Joining me to wrap up the week, Ron Insana, CEO of Insana Information Partners. He joins me at the desk. Ron, great to have you. >> It's great to see you.Thanks for having me, Caroline. >> All right, so what do we need to take away from this week. What do investors actually need to care about right now.>> Well, I think they still have to care about the data fog that we're going through. I mean, we've got CPI or consumer price information that told us inflation was a little better than we thought, but the da ...

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If you share these concerns, now may be a good time to start preparing.And Wright isn’t the only one sounding alarms. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki has also warned that the “biggest crash in history” is beginning — adding that “residential real estate crashes” in this scenario as well.When asked how far prices would need to fall to restore balance, Wright didn’t mince words: “It's going to be near your 50% — and much greater in certain areas.”“I think we're going to correct all the way to a po ...

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作者背景与投资经历 - 作者在物流行业拥有近二十年从业经验 在股票投资和宏观经济分析领域有近十年经验 [1] - 当前投资重点覆盖东盟市场及纽交所/纳斯达克市场的股票 重点关注银行、电信、物流和酒店行业 [1] - 自2014年起开始在菲律宾股票市场交易 投资组合最初集中于热门蓝筹股 现已扩展至不同行业和市值规模的公司 [1] - 部分股票为退休持有 部分为交易获利 [1] 投资组合与市场参与 - 在菲律宾市场的投资重点包括银行、电信和零售行业 [1] - 2020年进入美国市场 投资组合涵盖美国银行、酒店、航运和物流公司 [1] - 自2018年起使用Seeking Alpha平台的分析报告 并将其与菲律宾市场的分析进行比较 [1]

市场整体表现 - 自2023年初以来，美国股市经历了一轮惊人的牛市，三大主要股指——道琼斯指数、标普500指数和纳斯达克综合指数——目前均在其历史高点附近徘徊 [1] - 小盘股基准罗素2000指数和标普600指数年内迄今分别上涨14.3%和7.5% [2] - 中盘股基准标普400指数年内迄今上涨7.6% [2] 中盘股投资逻辑 - 投资中盘股通常被视为良好的投资组合多元化策略，这些股票兼具小盘股和大型股的吸引力 [2] - 排名靠前的中盘股有很高的潜力提高其盈利能力、生产率和市场份额，并可能随时间推移成长为大型股 [3] - 如果经济增长因任何不可预见的内部或外部干扰而放缓，中盘股因其较低的国际业务敞口，比大型股同行更不易遭受损失 [3] - 如果经济持续繁荣，由于拥有成熟的管理团队、广泛的分销网络、品牌知名度和便捷的资本市场渠道，这些股票的涨幅将超过小盘股 [4] 重点推荐公司概览 - 推荐五只在2025年大幅上涨且拥有有利Zacks评级的中盘股，目标为2026年，分别为：FirstCash Holdings Inc (FCFS)、Lyft Inc (LYFT)、Installed Building Products Inc (IBP)、Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) 和 Advanced Energy Industries Inc (AEIS) [5] - 每只推荐股票目前均持有Zacks Rank 1（强力买入）或2（买入）评级 [5] - FCFS、LYFT、IBP、LUMN和AEIS是五只在2025年强劲上涨后被重点突出的中盘股 [9] FirstCash Holdings Inc (FCFS) - 公司是一家在美国、墨西哥和拉丁美洲其他地区经营当铺并提供技术驱动的销售点支付解决方案的运营商，业务分为三个部分：美国当铺、拉丁美洲当铺和零售POS支付解决方案 [8] - 公司预计下一财年营收和盈利增长率分别为5.7%和21.8% [10] - 过去60天内，Zacks对该公司下一年度盈利的一致预期上调了3.9% [10] Lyft Inc (LYFT) - 公司在美国和加拿大运营一个点对点的按需拼车市场，自动驾驶汽车相关的雄心壮志预示着良好前景，司机供应的增加也带来利好 [11] - 公司正经历强劲的乘客和司机增长，突显了拼车市场的改善 [11] - 公司旨在通过战略合作伙伴关系，在极具前景的机器人出租车市场占据强势地位，此举避免了独立开发自动驾驶系统所需的大量研发成本 [12] - 公司预计下一财年营收和盈利增长率分别为14.6%和25.9% [13] - 过去60天内，Zacks对该公司下一年度盈利的一致预期上调了5.6% [13] Installed Building Products Inc (IBP) - 公司在美国作为住宅绝缘材料安装商运营，同时还安装配套建筑产品，包括车库门、雨水槽、淋浴门、壁橱搁板和镜子，客户包括住宅建筑商、多户型和商业建筑商、个人房主以及维修和改造承包商 [14] - 公司预计下一财年营收和盈利增长率分别为1.1%和0.1% [15] - 过去30天内，Zacks对该公司下一年度盈利的一致预期上调了1% [15] Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) - 公司正受益于其向人工智能转型的专注，因为人工智能的普及所带来的机会正推动其私有连接结构解决方案的需求增长，公司已获得总计100亿美元的PCF交易，自第二季度以来增加了10亿美元 [16] - 其网络即服务解决方案的采用率提高是另一个有利因素，公司计划削减10亿美元成本，预计2025年将实现超过3.5亿美元的年度化成本效益 [17] - 公司继续预期调整后的EBITDA在32亿至34亿美元之间，并预计报告数字接近该区间的高端 [17] - 公司预计下一财年营收和盈利增长率分别为-5.2%和-71.9% [18] - 过去30天内，Zacks对该公司下一年度盈利的一致预期上调了14.7% [18] Advanced Energy Industries Inc (AEIS) - 公司正受益于半导体和数据中心计算市场更高的需求，半导体市场的增长由客户对EVOS、eVerest和NavX产品的强劲需求推动，数据中心计算市场则受益于超大规模扩张和人工智能投资 [19] - 公司预计2025年整体营收增长约为20%，其中数据中心营收将翻倍 [20] - 在工业和医疗市场，公司已为高功率密度Evergreen系列和NeoPower系列等创新平台赢得了设计订单，预计将推动稳定的营收增长 [20] - 公司预计将受益于其新的泰国工厂，该工厂已准备好扩大生产并产生超过10亿美元的年收入 [20] - 公司预计下一财年营收和盈利增长率分别为12%和20.2% [21] - 过去30天内，Zacks对该公司下一年度盈利的一致预期上调了1.1% [21]

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