New Year Ratings
Value, Growth, Growth At A Reasonable Price
Seeking Alpha Analyst Since 2015
I was taught the value of investing and the power of compounding money at a young age by my dad and aunt. My dad helped me start a CD when I was about 10 to get better returns off my Christmas and birthday money. I started investing in the stock market when I was in grad school for Computer Science in 2008/2009. Stocks had dropped so far, it seemed like too good of a buying opportunity to me to pass up. I hardly knew anything about individual stocks, but luckily my timing was good and I saw multi-bagger returns on almost all my stock picks over the next few years. I've been interested in the stock market ever since and have done research on Seeking Alpha the last 5 years, as well as taking a couple online business/finance courses.
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Summary
- With the moves higher over the last few months and capping off with a really great move up to start 2021, value is tougher to find.
- I think banks have risen about as much as they're going to in the short-term. They are still fine long-term buys.
- Look for oil and some spot situations to be the lone places to find easy money now.
The shift toward value names has been doing well for the last 2-3 months. It may continue a while longer, but the easy money has been made. I'm seeing much more of the market as fairly valued now, as we aren't out of the woods completely with the virus yet. There are some special situations out there that still show good value, but in general I am bearish on high flying names, like Zoom (ZM) and Tesla (TSLA), due to valuation. I am neutral on banks and most financials as they have run up a lot (very close to pre-pandemic levels in most cases), yet interest rates still remain very low. I am bullish on oil still, but think they may pull back some in the short-term.
Buy: CDTX, HEPA, KLR, ROKU, SABR, SCYX, UNM
Neutral: BAC, CPRI, JPM, SHOP, SRC, SQ
Sell: AAL, ADS, CL, MAR, NKE, PTON, RRGB, TSLA, TTD, ZM
Analyst's Disclosure: I am/we are long BAC, CDTX, KLR, SCYX, SRC, UNM.
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