Panic Buying

Daily gains of 5%-10% on mega-caps as if they are penny stocks? The price action for August of 2020 has been positively bonkers. For instance, Tesla (TSLA) witnessed 60% month-over-month gains. 60% in August alone! Even the 17th century’s ‘Tulip...

20 Years in the Making

In late August of 2000, the median stock in the S&P 500 hit its highest Forward P/E level ever. A 12-month Forward P/E of 26. For the better part of the last two decades, investment gurus routinely rebuked the foolishness of paying 26 times estimates of corporate...

Should’ve Seen It Coming

Late in 2005, my wife and I cashed in our two properties and decided to rent. We were a year early when we walked away from the real estate bubble that eventually destroyed tens of millions of families nationwide. Fifteen years ago, the math on ownership failed to add...

The Nasdaq Bubble Speaks ‘Volumes’

In what type of stock universe is there exponential intrigue in the “New Economy” Nasdaq with very little interest in the “Old Economy” of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)? Welcome to the 2020 Pleasure Dome. Perhaps ironically, corporate...

Exponential Price Insanity

One of the features of a stock bubble? Staggering price gains over relatively short periods of time. Apple (AAPL), for example, is a phenomenal company. Its smartphone, music and television platforms are addictive to hundreds of millions of people. Should it really be...