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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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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Over the past year, folks flush with cash had few places to spend it... With vacations out of the question and bars and shops closed, extra income went into investment vehicles of all stripes. For example, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies resurged in popularity in late 2020 and early 2021. And the next step in the […]
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Over the past few years, advancements in technology and data analytics have unlocked big opportunities... Demand for cloud-computing offerings, the technology that manages the cloud, and the analytics platforms that can extract data from all that cloud storage is growing exponentially. As a result, valuations for companies offering cloud computing and data center technology have […]
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