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As EVs Take Off, We've Found a Loser in an Overlooked Market

The electric-vehicle ('EV') market has come a long way in recent years... According to the International Energy Agency ("IEA"), nearly 1.8 million EVs were registered in the U.S. last year. That's more than three times as many as in 2016. Industry darling Tesla (TSLA) gained the first-mover advantage, but more and more legacy car names […]

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Why This Thriving Luxury Goods Company Isn't a Good Buy

The demand for upmarket goods is back from its break... Most people know that when the economy slows, the least-essential industries are hit the hardest.  But as the economy roars back from the difficulties of the last 15 months, we're seeing a different pattern in the luxury market. New winners are emerging.  During the height […]

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Why Meme Stocks Are Fooling Even the Wall Street Elite

Hedge fund managers keep getting burned by meme stocks... Meme stock madness is back in full swing. Retail investors, who support online forums like Reddit's WallStreetBets, sent more shorted stocks to all-time highs. In some way, bad news has become good news. Social-media-fueled investors seem to be targeting struggling stocks with high short interest. These […]

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Get Ready... Corporations Are Poised to Spend

The growth wave is coming... Just last week, we talked about how constrained supply chains and old assets mean the economic recovery will include a new wave of capital expenditures ("capex").  Physical assets such as property, plant, and equipment (PP&E) are at their oldest levels in the U.S. and need to be replaced. As a […]

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This 'SaaS' Company's Services Are Critical... But Is It a Buy?

Here at Altimetry, we understand the power of knowledge-sharing... Friday's Altimetry Daily Authority articles start with coaching comments from either Rob Spivey, our director of research, or me, Joel Litman. Each week, we give you our personnel insights. When we launched Valens Research – the firm that powers Altimetry – more than 10 years ago, […]

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China's Latest Policy Change Just Opened the Door for This Tiny Health Care Firm

It's too late to reverse China's one-child policy... The Chinese government is worried its aging population will increase its share of retirees and shrink its workforce.  Back in the 1970s, China's leader Deng Xiaoping and others feared explosive population growth. And the government passed its famous one-child policy in 1979, which limited births across the […]

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How Forensics Saved Our Readers From a Potential Portfolio 'Torpedo'

Many investors focus on big-picture trends when thinking about investments... It's a great way to make sure that the "wind is at your back" when investing. If you are investing in a big theme, where market opportunities are growing and cash is flowing, the idea is that your pick will be lifted, too. As the […]

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One of Our Best Stock Picks Is in the Red-Light District

Due diligence is important when finding potential investments – especially with companies in an under-policed part of the market... Microcaps are like the Wild West. There are a lot of bad actors out there. It also means that when a company starts to look questionable, people run for the hills. These names typically fly under […]

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The Next Two Quarters of GDP Growth Might Be Ugly... Here's Why That's a Good Thing

Corporate America is struggling to keep up with the rate of the global recovery... Over the past few weeks, supply chain bottlenecks and raw material shortages for commodities like lumber have investors concerned about future growth. As Bloomberg recently explained, this may have a direct effect on economic growth and the U.S. Federal Reserve's market […]

Why It Pays to Give Before You Get and Get Rich Doing So

I teach a course called 'Return-Driven Strategy'... It's a fun, interesting program to teach. And we've been running it two to three times per year at various universities. Specifically, we look at a large survey of companies, both good and bad. And we examine the perspectives of the greatest investors in the world (many of […]

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