It's always great to start off the month on a weekend. January always feels like the longest, most tiring month, but I hope the rest of your year will be less exhausting than this one.
Here are the top five leading stocks for this week.
The reason this is important is because this blog focuses on momentum trading. Momentum trading believes that stocks that lead tend to keep leading and stocks that lag tend to keep lagging. There will be some exceptions, but this rule tends to stay true. In the case that it doesn't, exit out. Regardless of whether you momentum trade, this information is still valuable. At the very least, you'll have some stocks to consider.
** These charts posted here are six-month charts
As I mentioned in the last post, this new post will be replacing the context portion in favor of talking about earnings growth and sales growth. The definition of Earnings Growth and Sales Growth will be at the bottom of this post.
The S&P's 5 out of 500
5. $IVZ - Invesco
What do they do?
"Invesco Ltd. is an American independent investment management company," (
Wikipedia).
Earnings Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 10.64% increase in earnings.
Sales Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 10.64% increase in sales.
4. $NCLH - Norwegian Cruise Line
What do they do?
"Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is a holding company that operates three cruise lines as wholly owned subsidiaries: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises" (Wikipedia). Earnings Growth
From last year's third quarter to now, there's been a 30.26% increase in earnings.
Sales Growth
From last year's third quarter to now, there's been a 10.67% increase in sales.
3. $BEN - Franklin Resources
What do they do?
"Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company and global investment firm" (Wikipedia). Earnings Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 9.26% decrease in earnings.
Sales Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 13.08% increase in sales.
2. $IBM - IBM
What do they do?
"IBM is known for its hardware and software products, including computers, servers, storage systems and networking equipment" (TechTarget). Earnings Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 1.29% increase in earnings.
Sales Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 0.99% increase in sales.
1. $RCL - Royal Caribbean Cruises
What do they do?
"Royal Caribbean Cruise is a global cruise holding company incorporated (
Wikipedia).
Earnings Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 30.40% increase in earnings.
Sales Growth
From last year's fourth quarter to now, there's been a 12.91% increase in sales.
Our Blog Portfolio
This is where our portfolio was last post.
This is how it looks now.
Portfolio Upkeep
We're removing SMCI, MU, and WBA stock we invested in on 1/12/25.
The portfolio, with our new additions, looks like this now!
What is the earning and sales growth?
Sales growth, also called revenue growth, is the profit that a company makes; it's the total money that comes into a company before any subtractions. It can tell us how well they're selling, and it's a good indicator of how healthy the company is.
Earnings growth is sometimes considered the most important way to measure how well the company is doing. It tells us how much profit the company retained after subtractions, like paying employees or paying off debt.
The more these two grow, the better.
Why compare the increase from last year's quarter to this one?
The blog covers the growth in comparison to last year's quarter to account for seasonal increases. For example, cruise companies are going to do probably do better in the holiday season (so around quarter four) than they would in any other season.
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