After 20 years in the retail and consumer goods sector, I became a research analyst and market strategist for Capital Ladder Advisory Group. Since 2011, I have published some 400+ articles surrounding mainstream retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Costco and more. I've covered consumer goods corporations such as Apple, Keurig Green Mountain, SodaStream, Skullcandy, Fitbit and more. To date, I've garnered over a hundred media references to my analytics including Forbes. Presently, I am a contracted consultant to many retail and consumer goods companies in North America and manufacturing entities in China and Korea.
To study the history of market behaviors and/or performance puts the average investor at an advantage, when compared to the “lone wolf” approach to investing. The markets are more dedicated to disseminating human behavior than they are price discovery potentials. While circumstances are seemingly always different/unique, human behavior proves the one most constant variable in…
Welcome to another trading week!! In appreciation of all of our Basic Membership level participants and daily readers of finomgroup.com content, we offer the following excerpts from our Weekly Research Report. Our weekly Report is extremely detailed and has proven to help guide investors and traders during all types of market conditions with thoughtful insights and analysis, graphs,…
There is no shortage of uncertainty as the new year begins, so in an attempt to provide some clarity, we briefly answer some of the key macro questions of 2021. What does a Senate majority for the Democrats mean for the markets? The Democratic sweep of Georgia gives the incoming administration some more legislative latitude,…
With ten trading sessions of the New Year complete, January and 2021 are off to a modest start. The Covid19 vaccine rollout has proven more difficult than previously forecast by governments, economists and the like. The economy has, by many measures, found a soft patch in economic activities. Lastly, but certainly not least and shy…...
Last Monday, in our January Chartbook, we suggested that the Georgia runoff could be a wildcard for the potential resumption of Value rotation. This would largely end the digestion of the big November Value spike that was taking place over the past 4-5 weeks. We are not fully out of the woods yet, as the…...
If asked about possible silver linings to this pandemic, I would list first the chance to spend more time with family. Our son Andrew and his wife and son moved in with Nancy and me in Los Angeles at the beginning of the pandemic, as they were renovating their house when Covid-19 hit, and we…
Welcome to another trading week!! In appreciation of all of our Basic Membership level participants and daily readers of finomgroup.com content, we offer the following excerpts from our Weekly Research Report. Our weekly Report is extremely detailed and has proven to help guide investors and traders during all types of market conditions with thoughtful insights and analysis, graphs,…
The first week of a new year, and the markets continue to trend higher. We don’t know how long overbought conditions can last, but we know that should not be a priority consideration. Our #1 consideration is not to attempt to outthink the market. This will likely prove detrimental to our performance. When a severe…...
Wayne and Seth tackle the macro-market issues of the day as the New Year takes shape. Take some time to read the text from the weekly SOTM as our video did not capture the total embodiment of the video. Please click the following link to review the SOTM video. Have a great weekend investors! “Ask…...
Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman together with Joe Zidle, Chief Investment Strategist in the Private Wealth Solutions group at Blackstone, today issued their list of the Ten Surprises of 2021. This is the 36th year Byron has given his views on a number of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year. Byron…