The most important chart in the market comes from a very important story that broke late last Friday... but few people seem to be talking about it. Read More

October has been a spooky month for investors. But if you pay attention to the signals it's giving... Read More

October has been a spooky month for investors. But if you pay attention to the signals it's giving us, it doesn't have to be... Read More Read More

Retail is in trouble. With the ease of shopping on Amazon, endless choices available online, and the industry’s failure to keep up with the times, brick-and-mortar retail operations have been crushed. True tales of struggling chains, plunging stock prices and even bankruptcy have become commonplace in the once thriving retail… Read More

Each year, StreetAuthority releases our highly anticipated annual report of profitable forecasts... Read More

Each year, StreetAuthority releases our highly anticipated annual report of profitable forecasts and stock picks. Of course, we never claim to have a crystal ball, so we can’t guarantee that... Read More

Dividend reinvestment is an amazingly powerful investment strategy. It is used by the best of the best of long-term stock market investors to build lifetime wealth. In fact, studies have shown that over a 20-year holding period, dividends account for 60% of all the gains in the S&P 500! Think… Read More

Reading academic research isn’t the most exciting part of my day, but there are often some... Read More

Reading academic research isn’t the most exciting part of my day, but there are often some great ideas in these papers. Although, what’s funny to me is that these great ideas aren’t... Read More

Have President Trump’s protectionist policies gone overboard? Once heralded as the most pro-business U.S. president since Ronald Reagan, Trump’s zeal to shelter American businesses from global competition has caused many free-market economists to question his wisdom. The stock market has benefitted wildly from the White House’s corporate tax reform. Bulls… Read More

BOOM!!! I knew this might happen… Sometimes you find a company you’re absolutely in love with… You’ve done your research, bought at a good price, you’re already up big, and then… BOOM!!! That company gets acquired by a larger player in the space. That’s exactly what happened last week, when… Read More

Readers of my premium advisory, Top Stock Advisor, woke up to some good news on Monday morning.... Read More

Readers of my premium advisory, Top Stock Advisor, woke up to some good news on Monday morning. Early that day, Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) announced it would buy oil refiner Andeavor (NYSE: ANDV)... Read More

Let me start by offering my deepest condolences to the family of Jennifer Riordan, who was fatally injured during an in-flight engine breakup on Southwest Flight 1380. A faulty blade on one of the plane’s CFM56 turbofan engines snapped off,… Read More

Market volatility has increased, and that is likely to be a recurring theme in the market for at... Read More

Market volatility has increased, and that is likely to be a recurring theme in the market for at least the next few weeks. Actually, I believe volatility will remain elevated for some time.... Read More

Facebook is under siege. Personally, I think it’s unfair, in part. Facebook is in the news... Read More

Facebook is under siege. Personally, I think it’s unfair, in part. Facebook is in the news because the company does exactly what it said it would do. Like many of the largest companies in the... Read More

If I asked you what was going on in the markets in January 2017, I’d bet that most folks... Read More

If I asked you what was going on in the markets in January 2017, I’d bet that most folks wouldn’t recall anything in particular that really stood out. After all, the S&P 500 was... Read More

There are very few edges left in the stock market. The tremendous amount of money, talent, and strategies combined to create a nearly efficient market that is exceedingly difficult to beat consistently. Add in structural changes like tightening spreads, decimalization, and high-frequency trading machines, and the stock market becomes a… Read More

As I mentioned at the beginning of last week, the market has transformed from a straight shot moneymaking bull market machine into more of a runaway train headed for untested track in near-zero visibility conditions. Take what you know and throw it — along with most of your logic —… Read More

The pain in her legs was so unbearable that she couldn’t muster one more step… let... Read More

The pain in her legs was so unbearable that she couldn’t muster one more step… let alone the dozen or so needed to make it to her sorority just down the street. She had to call a friend... Read More

I’ll admit I am getting apprehensive about the stock market. I’ve long been a... Read More

I’ll admit I am getting apprehensive about the stock market. I’ve long been a super-bull, but the last several weeks have started to change my long-term bias. I do not like what I am... Read More

Well folks, it looks like we may have a good old fashioned trade war on our hands. And the markets are reacting accordingly. Earlier this month, the Trump administrated announced an executive order that placed tariffs on aluminum and steel. The exact details have yet to be hammered out, but… Read More

A diversified portfolio is essential to long-term investment success. That’s because a well-thought-out strategy helps investors earn consistent returns. And it reduces overall portfolio risk. But there’s more to diversification than adding different asset classes to a portfolio. Investors need a balanced approach to diversification. And this need goes well… Read More

Last year, I wrote a somewhat bearish article on the long-term price of oil. While I am sticking to my guns long-term, a recent research piece published by Confluence Investment Management’s Bill O’Grady (one of the best energy analysts) sets a near-term bullish tone for the price of crude and… Read More