Oil services company Weatherford International plc (NYSE/WFT) surged more than seven percent last Thursday despite a massive shortfall on its first-quarter revenue and earnings. What gave investors optimism during the first-quarter earnings season for Weatherford was not the fact that ... Read More

This article Massive Job Cuts Reason Companies Meeting Earnings Consensus originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

The bulls are out in full force again following a pause in the stock market. Investors were initially spooked by the fear of interest rates moving higher in the first quarter of 2015, but that appears to have been ... Read More

This article How to Survive This Stock Market originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

If you think Americans are firmly comfortable in the economy and jobs, think again. Yes, the stock market has returned strong gains and has been an investment opportunity over the past five years (since the end of the Great Recession ... Read More

This article Why This Company Will Fare Well as the Economy Stutters originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE/CMG) showed why it’s the hottest restaurant stock out there at this time. The stock has been a favorite of mine since declining to the mid-$200.00 level in October 2013. On Tuesday, the stock surged to ... Read More

This article What Makes This Beaten-Down Stock So Attractive originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

The bulls are continuing to ride the stock market higher with minimal resistance from the bears. After some weakness earlier in the year, stocks continue to want to edge higher.

We are not seeing the mass market participation we want ... Read More

This article Stocks vs. Bonds: Finding the Best Investment Opportunity Right Now originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

The stock market is looking higher. The DOW and the S&P 500 closed up for the fifth straight month as we enter into the second half of what has largely been a mixed and cautious year.

For growth investors, the ... Read More

This article How to Profit from the Improved Jobs Numbers originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

 We are a few weeks away from the second-quarter earnings season and again, there’s a lot of hope and optimism that corporate America will be able to deliver the goods. But we also said that for the first-quarter earnings season—and ... Read More

This article The Only Sector I Believe Will Deliver as Corporate America Struggles originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last Friday, the unemployment rate stood at 6.7% in March, which is similar to the unemployment rate in February. A total of 192,000 jobs were added, of which ... Read More

This article How to Protect Your Portfolio and Profit as Interest Rates Rise originally published at Daily Gains Letter by Guest Columnist, Asad Butt, BA.

The first quarter, by all accounts, was a dud, especially if you were invested in blue chip stocks as the Dow Jones Industrial Average retracted 0.74% in the quarter.

Yet March also saw some shifting of capital from higher-risk assets ... Read More

This article Why a Soft First Quarter Offers Hope originally published at Daily Gains Letter by George Leong.

I was reading an article that suggested investors are underestimating the extent that U.S. corporate profits could grow in 2014. And that the only reason the U.S. economy reported disappointing retail sales and weak jobs numbers and manufacturing data was ... Read More

This article How to Profit from the S&P 500—Even if Earnings Disappoint originally published at Daily Gains Letter by John Whitefoot.