For months, we’ve been telling StreetAuthority readers to expect the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates this year. And now, the moment has finally arrived: On December 16, the Fed announced that it would raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.25% and 0.5%. But we’ve also maintained that much of the furor in the media surrounding the possibility of a rate hike is nonsense. The name of the game will probably be “low and slow” after this first rate hike. And considering how long this has already been dragged out, companies and individual… Read More

For months, we’ve been telling StreetAuthority readers to expect the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates this year. And now, the moment has finally arrived: On December 16, the Fed announced that it would raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.25% and 0.5%. But we’ve also maintained that much of the furor in the media surrounding the possibility of a rate hike is nonsense. The name of the game will probably be “low and slow” after this first rate hike. And considering how long this has already been dragged out, companies and individual investors have had ample time to prepare. #-ad_banner-#In short, keep your focus on buying fantastic companies at reasonable prices and the rest should take care of itself. My colleague Andy Obermueller has mentioned a favorite asset class that is directly affected by interest rates: real estate investment trusts, or REITs for short. But rather than shy away from this asset class, Andy has been telling his readers to prepare for a tremendous buying opportunity. REITs work like this. As a public company, REITs pool cash from investors to buy income-producing real… Read More

“Jared Levy is insatiable,” I thought to myself. Between appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, flying his private airplane around the country and helming Profitable Trading’s successful options newsletter, Profit Amplifier, it would be easy for someone in his position to want to take a beat and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But if you know Jared, then you know that simply kicking back is not his style. A few weeks ago, I told our premium subscribers to be on the lookout for details regarding a secret project Jared has been… Read More

“Jared Levy is insatiable,” I thought to myself. Between appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, flying his private airplane around the country and helming Profitable Trading’s successful options newsletter, Profit Amplifier, it would be easy for someone in his position to want to take a beat and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But if you know Jared, then you know that simply kicking back is not his style. A few weeks ago, I told our premium subscribers to be on the lookout for details regarding a secret project Jared has been working on. I couldn’t reveal too much just then — other that it was going to be “big,” according to Profitable Trading’s publisher. Today, I’m pleased to announce that “all systems are go” for Jared’s big reveal. It will officially be launching Friday, December 18. And I promise… you won’t want to miss it. For the first time ever, Jared will be sharing his all-time personal favorite trading strategy — the one responsible for most of his personal fortune. But that’s not all… We’re putting a total of up to $1… Read More

Back in September, I noted how comments stemming from media giant Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) third-quarter earnings announcement caused a broad selloff in the media sector. Before I update you on the situation (including a new way to profit), let’s recap what I said:       On August 4, media entertainment giant Disney reported quarterly earnings. In its conference call, management said that cable subscriptions to its ESPN network would fall about 1% in 2016. For some reason, this seemed to shock investors, although this was not new news. The so-called “cord-cutting” movement — that is, consumers… Read More

Back in September, I noted how comments stemming from media giant Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) third-quarter earnings announcement caused a broad selloff in the media sector. Before I update you on the situation (including a new way to profit), let’s recap what I said:       On August 4, media entertainment giant Disney reported quarterly earnings. In its conference call, management said that cable subscriptions to its ESPN network would fall about 1% in 2016. For some reason, this seemed to shock investors, although this was not new news. The so-called “cord-cutting” movement — that is, consumers who choose to drop their cable services in favor of cheaper streaming alternatives like Netflix and Hulu — has been a known factor for some time. Nevertheless, shares of Disney took a dive, and are off nearly 15% since then. I went on to note how the loss in subscribers should have already been a known-quantity among investors and thus priced into the stock. It was also well-known that ESPN had undertaken a program of cost cutting measures, which had yet to take full effect. Combine that with ESPN’s unique position among cable networks and Disney’s upcoming… Read More

I’d like to share with you a list that was shown to me by our colleagues over at Profitable Trading.  It’s a list of 15 of the most widely owned stocks in the market. I’m sure you’ve heard of some of these companies, and it’s very possible you even own a few. #-ad_banner-#Yet Tom Vician, Certified Market Technician and Chief Investment Strategist of Alpha Trader, says that despite being featured prominently in the media and being held by some of the world’s top investment gurus, he wouldn’t touch any of them with a 10-foot pole. For example, one of these… Read More

