Debt-stricken Small Stocks

Is taking on more and more debt at lower and lower interest rates a good thing? Well, it does not seem to be helping the bulk of public companies on the U.S. stock exchanges. Consider the premier benchmark for small stocks, the Russell 2000. Their very existence may...

No Country For Old Bank Stocks

Bank stocks around the globe dramatically underperformed respective stock markets in 2007. And by 2008, a global financial collapse punished every economic sector. Here in 2020, bank stock troubles are resurfacing. Year-over-year differences between ‘Big...

Zombie Nation

Zombie companies are those that cannot generate enough profits to cover their debt payments. And according to the researchers at Deutsche Bank, the ‘walking dead’ comprise nearly one out of five publicly listed corporations in the United States. The...

Tech Tail Risk

An investor can look at return on equity (ROE) to determine how well a company is using its assets to generate profits. Additionally, one can calculate ROE by dividing net income by shareholder equity. Is there a good ROE percentage? Acceptable ROE percentages tend to...

Three-Sigma Valuation Warning

When it comes to understanding the wackiness of the 2020 stock bubble, it may be instructive to look at valuation indicators that correlate highly with future investment returns. For instance, one might combine the data from the Q Ratio, Crestmont P/E, PE10 and...