When it comes to streaming to the TV, the first name investors may think of is probably Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), probably followed by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) or Hulu. But the stock I recently recommended to my Maximum Profit readers is the company that first brought those streaming services to your television — and is still innovating today.  —Recommended Link— Investing Legend Reveals Wall Street’s Secret Cash Cow Discover how you can use this hack to legally skyrocket your portfolio and generate $37,000 or more in additional income every year with no added risk. ​ Click here to see… Read More

When it comes to streaming to the TV, the first name investors may think of is probably Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), probably followed by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) or Hulu. But the stock I recently recommended to my Maximum Profit readers is the company that first brought those streaming services to your television — and is still innovating today.  —Recommended Link— Investing Legend Reveals Wall Street’s Secret Cash Cow Discover how you can use this hack to legally skyrocket your portfolio and generate $37,000 or more in additional income every year with no added risk. ​ Click here to see how much this “cash cow” could make you now! In that respect, Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) is a pioneer. Founded in 2002, the company was among the first to kick off the “cord cutting” revolution with its small set-top boxes that could turn virtually any television into an Internet streaming machine. These set-top boxes eventually evolved into the Roku Streaming Sticks, a simple yet powerful thumb-drive you could plug into your television and gain access to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon TV and any other streaming services.  Both users and streaming content providers like Netflix loved the Roku technology. In the early days,… Read More

This market is almost as fickle as the weather: If you don’t like the way it’s going, just wait a day. At least, this is how it has been as the month of June started. Stocks, already jolted by rising trade tensions, traded sharply lower on Monday on new antitrust fears — only to jump on Tuesday on the promise of lower rates. Not that the month of May was a walk in the park. Trade concerns and worries about slowing worldwide growth sent the Dow Industrials on the longest losing streak — six weeks — since 2011; the S&P… Read More

This market is almost as fickle as the weather: If you don’t like the way it’s going, just wait a day. At least, this is how it has been as the month of June started. Stocks, already jolted by rising trade tensions, traded sharply lower on Monday on new antitrust fears — only to jump on Tuesday on the promise of lower rates. Not that the month of May was a walk in the park. Trade concerns and worries about slowing worldwide growth sent the Dow Industrials on the longest losing streak — six weeks — since 2011; the S&P 500 declined 6.6% — the worst May performance in seven years. #-ad_banner-#If you watch the news, you know the reason: the market’s optimism about trade-war resolution has been shattered, with the possibility of new, accelerating tariffs on Mexico now coming into play — and that’s on top of already-imposed 25% tariffs on roughly $250 billion of Chinese imports (as of last Friday).  This market reaction is rational: if existing trade relationships get truly disturbed, both corporate profits and consumer incomes (and spending, too) will be impacted. This can easily translate into the end of the record-setting economic growth in the… Read More

Investors face multiple dilemmas every day. Do I sell a stock that has declined? Do I book my gain after a rally? Is the market flashing an “All Clear” or “Stay Clear” sign? How do I make sure to stay invested despite the volatility?  None of these questions has a clear-cut answer. That’s because the market represents many influencers, from global to local to company-specific, and investors, each of whom has her own set of goals and constraints, must measure these factors daily, a near-impossible task.  What we do know from more than a century of data is that the… Read More

Investors face multiple dilemmas every day. Do I sell a stock that has declined? Do I book my gain after a rally? Is the market flashing an “All Clear” or “Stay Clear” sign? How do I make sure to stay invested despite the volatility?  None of these questions has a clear-cut answer. That’s because the market represents many influencers, from global to local to company-specific, and investors, each of whom has her own set of goals and constraints, must measure these factors daily, a near-impossible task.  What we do know from more than a century of data is that the market as a whole tends to move higher over the long term. Staying invested, through thick and thin, is, therefore, a good long-term strategy. But what about the short-term? One possible answer is to focus on stocks that are firmly on their own path, have a compelling story to tell and are leveraged to long-term, not short-term, trends.  Digimarc (Nasdaq: DMRC), one of our holdings over at Game-Changing Stocks, is a prime example. —Recommended Link— I’ve Never Been More Excited About An Opportunity Pot stocks are dominating the headlines. But I’m not biting. Because I’ve… Read More

