stocks to accumulate in September 2020

In my portfolio watch list, only a handful of stocks are good to buy in this overvalued market. The list is not yet complete, but I have time to fill in other stocks later on. Most of the stocks are dividend aristocrats. Some lost the status many years ago yet I decided to keep them, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 05, 2020

Problems with valuations, again.

Account Net-Liq: $7,477.66 SPX value: 3,426.96 Shiller PE: 31.47   In my older post I wrote about the market high valuations and how you can mitigate the problem with valuation. You hear (and read) people complaining that valuations are high and there is nothing to invest in. It is not true. And people who say Continue reading →