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It's time to look away from the heavyweights for alpha... The past few weeks have been choppy for large-cap stocks. Investors have been set up for disappointment this earnings season, leading to short-term volatility. This has already meant the S&P 500 Index is down around 1% over the past month, with the Nasdaq down 2%, […]
- AAPL
- AMZN
- FB
- GOOGL
- ZM
New stories of cyberattacks emerge every day... Earlier this week, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Israel was knocked offline by a ransomware attack for over a day... and it could have cost patient lives. There are even cyberattacks meant to poison people's drinking water by targeting a water treatment facility... That almost happened in Florida […]
- ABNB
- CRWD
- EXPN
- FTNT
- MA
- MS
- PANW
- PYPL
- RPD
I've never met a balanced fund I liked... Early next year, I'm speaking at #FREECON. It's an online convention for freelancers and business leaders hosted by MBO Partners, a firm we work with extensively, which offers a marketplace platform for independent contractors. The event, which you can learn more about here, aims to help freelancers […]
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The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 Index today may look a lot different a decade from now... In yesterday's Altimetry Daily Authority, we discussed our view that the microcap space is a compelling investment universe because many catalysts can send these stocks soaring. These catalysts are not just fundamental tailwinds. But the simple […]
- ISRG
- MA
- PYPL
When we first launched the Microcap Confidential newsletter 15 months ago, we marked four crucially important annual timeframes on our calendars... No matter when the tiny companies we identified with massive upside reported their earnings – we knew these microcaps would be a big deal. The reason is simple: The Russell 2000 rebalances in late […]
- ABNB
- BAX
- BDX
- BLFS
- EXPN
- MA
- MS
- PYPL
Mortgage rates are still cheap... Many news articles are floating around with sensational headlines about the 30-year mortgage rate "jumping" higher. Despite the incremental rise in the 30-year mortgage rate, it doesn't mean the housing market will go up in flames. The "jump" in the 30-year mortgage rates refers to a move higher to around […]
Let me tell you about this program that helps us with so much of what we do... We just wrapped up our quarterly performance reviews with the analyst team, particularly with our co-ops, the six-month, full-time interns who attended my alma mater Northeastern University. Truthfully, they are key cogs in our research engine – helping […]
- AMC
- CS
- GME
President Joe Biden's economic ambitions hang in the balance... The decision to postpone the $1 trillion infrastructure vote dealt a blow to a piece of Biden's economic platform. House Democrats delayed the vote last week after progressive members of the party dug in their heels. Progressives wanted more social policy solidified in the multitrillion-dollar part […]
- AAPL
- ADSK
- AMZN
- FB
- GOOGL
- NFLX
There's more to reaching net-zero than saving the environment… As new climate reports and data continue to flow in, government officials, management teams, and consumers alike have realized the necessity of getting the world off fossil fuels. While governments can create regulations and drive investments to nudge us in the right direction, the buck stops […]
- BKR
- GE
- LSE:PFC
- TSLA
- VWS.C
The WFH 'outside' revolution? As the fall season finally settled in last week in Maine, a thought occurred to me as I was looking out the window of my home office. I had a long call booked on my calendar, the sort that would require screen sharing and focused collaboration and thought... with the cool […]
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