Category: Stock Analysis

Stock Analysis

Following Up on Micron Technology

Micron Technology (MU) Follow-Up Summary Last week I penned an analysis on Micron Technology (that I had been meaning to get around to) here; https://thebearishbulls.com/2019/03/04/micron-technology-inc/. Throughout this follow-up, we’ll take a look at how it’s moved over the past week, seeing as I’m under the impression we’re finally seeing news-related movement rather than the upward passive-movement we’ve seen through it’s rise from the sub-$30’s in mid-December to the low $40’s peak over the past month. […]

Stock Analysis

Micron Technology, Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc. Executive Summary Micron (MU) is a manufacturer of high-performance memory & storage technology products with great returns on capital, attractive margins, growing product demand, and an impressive financial position (minimal liabilities) with a notable near-term catalyst. Despite Micron’s recent run up from $29 per share in late December to its current standing at $41.58 per share (a 43% rise), no insiders have sold shares. Additionally, Micron announced a $10 billion share buyback […]

Stock Analysis

In Defense of Cameras

The Underdog Keeps Barking If you were to search news on $Snap roughly six months after it’s IPO, you would see headlines like the one I got at the top of my results today: Snapchat is in the middle of an Identity Crisis. Snapchat is beleaguered in an arena of misapplied comparisons. Alongside the article above, you’ll find a headline advising that Snap cannot keep up with its brothers, Facebook (Instagram) and Twitter. These narratives: […]

General, Stock Analysis

Lagging & Leading Economic Indicators

Throughout this post I’ll introduce some of these indicators & share my thoughts on others. While this list doesn’t encompass every leading or lagging indicator, it’ll highlight a bunch of ones I’ve ran across over the past few years. Also to note, I typically review the release of many of the reports related to these indicators via Econoday. Economic Leading Indicators: Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) – Reported monthly based off data collected from purchasing executives from […]

Commentary, General, Stock Analysis

Fundamentals (Part Deux)

Fundamentals (Part Deux) To follow up on Part 1 of this series on Fundamental Analysis tools, throughout this post I’ll touch on Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE) & Return on Total Capital (ROTC) & explain their importance along with how to use these measurement tools. If you haven’t checked out the first part of this series, I’d definitely recommend it prior to jumping into this post. A couple terms to be familiar with […]

Stock Analysis

Fundamentals (Part 1)

Fundamental Tools Explained With the way the market has moved throughout the year & the unreliability seen amongst the biggest names of the past decade, I figured I’d start a series of posts to touch on some of the most common fundamental analysis tools that anyone can use to analyze the value of a stock’s current price. Fundamental Analysis Fundamental Analysis in a nutshell involves analyzing a company’s financial statements in order to assess the […]

General, Stock Analysis

Stock Types & Classifications

To add to the previous informative post on Order Types, I’ll be posting a series of additional informational articles on different investment “vehicles” (i.e. types of investments). Over the next couple of my posts, I’ll be looking to cover the various types of stocks, bonds, mutual/hedge funds, Index/Exchange-Traded funds, & Real Estate Investment Trusts/Private Equity investments along with various ways of breaking each down to into further categories for a deeper level of classification. As […]

Stock Analysis

Stock Order Types

Hey everyone, About a year & a half ago, I opened my own personal stock portfolio to gain some exposure to the markets & practice utilizing some concepts I had learned about through the CFA licensing I’ve been pursuing for a little under 2 years now. Throughout that year & a half that followed opening my personal stock portfolio, I learned a lot, to say the least. The market is a cruel mistress that can […]