A battered and bruised retail sector is showing signs of life. Can a rally in this group keep the stock market up as high as Santa's sleigh? Read More
Linda McDonough is a veteran hedge fund analyst who loves to break down company financial statements and identify market inefficiencies to uncover big opportunities. She believes in a boots-on-the-ground approach that includes surveying customers, interviewing company executives, or doing whatever it takes to see what others don't.
She's now brought her experience as a hedge fund analyst to subscribers of her Profit Catalyst Alert service. Her system identifies small- and mid-cap stocks that are about to move due to catalytic events that few others can identify...until it's too late. These events often times result in massive gains for her followers.
Analyst Articles
A rumored bid by Hasbro sent Mattel's stock up last week. Surprisingly, Mattel, who's famed Barbie is free-falling in popularity, is not interested in being acquired. How did Hasbro get such an upper hand on Mattel? Read More
IPOs have been less than stellar this year and some time spent fishing in the pond of recent deals delivers some soggy results. Read More
Amazon and Walmart are hard at work vying for the top spot in the delivery of perishable groceries. Who will be the beneficiary as these goliaths wrestle for the most profitable way to serve out of the way customers? Read More
Gross domestic product and orders for durable goods were exceptionally strong in the third quarter and show no sign of slowing. Less than truckload shippers are the big beneficiaries of all this data. Find out which ones are the best suited to profit. Read More
Long-time market strategist Ralph Acampora has been charting the Dow's movement on the side of his barn. This respected chart technician had the logistics of the mural all planned out but now the Dow's gone up so fast he's painting on the roof. What's this mean for the stock market? Read More
Discover how the behavioral economic theories studied by the recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics can help bulk up the profits in your portfolio. Richard Thaler, an economist at the University of Chicago, documents some notable quirks in investor decisions that short sellers have been watching for years. Read More
The National Retail Federation just released its estimate for Holiday 2017 sales. While its overall forecast may be accurate, digging into the details and analyzing last year's results will give investors the best bullish and bearish bets for the season. Read More
Last week's bullish moves in Post Brands and Blue Apron left me scratching my head. Why investors need to get their arms around the negative trends in consumer food stocks and how to profit from them. Read More
Sell to close the October 20, 2017, call on Old Dominion Freight (ODFL) with a strike price of $105 at $2.10 or higher for a quick 82% gain Symbol (ODFL171020C105) As I mentioned yesterday with my sale of the Werner calls, I still like the trucking group very… Read More