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Stock markets have seen immense volatility this year. The sharply rising inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and central banks raising interest rates are all weighing on equities. With volatility expected to remain high, reducing equity risk can be challenging but achie...

The true dichotomy in 2022’s stock market is that S&P 500 forward estimates continue to be revised higher while the S&P 500 sinks lower. The forward 4-quarter estimate rose this past week to $235.25 vs last week’s $234.44 and the 12/31/21 estimate of $216.14. ...

Tech is under pressure but it's not being singled out by investors. Larger technology stocks faring better than smaller tech firms. TD Asset Management's Vitali Mossounov explains why this isn't a replay of the dot-com crash. For further details see: Inside The Tech Rout...

The market reaction to SoFi’s Q1’22 earnings card is wildly overblown. SoFi added more than 400 thousand customers to its consumer platform in the last quarter. While platform growth and member acquisition may be moderating, SoFi is on track to add millions of new us...

We had a dour outlook on Lemonade on longer term timeframes. The stock has struggled since then, but then, which stock has not struggled recently? We looked at the recently released results to see if Lemonade was showing some signs of its promised superior underwriting. For ...

Block reported first quarter results that missed estimates on a number of items. This has resulted in analysts cutting estimates for 2022 and 2023. It cannot be ruled out of this stock returning to its pandemic lows. For further details see: Block May Be Heading Back To ...

1Q22 results missed almost every Street estimate. 2022 outlook doesn't look particularly encouraging, as e-commerce outperformed by a wide margin in 2021 and 2020. The stock could face further multiple compression in an inflationary environment. For further details see: ...

In January, the bubble indicator showed that the US equity market as a whole was at the edge of a bubble but not in an extreme bubble. The earnings growth discounted in stocks is still a bit high. While the reversal has been significant, discounting of future earnings remains some...

The stagflation scenario got a little more traction last week with the release of a negative Q1 GDP print on Thursday and hints of more inflation on Friday. April was a really rotten month with everything down but the general commodity indexes. Investing is mostly an exercise in s...

The forward 4-quarter estimate rose this week to $234.04 from $233.83 although the forward P/E compressed to 18.2x from last week’s 18.8x. The S&P 500 earnings yield jumped to 5.48% from last week’s 5.32%. Tech and Growth is struggling in 2022, which is perfectly...