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July 2023

Auto Stocks Surge – Here’s an Even Better Play

July 1, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

Inflation is coming down, and we’re also starting to see car prices ease as supply-chain issues finally resolve and inventory becomes more plentiful. Shares of the biggest U.S. automakers have also come alive, especially in June. Ford (F) surged 25%, with Toyota (TM) and General Motors (GM) both popping around 15%. Should investors jump on the momentum? Or is it a nice little run that can’t last? Let see what my data shows. And I’ll tell you about an even better auto-related stock…

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June 2023

The Surprise #1 ETF in My System Leads to Interesting Buys

June 29, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

Six months ago, I don’t think anybody would have predicted which exchange-traded fund would lead the ETF rankings in my Quantum Edge system halfway through the year. You know I think investors can make more money in individual stocks, but ETFs are valuable vehicles… and they’re a good source for stock ideas. Even surprising ones.

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Brokerages Use Your “Free” Trades Against You – Here’s How We Turn The Tables

June 26, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

Trading volume drops every summer. You might think that means quiet and sleepy trading, but the opposite is often the case. It can be a difficult environment in which to make money. Except for those big Wall Street firms that use supercomputer firepower – and information gleaned from trades made by investors like you – to make money even when volume is low. Here's how it works... and how to exact a measure of revenge.

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If You Sit Out This New Bull Market, You’ll Feel Snake-Bit

June 24, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

The biggest risk investors like us face right now isn’t inflation. It isn’t the Federal Reserve. It isn’t even recession. The biggest risk is missing out. Of being so afraid of getting bitten again that we bail out of stocks and get left behind... like right now as the new bull market appears.

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Six Stocks that Big Money Has Been Buying (Over and Over)

June 22, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

It’s certainly true that technology stocks, especially semiconductor stocks, and other growth companies have led the market’s big rally since last fall. But my Quantum Edge sector rankings show that, while tech remains “The King,” all other sectors are rising, too – and their Quantum Scores are surging into that same tech territory.

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5 Stocks on My Moneymaking “Watch List”

June 19, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

With a break in the trading action, it’s a good day to bring you Part II of my interview with TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan. We talk more specifically about how to invest in this market, and I share five high-ranking stocks to put on your radar.

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Your Mid-Year Game Plan: What’s Happening Now And What to Expect Next

June 17, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan recently asked me to sit down for a midyear check-in: To see what I’m looking for in stocks, and to get some thoughts on what investors should be doing right now. Keith is a friend – and my boss! – so I was on my best behavior. Seriously, though, our talk led to some useful insights about where we are, where we’re going, and how to make the most of it...

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Why in the World Would the Fed Say That?

June 15, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

After 10 straight increases, the Fed left interest rates unchanged – the first time that’s happened since January 2022. Yay! But Powell also signaled that we’ve got a long way to go before inflation is beaten, so the Fed said it could bump rates higher again – maybe even two more times by the end of the year. Boooo! So, what do we make of his announcement? And how should we play this with our stock portfolios?

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How Data Helps Us Bet Against Wall Street – And Win

June 10, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

Pop quiz: What do GameStop (GME) and Nvidia (NVDA) have in common? Not much, is the short answer. But GameStop taught the world how powerful a “short squeeze” can be to take share prices to the moon, as meme traders like to say. Here's how I incorporate possible short squeezes into my stock selection process.

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Use Wall Street’s Biggest Advantage to Build Your Own Wealth

June 8, 2023TradeSmith Research Team

You probably don’t realize it, but you’ve been fighting against the great Data Divide your entire investing career. This Data Divide has meant that everyday investors have missed the biggest trading profits for more than half a century. We need our own data edge to get us on the right side of the divide.

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