I’d like to share with you a list that was shown to me by our colleagues over at Profitable Trading.  It’s a list of 15 of the most widely owned stocks in the market. I’m sure you’ve heard of some of these companies, and it’s very possible you even own a few. #-ad_banner-#Yet Tom Vician, Certified Market Technician and Chief Investment Strategist of Alpha Trader, says that despite being featured prominently in the media and being held by some of the world’s top investment gurus, he wouldn’t touch any of them with a 10-foot pole. For example, one of these stocks is a casino and resort operator. Hedge fund titan Mason Hawkins owns 12.1 million shares, yet it has collapsed 40% over the past six months. Another is a popular retailer that’s down 41% in the past six months. And Tom says it has basically been “dead in the water” for the past two years. But that’s not even the half of it. Tom says, based on their Alpha Scores, these stocks are likely to lag the market — or worse — over the coming weeks and months.  Simply put, they’re not stocks you’d want to have your money in… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities —… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities — especially ones that aren’t on most investors’ radars yet.  We’re talking about the kinds of returns you’ve always dreamed about… In fact, Andy won’t even consider making a recommendation unless it offers at least “double-bagger” potential. Longtime StreetAuthority readers are probably familiar with Andy by now. I’ve known Andy personally for the past seven years, and he is without a doubt one of the most well-read, curious minds you’ll ever come across. He’s not afraid to put himself out there with big, bold proclamations on what he thinks hold the most potential for investors to make life-changing gains in the… Read More

If you blinked, you would have missed it. All of a sudden, the market is behaving like the market we remembered from a few years ago. Rather than being subjected to knee-jerk reactions in stock prices based on China’s economy, the Federal Reserve or the latest “crisis” in Europe, investors finally have a free hand to make (or lose) money from one thing and one thing only. Earnings. #-ad_banner-#We’re right in the middle of earnings season, and my colleague Jared Levy has been telling his Profit Amplifier readers to ignore the “noise” in the market and… Read More

If you blinked, you would have missed it. All of a sudden, the market is behaving like the market we remembered from a few years ago. Rather than being subjected to knee-jerk reactions in stock prices based on China’s economy, the Federal Reserve or the latest “crisis” in Europe, investors finally have a free hand to make (or lose) money from one thing and one thing only. Earnings. #-ad_banner-#We’re right in the middle of earnings season, and my colleague Jared Levy has been telling his Profit Amplifier readers to ignore the “noise” in the market and instead focus on individual stocks. That’s because it is the best shot investors have to make a killing during this earnings season. We’ve already seen a number of well-known companies report earnings, most notably Apple, which reported last week on Tuesday.  I’ve said before that Apple is one of the few remaining “no brainer” trades in the market. The company is firing on all cylinders, has a boatload of cash and the stock is cheap (trading at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 11, compared to the S&P 500’s 17.6).  Just a few days before Apple reported, Jared weighed in, and… Read More

One company has been around since the 1800s and is the ultimate “crash protection” stock. Another turned every $1,000 invested in 1972 into more than $2.6 million. Still another might just be one of Warren Buffett’s new favorite stocks (he owns $1.3 billion worth). #-ad_banner-#Welcome to the Top 10 Stocks For 2016. We’ve mentioned this report in previous articles on StreetAuthority. But today, I’d like to give you a taste of this year’s report by discussing one of the picks in particular and why it made this year’s list. But first, you should know that we’ve been issuing this report since… Read More

One company has been around since the 1800s and is the ultimate “crash protection” stock. Another turned every $1,000 invested in 1972 into more than $2.6 million. Still another might just be one of Warren Buffett’s new favorite stocks (he owns $1.3 billion worth). #-ad_banner-#Welcome to the Top 10 Stocks For 2016. We’ve mentioned this report in previous articles on StreetAuthority. But today, I’d like to give you a taste of this year’s report by discussing one of the picks in particular and why it made this year’s list. But first, you should know that we’ve been issuing this report since 2003. And during that time — through raging bull markets, the Great Recession and global uncertainly — the picks delivered by our report have been among the most profitable we’ve ever uncovered. With that kind of track record, coming up with winning picks every single year to keep the streak going can be a tall order. Luckily, we’re confident in this year’s picks because they share three distinct advantages over the average stock that make them uniquely positioned to weather storms on the horizon and beat the market in 2016. They essentially boil down to this: – Irreplaceable… Read More

