Featured Blogs by Russell Markham
10 Key Resources to Getting Started with VectorVest!
To all our new subscribers (and our existing subscribers who would like a refresher on some of our key resources). I have compiled 10 key resources to ensure you get the most out of VectorVest.
The Best Dividend Paying Stocks in Australia
VectorVest tracks the best dividend paying stocks each day. Within VectorVest there is a WatchList entitled: The Dividend Payers WatchList. The Dividend Payers WatchList tracks shares in Australia where the Dividend Yield is 3% or better and where the price is at least $2 or higher (to avoid any penny stocks). A snapshot of the Dividend Payers WatchList [...]
Uranium Spot Prices are Surging – how to find the best Uranium Stocks.
URANIUM SPOT PRICES ARE SURGING! Uranium spot prices are on a tear! Prices are up over 80% in the last 12 months with the price at $92 USD per pound as of the end of mid-January 2024. What is behind the rise in uranium prices? Cameco Corporation (US ticker code CCJ), a major producer of uranium, attributes the [...]
VectorVest Smart Investing Blogs
Walgreens is Still Struggling With Profitability After Q2 Earnings Miss: Should You Sell WBA?
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) are relatively flat this morning after the company reported second-quarter earnings that have analysts and investors alike concerned about profits and the long-term viability of the company’s business model. Last quarter, we wrote about Walgreens cutting their quarterly dividend and the fallout that ensued - including removal from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. [...]
Merck Spikes After FDA Approval, Sends Competitors Reeling
Merck (MRK) received US FDA approval on Tuesday after the market’s close for Winrevair to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), causing the stock to climb 4.6% pre-market. The company’s market cap is around $332.7 billion, indicating any notable movement is a result of a significant event, so the approval demonstrates a pretty big win for the medical giant. Let’s [...]
GameStop Falls 16% on Earnings Miss, Concern of Long-Term Viability: Should You Sell GME?
Shares of GameStop Corporation (GME) are down more than 16% Wednesday morning after the company came in well short of expectations in the fourth quarter. The video game retailer reported revenue of $1.79 billion, missing the analyst consensus of $2.05 billion by a wide margin. This was a big step backward year over year, too, from $2.23 billion this [...]
RETAIL STOCKS REVISITED
RETAIL STOCKS REVISITED We have looked at the Australian Retail Sector on a number of occasions and based on a growing interest in this sector by investors, we will use VectorVest to look at it again for potential investment opportunities. At VectorVest we don’t make predictions; we deal in facts looking at what is happening at the moment in making [...]
Krispy Kreme Soars 30% on McDonald’s Distribution Partnership, But Is it Enough to Earn DNUT a Buy?
Krispy Kreme (DNUT) is up more than 30% in Tuesday trading after the Winston-Salem, NC company announced a strategic partnership with worldwide fast-food chain McDonald’s. The rollout will begin in the back half of this year, at which point customers will be able to buy Krispy Kreme doughnuts at select McDonald’s. The partnership will be nationwide by 2026. The [...]
Dell Gains on Nvidia Partnership While Others Fall: 3 Other Reasons to Buy DELL Stock Today
Last week we saw a bit of a sell-off in the AI and tech industries as a whole, but one stock actually managed to gain about 5% - Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL). This came after the hardware manufacturer got a shout-out from Wall Street darling Nvidia. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a GTC Keynote late last Monday in which [...]