1.21.2021

Millions of new investors piled into mainland Chinese stock markets in 2020 - CNBC

"In December, the mainland stock market recorded 1.62 million new investors--double the 809,300 reported a year ago, according to China Securities Depository and Clearing."

 

50 Companies To Watch - Bloomberg

"The analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence--who track about 2,000 companies in fields including finance, retail, energy, and technology--have identified 50 worth watching carefully in the year ahead."

 

These Stocks Are More of a Gamble Than an Investment - Barron's

"Some stock market trading activity has looked an awful lot like gambling as of late, with huge run-ups in companies that have shown little actual evidence of profits, or in some cases, sales."

Note: Sundial Growers was a top example of companies who have high trading volume relative to market cap. While most of the companies on the second list in this article are held in very few if any ETFs, a fun exercies is putting them in the "Security Look-Up" tool one at a time. 

 

Stocks Could Plunge Even if the Economy Booms - WSJ

"We keep being reminded that the stock market isn't the economy. But then, is it possible for the market to go into a long bear run even if the economy booms? Yes, although there is little record of it every happening."