3 Stocks That Are Absurdly Cheap Right Now

Posted On January 23, 2019 2:34 pm
By: Steve Smith

After one of the longest bull markets in history, stocks finally began to revert to the mean late last year, and many did so in a big way. The upside, though, is that this pronounced marketwide downturn created a number of outstanding buying opportunities for investors with a long-term mindset.

With this theme in mind, we asked three of our Motley Fool contributors which stocks they think are flat-out bargains in the wake of this indiscriminate sell-off. They picked Amarin (NASDAQ:AMRN), Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), and Tailored Brands (NYSE:TLRD). Read on to find out why.

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Steve Smith

Steve Smith have been involved in all facets of the investment industry in a variety of roles ranging from speculator, educator, manager and advisor. This has taken him from the trading floors of Chicago to hedge funds on Wall Street to the world online. From 1987 to 1996, he served as a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). From 1997 to 2007, he was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for TheStreet.com, handling their Option Alert and Short Report newsletters. The Option Alert was awarded the MIN “best business newsletter” in 2006. From 2009 to 2013, Smith was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for Minyanville’s OptionSmith newsletter, as well as a Risk Manager Consultant for New Vernon Capital LLC. Smith acted as an advisor to build models and option strategies to reduce portfolio exposure and enhance returns for the four main funds. Since 2015, he has worked for Adam Mesh Trading Group. There, he has managed Options360 and Earning 360, been co-leader of Option Academy, and contributed to The Option Specialist website.