In the year following six major bear markets of the last century, small cap stocks soared an average 82%. But Louis Basenese says only the most compelling and innovative small caps will make these mouthwatering gains. He says Genoptix, Inc. (Nasdaq:GXDX) and American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq:APEI) are two small caps that should be up 50% by this time next year.
Forget unemployment. Inflation. Consumer confidence. Personal Incomes…
You can even ignore the ever-popular gross domestic product (GDP).
Most of the indicators that the market relies on to forecast the future are worthless in this type of environment. The truth is the data coming out of the traditional economic indicators isn’t current. By the time it’s being reported, the information is already weeks or even months old.
If you want to know when the global slowdown that’s erased $28 trillion in wealth (so far) will finally reverse course, pay attention to the obscure Baltic Dry Index. And nothing else. Here’s why…
What Is The Baltic Dry Index?
Despite the name, the Baltic Dry Index has nothing to do with markets in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia. Instead,…
I’m no stranger to controversial stock market predictions. In fact, a few weeks ago I angered an entire room of investors at the Agora Financial Symposium with my latest trio of “crazy” recommendations…
Takeover Trader editor Louis Basenese has found a stock market indicator that he says is as close to a sure thing as you can get.
Heavy volumes of options trading - particularly when biased to one side - gives a clear signal that a stock is about to make a big movement.
And Louis says Friday’s huge trade in short-term call options for EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) suggests its share price is about to rally big time. Louis says it’s time to long on this stock now…
US foreclosure filings have more than doubled in 2Q from a year ago, reports Bloomberg.
According to RealtyTrac, 1 in every 171 households was foreclosed on, received a default notice or was warned of a pending auction in the quarter. That’s up a massive 121 percent from a year earlier - and 14 percent just from 1Q.
The housing housing market has yet to bottomed out, says Louis Basenese. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider a play in real estate.
Real estate is in a black hole, says Louis Basenese. The five largest U.S homebuilders lost $3.4 billion in the latest quarter. Home-builder sentiment is at a 22-year low. Investors are salivating over the prospect of a bottom in the real estate market. But Loius says it’s best to wait. A clear-cut signal that the housing market has bottomed isn’t coming…