It’s one of the most important pieces of research we do all year — and it just went “live” this week. If you’ve been a StreetAuthority reader for a while, then you probably know each year we release a report on the best stocks to own for the coming year. Hundreds of thousands of investors have read — and profited — from this advice. Since we started issuing our forecast, we’ve beaten the market more times than Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. And we’ve even had years where the picks in our Top 10 Stocks report delivered average gains of 37%…… Read More

It’s one of the most important pieces of research we do all year — and it just went “live” this week. If you’ve been a StreetAuthority reader for a while, then you probably know each year we release a report on the best stocks to own for the coming year. Hundreds of thousands of investors have read — and profited — from this advice. Since we started issuing our forecast, we’ve beaten the market more times than Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. And we’ve even had years where the picks in our Top 10 Stocks report delivered average gains of 37%… 38%… even 39%. By comparison, the S&P 500 has only posted 37% annual gains once in the past 40 years. We don’t tout these numbers to simply brag. There’s a reason our annual report — The Top 10 Stocks For 2016 — is one of our most important and popular pieces of research. You see, one of the things we believe in as a company is that investors too often get caught up in the market’s wild swings, the machinations of the Federal Reserve and the daily market chatter. And while there are many ways to do well in the… Read More

Do you DRIP? If not, then you may be falling behind the times — and your portfolio might be suffering the consequences. Don’t worry; DRIP isn’t the latest dance craze or some new millennial technobabble phrase. It stands for Dividend Reinvestment Plan, and they’ve been around for decades. But as my colleague Amy Calistri points out in a recent issue of The Daily Paycheck, too few investors take advantage of these plans. For the uninitiated, DRIPs began as a way for companies to offer shareholders a way to invest directly with them. That means no broker (or brokerage fees). You… Read More

Do you DRIP? If not, then you may be falling behind the times — and your portfolio might be suffering the consequences. Don’t worry; DRIP isn’t the latest dance craze or some new millennial technobabble phrase. It stands for Dividend Reinvestment Plan, and they’ve been around for decades. But as my colleague Amy Calistri points out in a recent issue of The Daily Paycheck, too few investors take advantage of these plans. For the uninitiated, DRIPs began as a way for companies to offer shareholders a way to invest directly with them. That means no broker (or brokerage fees). You can simply buy shares by enrolling online or by calling directly, and then the company will reinvest your dividends back into the stock for you. Many investors aren’t aware of such programs, because companies aren’t allowed to advertise them. But today, many online brokerages offer their own DRIP service, which negates the need to deal with a company directly. To counter this, some companies will even offer you a discount on the current share price as an added perk for being a loyal shareholder and dealing directly with them. So Amy did some digging to find stocks with DRIPs that… Read More

Last week I sat down with StreetAuthority’s income expert Michael Vodicka to talk about his free “safe money” seminar and how he collects income from stocks no matter what is going on with the market.  We shared this interview in full in StreetAuthority Insider — an exclusive publication for members of one of our premium services. Judging from the phone calls and emails we’ve received, many of them were absolutely thrilled by Mike’s informative and thought-provoking discussion. For those of you who do not have “Insider” status as one of our premium subscribers, I’d like to do something a little… Read More

Last week I sat down with StreetAuthority’s income expert Michael Vodicka to talk about his free “safe money” seminar and how he collects income from stocks no matter what is going on with the market.  We shared this interview in full in StreetAuthority Insider — an exclusive publication for members of one of our premium services. Judging from the phone calls and emails we’ve received, many of them were absolutely thrilled by Mike’s informative and thought-provoking discussion. For those of you who do not have “Insider” status as one of our premium subscribers, I’d like to do something a little different and share an edited, excerpted version of the interview.  Insider: Before we get to the details of your strategy, let’s start off by first telling readers a little bit about you… Mike: Sure. I like to call myself a “reformed day trader.” By that I mean I started my career as a day trader at a multibillion-dollar trading firm.  I saw lots of day traders taking huge risks and making big gambles on market-moving news with their money. They would win big one day, only to lose it all the next. I learned a valuable lesson: trading is no quick… Read More