Last week, The Hershey Company (HSY) inked a deal to buy Pirate Brands from B&G Foods (BGS) for a cool $420 mil. One of the more popular items owned by Pirate Brands was …
I REMEMBER KAREN
Karen and her husband, Abe, were clients of mine, once upon a time. They were among the best people that I've ever met in my career. They were in their seventies by the time I met …
FINANCES & DIVORCE
Divorce is rarely, if ever, a positive thing. It can have silver linings, of course, but it's the end of something that started out, usually, with great hope. I've noticed …
ENOUGH TESLA, ALREADY.
I've been in this business for twenty years and I don't know that I've seen a more polarizing stock than Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ). It is your typical "cult stock". Not that that's …
McDonald’s: It Is “A Changing”!
When I was a little boy, my mom would take me shopping on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia. That was a time when you could actually walk around that area and not be reasonably …
Buying Amazon Ahead of Earnings???
There are certain stocks that should never be bought ahead of earnings reports. It comes back to the tenet of never buying anything that you don't understand. Amazon …
Don’t Worry. Well, Worry but don’t worry!
Everyone has problems. Problems are relative. What seems a big deal to one may be old territory for another. As Elton John so aptly stated, " Some of us sail through our troubles …
GE is not a Dow stock anymore. Who cares?
General Electric (GE:NYSE) was an original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average when it began in 1896. Today, they will be replaced by Walgreens (WBA:NYSE). The DJIA was …
Fat Premium of the Day
Abiomed (ABMD:NASDAQ) is a leading provider of medical devices that provide circulatory support. The stock has been on a tear lately, eclipsing $430/share. The 7/20/18 260 calls …
It’s A Question of Risk
Most, if not all, individual investors don't understand the concept of risk. No one is interested in the efficient frontier. Risk is often only contemplated in hindsight: after the …
LOOK OUT FIVE BELOW (FIVE)
Five Below (FIVE:NASDAQ) is a Philadelphia, PA based retailer with 600 stores in 32 states. They describe themselves on their website as "a leading high-growth value retailer …
Trump is Proof
Historically, it's been thought that markets hate uncertainty. It's proven to be the case for hundreds of years...until now. With the current administration in the White House, …