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Inphi Corporation
This is the last report on the recently completed third-quarter update. The early financial statements for the fourth quarter are from companies with fiscal quarters ended November. Those financial statements will begin to appear this week.
(more…)Contrarian Thesis For First American Financial
The fifth Contrarian Investor Virtual Conference is over, and investors are mulling over the stock picks that were presented. Sean Stannard-Stockton of Ensemble Capital Management was among the presenters. He offered his long thesis for First American Financial, a title insurance company.
(more…)Tesla Unhinged
This is a great time to be investing in Tesla – but unfortunately from the short side. Of course, there is risk, a lot of risk. So far this year Tesla has risen over 550 percent and many momentum traders predict a continued upward trend. From our perspective at Cornell Capital, however, the stock has already reached “ludicrous speed.” Never a stock that traded on the basis fundamentals, Tesla Inc’s stock has become so divorced from the underlying economics that it now exists in a kind of valuation twilight zone. At a market capitalization of over $550 billion Tesla currently has an equity value greater than that of the entire automobile industry (excluding Tesla) at the start of 2019.
(more…)8 Post-COVID-19 Sectors
No one knows precisely when the COVID-19 pandemic will end. Most experts are hopeful COVID-19 restrictions will end and life will begin returning to normal in the middle of 2021, coinciding with the widespread distribution of an effective vaccine.
Nobody knows what the recovery will look like once COVID-19 and its associated restrictions lift, but it will benefit you to pay attention to that shape. As more and more experts feel they can accurately predict the recovery’s shape, it will give us a better idea of the smartest investment strategy. Here are some economic recovery stages to keep an eye on:
- A V-shaped recovery, where the economy recovers immediately and vigorously (likely already passed).
- A U-shaped recovery, where the economy is stagnant for a while, then recovers fully.
- A W-shaped recovery, where the economy experiences a false upswing, followed by a V-shaped or U-shaped trajectory.
- A K-shaped recovery, where some sectors and individuals experience a V, while others continue an elongated downswing.
- An L-shaped depression, with no clear sense of the economy recovering any time soon.
