Sleep apnea technology company Inspire Medical Systems Inc (NYSE: INSP) has had a great year so far in 2020. After a significant, but brief, sell-off in early March, its been off to the races ever since. However, following their August 4 earnings report, the stock price shot higher before crashing down near the low by the end of the session. Since the release, some large insider sale transactions have occurred and may be an indication that the share price may be richly valued. Even medical companies couldn’t escape business closures and the limiting of essential medical procedures. The ...

1 2 Warren Buffett is known for being a value investor. The concept of value investing, and fundamental investing generally, is to buy stocks at a discount. If you were to look at Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings today, not every stock is a good investment as a new position. As a result, considerations for the current earnings prospects and valuation need to be considered which would be the best opportunity to buy today. Here are five of the best value opportunities from the holdings of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Benjamin Graham is largely considered the father of value investing. He ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) appears to be following the trend of Apple and is partaking in a 5-for-1 split. The resulting price will trade at one-fifth the price and shareholders before the split get five times the shares. The recent announcement appears to buck a rather long trend of companies not splitting their shares. Is the split announcement a signal to buy? Insider trading suggests it may be a good time to take profits in Tesla. The announcement from Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) that they were doing a 4-for-1 stock split was understandable as a Dow Jones Industrial Average component. Th...

Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) announces earnings today after the market closes. While the actual results are unknown, traders are positioning themselves ahead of the report to profit. The great thing about the options market is that you can take directional or non-directional trades. You can play volatility dynamics or just play the expectation that the price doesn’t move. On Tuesday, the option activity appears to be indicating a large bearish move over earnings. Cisco has a solid history of beating analyst estimates, but this isn’t like any other quarter. Over the past 60 days, th...

1 2 On Monday, we posted about ETFs to watch this week. One of those was the Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF. As you scan down the list of top holdings, you’ll see a number of companies that have high short interest. The rotation to more value-oriented companies with high short interest was likely going to be a key driver if the market were to test the all-time high this week. One look at the fund and its holdings and you’ll see that’s exactly what happened. The market right now is in a precarious position as optimism started to build last week. Goldman began raising their outlook f...

After posting the worst monthly performance in a decade, the U.S. dollar has been able to hold its ground. The value of the dollar is typically determined by the exchange rates of the world’s major currencies. The U.S. Dollar Index is one measure that investors typically use to represent the dollar’s performance. Investing I the dollar index can be done through the Invesco DB Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEARCA: UUP) and on Monday, it was the options market on that ETF that exploded. The U.S. Dollar Index is weighted primarily to the Euro currency. At a weighting of approximately 57%, t...

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AXS) is a $3.61 billion property and casualty company that saw a surge in buying activity last week from an independent director of the company named Charles A. Davis. Davis is the CEO of Stone Point Capital and Chairman of the Investment committees of the Trident Funds and is not new to investing in property and casualty with previous positions in Progressive Corp in 2012. After succumbing to the market selling in February, the share price has been rangebound between $35 and $43.50. The price was able to close above that resistance last Friday. The pric...

1 2 It’s been a surprising Q2 earnings season so far. With over 80% of companies beating estimates and earnings growth coming in higher than expected, it has led Goldman Sachs to raise their earnings guidance for the next two quarters last Friday. As we look forward to finishing this week, there are several relevant companies reporting earnings. Here’s five companies to watch and what to expect. As you consider the Q2 earnings season, it’s hard to be bullish about seeing earnings decline by 35% on over 10% lower revenues as of last week. However, it is easy to point to closing the eco...