The first quarter proved to be challenging for many retailers (especially in the apparel sector), and it was no exception for Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), a holding in my Daily Paycheck premium newsletter portfolio. #-ad_banner-#Sales for the period slipped 3.3% to $3.44 billion, driven largely by weakness in the full-price division (the off-price Nordstrom Rack stores performed in line with last year). It wasn’t an egregious top-line miss, but with operating margins contracting, earnings were cut in half to just $0.23 per share — well short of expectations. With the slow start, Nordstrom trimmed back its full-year 2019 outlook and is now… Read More

The first quarter proved to be challenging for many retailers (especially in the apparel sector), and it was no exception for Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), a holding in my Daily Paycheck premium newsletter portfolio. #-ad_banner-#Sales for the period slipped 3.3% to $3.44 billion, driven largely by weakness in the full-price division (the off-price Nordstrom Rack stores performed in line with last year). It wasn’t an egregious top-line miss, but with operating margins contracting, earnings were cut in half to just $0.23 per share — well short of expectations. With the slow start, Nordstrom trimmed back its full-year 2019 outlook and is now forecasting earnings between $3.25 and $3.65 per share, versus a prior range of $3.65 to $3.90 per share. In other words, the previous worst-case scenario ($3.65) is now the best case. While the industry, in general, is fighting against headwinds, Nordstrom has hobbled its own turnaround efforts with operational miscues. Changes to the firm’s well-regarded loyalty club program didn’t go over well (failure to send out promotional sale flyers was cited as a contributing factor). Merchandising strategies were also off the mark. The Bright Side Fashion is fickle, and it’s never easy to predict what customers will want from… Read More

It seems worse than it really is… If you read any of the mainstream financial media, you might think that we are on the precipice of another Great Recession. That we are in a correction and headed for a bear market. There’s constant chatter about a slowing global economy and the ongoing trade war with China, and then there’s Brexit — the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Or not. But let’s step back and look at the bigger picture… —Recommended Link— 3 Minutes to Collect 12 Times More Money Than Social Security… Read More

It seems worse than it really is… If you read any of the mainstream financial media, you might think that we are on the precipice of another Great Recession. That we are in a correction and headed for a bear market. There’s constant chatter about a slowing global economy and the ongoing trade war with China, and then there’s Brexit — the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Or not. But let’s step back and look at the bigger picture… —Recommended Link— 3 Minutes to Collect 12 Times More Money Than Social Security Just make this simple little 3-minute call and you can get set up to start collecting your checks. All told, your checks can add up to $225,326 over the next 25 years. Imagine that! And these checks are supported by $1.75 billion in new money every year. But you must act right now… because the next wave of checks will be sent out in just a few days. ​Click here for the details. The S&P 500 is only about 5% off its all-time highs set in May. It would need to drop to 2,651 to… Read More

I spent considerable time this weekend trying to find something bullish to share with you.  In the end, I decided to share the chart below. It tells us to expect more gains in the stock market.  It’s a chart of the New York Stock Exchange Advance-Decline (A-D) Line. You can find the A-D Line by tracking the number of stocks that close higher and lower every day, and then subtracting the number of stocks that closed lower from the number that closed higher.  Thus, when you look at that chart, you’re actually looking at the difference between the number of… Read More

I spent considerable time this weekend trying to find something bullish to share with you.  In the end, I decided to share the chart below. It tells us to expect more gains in the stock market.  It’s a chart of the New York Stock Exchange Advance-Decline (A-D) Line. You can find the A-D Line by tracking the number of stocks that close higher and lower every day, and then subtracting the number of stocks that closed lower from the number that closed higher.  Thus, when you look at that chart, you’re actually looking at the difference between the number of advancing stocks and declining stocks. When there are more advancers than decliners, the line moves higher. When the number of stocks closing down exceeds the number that closed up, the A-D Line moves lower.  —Recommended Link— 6 Steps to Retiring This Year (Actually Works!) Financial analysts hate it. But there’s no denying this new retirement strategy is already helping thousands of Americans retire long before age 60. ​Click here to see how you can take advantage. This is a breadth indicator. Each stock, in effect, gets one vote. This is… Read More