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About Merck Merck Sharp & Dohme, better known simply as Merck, is a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey. Aside from its expansive medical testing and lab related business(es), the pharma giant is responsible for producing well-known, everyday use medicines ranging from Claritin and Propecia to Keytruda and Coppertone sunscreen. Merck’s financials Being […]

About Stanley Black & Decker I thought you’d never ask! Stanley Black & Decker is one of those companies with a lot of brands under its tool belt. Some of their more notable brands include DeWalt, Craftsman, Irwin, and Bostitch. Black and Decker, founded in 1910 and headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, manufactures and sells

Shouldn’t we invest like Hedge Funds? Hedge funds are said to be the cream of the crop, the titans of the investing world. They are the only geniuses that can generate outsized returns for their wealthy investors. Why shouldn’t retail (average) investors like you and me invest in the stocks they invest in? After all,

Let’s talk about the week ahead! Market pundits are finally stating the obvious. Stocks are unsustainably high and the market is in need of some serious correction. Here are some of the notable Fed announcements coming out this week! After market close tomorrow, Foreign Exchange Rates are coming out. What the heck is that? Like

Let’s take a look at the week ahead! The stock market is closed tomorrow due to Labor Day! However, the fun will pick back up on Wednesday when job openings numbers come out. Last time they were counted they were just above 10.1 million. I’ll be interested in what this week’s numbers say. I would

The Cintas Bubble The market is propped up on small wooden sticks right now. Investing more of your money in stocks or bonds in this current environment seems foolish at best given the industrywide inflated valuations that are partially induced by constant market hype (crypto, WSB/Reddit, etc…). We are living in a weird stage where

Welcome to MacroHint’s new weekly newsletter! In the weekly newsletter we talk about what lies ahead for the market in the coming week. From major Fed meetings to key earnings calls, MacroHint has you covered. Let’s take a look at the week ahead! Regarding the Fed, there aren’t any major planned meetings this week, just

Thoughts Things have been weird. It doesn’t even feel like money is real anymore. Three trillion here, a hundred billion there; we have gotten too comfortable with these astronomically high numbers. Does anyone else feel this way? From the stimulus packages that the current administration is pushing to industry-wide company valuations growing more than their

Overview One of the most commonly asked questions in mankind is “how do I turn my money into more money?” “Which stocks should I buy, when should I buy them” etc… There is no straightforward answer to these questions. However, from my experience of investing over the last few years, I have some suggestions. Ownership

Investing landscape Everyone seems to be buying stocks right now—history says you shouldn’t. Unless you are trading on insider information or a stock picking whiz, investing your money in this current economic environment seems frowned upon at best. If there is anything that I have learned from the start of the pandemic it is that