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5 Things To Know Right Now; Our Fall Special Ends Today!

by Tom Bowley

It's been a long 2022 for many in the stock market as we've seen all-time highs in early January morph into one of the worst bear markets since 1950... Read More 

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The Three Key Ingredients Of Stock Portfolio Construction

by Tom Bowley

I always stress the importance of combining technical and fundamental analysis. I practiced in public accounting for more than 20 years, with most of that time spent at a large, regional CPA firm in the Washington DC area... Read More 

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Building A Portfolio To CRUSH The S&P 500!

by Tom Bowley

At EarningsBeats.com, we're one day away from the most exciting day of our quarter. I call it our Portfolio "Draft". I'll be announcing the 10 equal-weighted stocks that are included in each of our three portfolios - Model, Aggressive, and Income... Read More 

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Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) Earnings: Who's Winning The Retail War?

by Tom Bowley

Earnings season is quickly coming to a close, but it's just starting among the big retailers. On Tuesday, we'll get the latest earnings results from Walmart, Inc. (WMT), and that'll be followed by Target Corp's (TGT) quarterly earnings on Wednesday... Read More 

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Everything Has Changed and It's For The Better

by Tom Bowley

The stock market has been like a volcano, simply waiting to erupt. The hawkish Fed and stubbornly-high inflation have wreaked havoc on stocks in 2022, but market participants have been awaiting good news on the interest rate front and I believe they got it on Thursday... Read More 

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The VIX Is Screaming to GET IN NOW!

by Tom Bowley

My two favorite sentiment indicators are (1) the 5-day moving average of the equity-only put-call ratio ($CPCE) and (2) the Volatility Index... Read More 

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3 Things I'll Be Watching After Today's Fed Policy Statement

by Tom Bowley

Like all of you, I'm just waiting. The Fed concludes its two-day meeting this afternoon and its latest policy decision will be released at 2pm ET. It's widely expected that the Fed will raise the fed funds rate by 75 basis points... Read More