Some Quick Analysis on CrowdStrike Stock

If you’re buying a stock for the long term (3-5 years plus), it’s good to buy below the 200-day moving average. CRWD is below that (red trend line) now. So this is a true trend reversal you can buy into. There is some support in the chart at $240 and then $200. After that, support is at $140 and...

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Digging into Pfizer PFE, Part 2

Last month I took an initial look at Pfizer, the company and the stock. In that post, I go through the process I typically do when looking at a stock with fresh eyes. I checked out the charts to get a handle for the recent price action, did a little reading, and browsed the company's fundamentals....

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Digging into Pfizer PFE, Part 1

I own very few biotech or pharma stocks. I heard the boys on The Compound talking about going long Pfizer recently, and so I thought it would be worth a look. The Pfizer comment was casually dropped toward the end of this episode of The Compound with Friends with JC Parets and Joe Fahmy as guests....

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Checking in on Microsoft Stock MSFT

Microsoft is a core holding for me. It's the #1 position in my main brokerage account and about 7% of my retirement account. A little bit of history. I held Microsoft through some flat years 2003-2013 or so. In 2014, Satya Nadella came in as CEO and brought MSFT back as a growth stock. Since then,...

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Fair Value Calculation for Snowflake $SNOW

As we enter (or exit?) this bear market in stocks, there will be some buying opportunities. How do you know if that stock that just fell 80% is "on sale" or not? This is not investment advice, but an example ? on how I calculate "fair value" for a stock before investing in it. I'm investing for the...

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How do you build a position in a frothy stock?

I call a stock frothy if it's up 50% or more over the past year or so. When a stock doubles, triples, or like Tesla is up 800% over a short time period, there is a good chance the price will fall. So how do you safely buy a frothy stock? When a stock is up that much, the "fundamentals" of the...

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Trends for Major Indices as of April 6th 2020

CNBC says Dow soars 1,600 points as growth rate of new coronavirus cases appears to slow. Nasdaq - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Up S&P 500 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Down Russell 2000 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Up

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Trends for Major Indices as of March 26th 2020

Investing.com says U.S. Initial Jobless Claims<https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/initial-jobless-claims-294> Nasdaq - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Up S&P 500 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Up Russell 2000 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down -...

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Trends for Major Indices as of March 22nd, 2020

Yahoo says Coronavirus aid bill includes $3,000 for families, $4 trillion liquidity for Fed: Mnuchin Nasdaq - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Down S&P 500 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term: Down Russell 2000 - Long-term: Down - Intermediate: Down - Short-term:...

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