Today we’re discussing how rate cuts and consumer weakness play out in the markets, what might happen, and how to prepare. What follows are hard-earned, actionable insights from Porter Stansberry, based on his 25 years of navigating markets.
Shares of America’s largest insurer soared in August after a strong earnings report, Warren Buffett bought into one Big Secret portfolio company, and a beverage company continues to show promise despite months of struggling to increase sales.
With a 64% probability of the Fed cutting interest rates in September, the macro economic environment is clearly shifting in the right direction for biotech, but even before that has happened, these two companies released blowout earnings reports.
The share prices of the four businesses we review in this issue got whacked by the overall slowdown in the economy – but except for one that we recommend selling, the long-term outlook for them remains bullish.
This company went from making addictive products that can kill you, to making addictive products that don’t kill you, and it’s generating huge margins doing so. It has all the ingredients of a high-conviction opportunity, when investors can make money with almost 100% certainty.
The economy has reached a critical inflection point, with widespread consumer distress and a stalling labor market signaling an imminent recession. We’re bracing for a bear market, and providing an update on some of the recommendations in The Big Secret portfolio.
Coal – yes, coal – will save today’s computing revolution. One U.S. producer of this throwback energy source is thriving, despite the best efforts of American policymakers to bankrupt the industry. Wall Street hates this stock, so you can buy it for a bargain.
Skirting the law for more than five years gave this company a huge advantage, enabling it to gobble up market share, so that now as the dominant player, it can use its size to power long-term growth.
While non-standard insurance policies guard against high-risk events – like Kiss’ Gene Simmons hurting his tongue or Bruce Springsteen losing his voice – this doesn’t necessarily make for a riskier business model as we show with this highly profitable company that is eating up market share.
Despite a strong performance over the last few decades, the stock of this company is trading well below its 2021 high – and last month dropped 16% after reporting one of the company’s worst quarters ever. Is this the end of a great coffee brand?