Market was relatively flat for the week but there are pockets of weakness. Small-cap (Russell 2000) is trading in range and struggle to break above 2,000 and is looking to test 1,700 level. Breaking out of this range of 1,700-2,000 will indicate the direction. Continue reading
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The market pulled back a bit this week with S&P 500 falling 0.5% while the Nasdaq dropped nearly 1%. A retest of recent low at 4,370 on the S&P will be a crucial point. With 3 months T-bill sitting at 5.56%, the risk free return is putting tremendous pressure on equity. Our dividend watch list contain large number of companies with range of dividend yield and payout ratio to focus on. Below is the dividend watch list for the week. Continue reading
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The market rebounded this week risking nearly 2% for the week. YTD, the S&P 500 is up 18% and the Nasdaq is up 35%. Since 1985, the Nasdaq ended the year higher at 35% or higher 7 times (18% of the time). Will have to wait and see how 2023 will end. Below is the dividend watch list for the week. Continue reading
Tough week for the market as the S&P 500 pulled back 2%. Zooming out to look at the yearly view, we are still up 14% for the year and got a full quarter to push through. Good chance we’ll end the year in the green but at what level is yet to be seen. Recent pull back opened up some opportunity for companies to get into our watch list. Below is the dividend watch list for the week. Continue reading
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The market continue to progress higher with the S&P 500 almost reaching YTD gain of 20%. Nasdaq is putting up impressive number with YTD gain of 37%. Below are 41 companies on our dividend watch list for the week. Continue reading
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It was great week to be long the market as the S&P 500 rose 2.3% while the Nasdaq added 3.7%. and Russell 2000 gained 2.7%. A strong market naturally reduce the number of companies trading near the low. Below are 57 companies on our watch list for the week. Continue reading
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Market closed 1.8% lower for the week. Despite a down week, bullish sentiment hat pushed the market up 13.7% in 2023 continue to remain in tack as Call Options volume for S&P 500 rose. Below is the watch list for the week. Continue reading
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The S&P 500 rose on Friday pushing the market up 2.6% for the week and YTD gain of 12%. Interesting, the Dow is lagging the overall market with gain of only 1.9% YTD. With recent surge in the market, there are less companies on our watch list. Continue reading
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The market rose nearly 2% this week and pushed the YTD performance to 9.6%. Some of the headwinds are debt ceiling and inflation concern. Despite that, we continue to see this market continue to be push forward and upward. At the end of the week, we have nearly 100 companies on our dividend watch list. Below is the watch list for the week. Continue reading
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It was a rocky start to May and market is down 1% one week into the month. Would “Sell In May and Go Away” set in? That is an interesting question and theory to explore. Without going deeply into different scenario, here are a quick assessment of Dow Jones Industrial return in May. It appears that we have more positive return than negative return in May. Note that negative return of greater than 10% occurred in 1931, 1932, and 1940.
With context of market return in May behind us, let’s explore our watch list below. Continue reading
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There was little movement in the market last week and by the end of the week, we are left with 89 companies on our Dividend Watch List. Continue reading
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It was another up and down week for the market. When it’s all said and done, S&P 500 closed the week up slightly but remain below 4,000 mark. The number of companies on our watch list continued to creep higher. Below is the watch list for the week. Continue reading
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The fall out of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) shook the market and dragged the S&P down nearly 5% for the week. We will have to wait and see if this issue is contagious or if regulators can contain this. As a result, our dividend watch list ballooned to more than 100 companies. Continue reading
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Market was down 2% for the week falling below 4,000 mark. We ended the week with 49 companies on our watch list. Below is the watch list for this week. Continue reading
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It was a choppy week in the market as the S&P 500 traded up to 4,160 but closed slightly below 4,100 for the week. We ended the week with 32 companies on our watch list. Below is the watch list for this week. Continue reading
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