Frontier Stock Market Investing

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Frontier Stock Market Investing

This might be a good time to invest in stocks located in a developing country known as a frontier market, explains Ladislas Maurice (who goes by "The Wandering Investor") in a new episode of the Early Bird podcast.

Pros: Stocks in frontier markets tend to have low price-to-earnings ratios (meaning they are value stocks), are easy to understand, and can really boom, according to Maurice.

Cons: Maurice says that there are risks with these stocks that involve the lack of liquidity and the lack of available information for foreign investors.

Opportunity: One of Maurice’s favorite frontier markets to buy stocks in is Uzbekistan because the country welcomes foreign investors, has a young population, has a lot of gold, is exporting many products, and has undergone new reforms.

Final Thoughts: What are Maurice’s other favorite frontier markets this year? And what advice does he offer to get started with frontier stock market investing? Find out by listening to a new episode of the Early Bird podcast.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), Cummins (NYSE: CMI), Take-Two Interactive Software (Nasdaq: TTWO), Neurocrine Biosciences (Nasdaq: NBIX), Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS), CNA Financial (NYSE: CNA), ZoomInfo (Nasdaq: ZI), IDEXX Laboratories (Nasdaq: IDXX), Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG), Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR), Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), Alico (Nasdaq: ALCO), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ARWR), Timken (NYSE: TKR), Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG), Rambus (Nasdaq: RMBS).

Notable IPOs Today: Lichen China Limited Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: LICN).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Let Us Nudge (StartEngine), Brightlamp (StartEngine), Zendo (StartEngine), Rejuve Therapy (Honeycomb), Prime Diversity (Netcapital).

Notable Economic Events Today: N/A.

Public Storage Wants to Buy Rival

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Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) placed a bid to acquire Life Storage (NYSE: LSI), the self-storage company disclosed on Sunday.

Details: The deal, which Public Storage said it originally proposed on January 12, would equate to about $11 billion. Each shareholder of Life Storage would receive 0.4192 shares of Public Storage common stock.

Why: Public Storage believes that shareholders of both companies would benefit from a combination because it could result in enhanced ancillary operations, cost savings, and accelerated growth and profitability.

Stock Price: The price tag represents a 19% premium to Life Storage’s stock price on February 3, which was $110.58 per share. Life Storage is down 18% in the last 12 months. Public Storage is down nearly 15% in that time.

What’s Next: Although Public Storage’s board supports the deal, Life Storage’s board said it is still reviewing the proposal.

Final Thoughts: A consolidation of this nature would impact the self-storage market. Both companies report financial earnings on February 22.

Aptos Declines After Strong Month

Most cryptocurrency prices dipped on Sunday, but the crypto Aptos experienced a bigger drop at over 11%.

Final Thoughts: The price of Aptos has nearly quadrupled in the past month.

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