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
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
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
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
Legal cannabis is already the fastest growing industry in North America. North American cannabis sales jumped 30% in 2017, a repeat of 2016’s stunning gain. #-ad_banner-# While that’s impressive on its own, the pace of growth is about to accelerate… Read More
If you’ve been reading these articles for any length of time, then you know that I talk a lot about emotions and how they can greatly impact whether you’re successful or not in investing… and really everyday life. But we’ll stick mostly to investing in this issue. Gaining a better… Read More