By Robert S. Bacarella | January 7, 2020 L Brands has two of the most world-renowned brands in the retail business, Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works. Since the beginning of 2018, L Brand’s stock price has declined over 70%--from over $60 per share to less than $18 today. The decline in the stock valuation is primarily due [...]
November 27, 2019 | Ryan Emery, Kiplinger A fix is in the works and it’s only “a matter of time”—Bob Bacarella on Boeing’s grounded 737 and potential future earnings. Kiplinger identifies Boeing as one of the “10 Stocks for the Next 10 Years” and Bob weighs in.
September 6, 2019 | Debbie Carlson, US News Bob Bacarella, founder and chairman of Monetta Financial Services, uses relative strength as a primary technical analysis indicator. Relative strength measures the price trend of an individual stock to the broader market.
By Robert S. Bacarella | November 22, 2019 Netflix’s stock has recently underperformed the overall market as investors became increasingly concerned about growing streaming competition, slowing subscriber growth, higher corporate debt levels and spends more money than it takes in, as the company increases investments in original content shows and marketing related expenses. In addition, the planned launch of [...]
By Robert J. Bacarella | October 23, 2019 My wife and daughter love watching HGTV in our house…OK, OK, OK, I admit it, I love watching it too! Lately we have been watching a lot of the show “Love It or List It”, in which a designer and a real estate agent vie to convince homeowners to either “love [...]
By Robert S. Bacarella | October 23, 2019 Even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan, you have probably heard the phrase, “May the Force be with you.” Non-fans probably hear the phrase mostly as an equivalent to “good luck” in the face of an impending challenge. But as fans will explain, there’s more to the Force than that. [...]
By Robert S. Bacarella | September 13, 2019 Boeing has had a challenging year. After two fatal airline crashes, the company has been forced to ground its popular 737 MAX aircraft, which represents approximately 29% of company revenues. Since the grounding by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March, as many as 500 737 MAX planes are being stored [...]
By Robert Bacarella | September 13, 2019 The current secular bull market is now one of the longest on record. This current economic cycle has been unique given the modest level of economic growth which has kept interest rates and inflation low. Also, corporate profitability has benefited from lower corporate tax rates, reduced government regulations and higher consumer spending [...]
May 8, 2019 | James Brumley, Kiplinger Monetta Financial Services founder and portfolio manager Bob Bacarella says Costco “has a number of competitive advantages such as low prices, economics of scale compared to smaller retailers, can easily adjust to changes in customer consumption patterns, has an online delivery platform, an and innovative supply chain/inventory system.” Bacarella also is impressed by [...]
By Robert S. Bacarella | August 19, 2019 The cannabis market is rapidly expanding and subject to enormous hype as cannabis is increasingly becoming legalized for recreational and medical use worldwide. There has been a “Green Rush” to invest in the sector as numerous companies have gone public with many stocks appreciating to near “bubble” valuation levels. At this [...]