Brad Briggs

Brad Briggs is the Editorial Director of StreetAuthority. A veteran of the financial publishing industry, Brad manages the team of writers and editors responsible for our premium newsletters, free newsletters, and website. He formerly co-wrote our Maximum Profit premium newsletter and manages our premium subscribers-only newsletter, StreetAuthority Insider. 

Brad bought his first stock in high school and has been hooked ever since. After graduating early from college, success in the market enabled him to pay off his student loans and buy his first house. And although he has experience in everything from momentum investing to options, one of his proudest investing accomplishments has been buying and holding on to Apple since 2014.

Brad believes that successful investing doesn't have to be complicated and that anyone can achieve financial independence regardless of background. As Editorial Director, Brad makes it his mission to demystify the world of investing for a wide audience. His writing has been featured in outlets like Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.com, and MSN Money, among others. 

An experienced powerlifter, Brad spends his time renovating and working on his property in Texas and tending to cattle when not following the market.

Analyst Articles

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 each investment will play out exactly as expected, but many of our picks have delivered incredible wealth-building opportunities to readers. —Sponsored Link— “$859.13… $494.54… $708.71…” Imagine walking out to your mailbox and seeing a string of checks like these. These are real amounts that Judith M. of McHenry, Illinois, has been cashing. She doesn’t work an extra job for them. In fact, she only puts in about 10 minutes… 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 each investment will play out exactly as expected, but many of our picks have delivered incredible wealth-building opportunities to readers. —Sponsored Link— “$859.13… $494.54… $708.71…” Imagine walking out to your mailbox and seeing a string of checks like these. These are real amounts that Judith M. of McHenry, Illinois, has been cashing. She doesn’t work an extra job for them. In fact, she only puts in about 10 minutes a month. And these checks keep rolling in, month after month, year after year. Once you start, you’ll see the checks starting to fill your own mailbox. Click here to learn how. For example, one of our first reports told readers about “an opportunity of enormous proportions” in the nanotech industry. The game-changing stock we pinpointed in that report shot up 293%. #-ad_banner-#The next year, we said “the best sci-fi speculation of the year” would be a powerful new technology called “RFID” and told readers about three key companies to watch. Within a year, our recommended picks had soared 42%…… Read More

I have identified three cheap dividend stocks that make sense to buy now.  Each company boasts a different level of risk. Listed in order from least to most risk, choose the stocks to invest in based on your risk tolerance. 1. AVX Corporations (NYSE: AVX) Yielding just under 3%, AVX has set up to be an ideal long-term hold for the dividend and growth investor. The company boasts a $2.6 billion market cap with $1.6 billion in revenue and an ROE of nearly 6%.   #-ad_banner-#The share price has suffered year-to-date with an over 10% decline, but shares have… Read More

I have identified three cheap dividend stocks that make sense to buy now.  Each company boasts a different level of risk. Listed in order from least to most risk, choose the stocks to invest in based on your risk tolerance. 1. AVX Corporations (NYSE: AVX) Yielding just under 3%, AVX has set up to be an ideal long-term hold for the dividend and growth investor. The company boasts a $2.6 billion market cap with $1.6 billion in revenue and an ROE of nearly 6%.   #-ad_banner-#The share price has suffered year-to-date with an over 10% decline, but shares have bounced solidly from the lows.  Let’s take a closer look. AVX is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components, including capacitors, inductors, filters, resistors, couplers, diodes, and circuit protection devices, as well as a broad range of the innovative sensor, control, interconnect and antenna solutions. Based in South Carolina, the firm’s infrastructure includes 29 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries around the world. AVX has suffered from the loss of its Kyocera resale product resulting in slightly lower metrics, but I am very bullish for the new fiscal year.   The company acquired Ethertronics and KUMATEC recently which… Read More

I remember buying a 56k modem in 1996 and thinking that my life had just been changed. I could download a high-res photo in about 10 to 20 seconds, and boy! It was that amazing. —Sponsored Link— Free Options E-Book: How To Win 80% Of Trades Do you trade options like the professionals do? Most options traders make the same mistakes — which is why they consistently lose money. But when you learn just three simple strategies, you can earn consistent income. Claim your free E-Book now for details. Oh, how… Read More

I remember buying a 56k modem in 1996 and thinking that my life had just been changed. I could download a high-res photo in about 10 to 20 seconds, and boy! It was that amazing. —Sponsored Link— Free Options E-Book: How To Win 80% Of Trades Do you trade options like the professionals do? Most options traders make the same mistakes — which is why they consistently lose money. But when you learn just three simple strategies, you can earn consistent income. Claim your free E-Book now for details. Oh, how things have changed… AT&T fiber internet speeds now exceed 1 gig per second, nearly 18,000 times faster than that 56k modem I coveted just 20 years ago. #-ad_banner-#The internet of things (i.e. smart TVs, “Ring” devices, connected cars, etc.), mobile phones and nearly everything operating from the cloud all need lots of bandwidth. This means that we need to have unbelievably fast internet — both wired and wireless — for our homes and devices. As we break free of cords and stodgy cell phone plans, the wireless component is becoming even more critical, and only a handful of companies are… Read More

Value investors face a myriad of obstacles in the hunt for value stocks. These obstacles range from which valuation metric to use in finding stocks trading below their fair value to finding a catalyst that will propel an oversold stock higher. #-ad_banner-#But perhaps the biggest obstacle for value investors is… Read More

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you probably know that countries around the world are trying to slowly phase out coal from the power grid. And they’ve largely succeeded. Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), one of the world’s largest producers, has lost nearly 90% of its market value over the past five years. But across from any loser there is a winner. In this case, natural gas has supplanted coal as the chief power source in the developed world. It accounts for one-third of the electricity in the United States, more than coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and all other… Read More

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you probably know that countries around the world are trying to slowly phase out coal from the power grid. And they’ve largely succeeded. Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), one of the world’s largest producers, has lost nearly 90% of its market value over the past five years. But across from any loser there is a winner. In this case, natural gas has supplanted coal as the chief power source in the developed world. It accounts for one-third of the electricity in the United States, more than coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and all other sources. —Sponsored Link— This Breakthrough New Technology ‘Will Change The World’ A tiny Silicon Valley company just made an announcement that shocked the tech world… They reported that they recently received FCC approval for a revolutionary new device that does something many people had previously thought impossible — something that, until now, only existed in science fiction. And once this new technology gets incorporated into hotels, restaurants, airports, coffee shops, and even entire cities… it could be a trillion-dollar business. Click here to discover what this new technology is, and how… Read More

Fears of higher rates have slammed stocks in the housing sector this year. The nationwide average 30-year mortgage jumped to a seven-year high of 4.61% in May from a low of 3.78% last year. The Fed has signaled more rate hikes on the way and the market is pricing in a 44% chance the FOMC raises rates three more times in 2018. #-ad_banner-#Investors have fled anything housing-related, sending the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (NYSE: ITB) plunging 12% since the beginning of the year. While rates are likely to rise further, the market is missing one very important number. This… Read More

Fears of higher rates have slammed stocks in the housing sector this year. The nationwide average 30-year mortgage jumped to a seven-year high of 4.61% in May from a low of 3.78% last year. The Fed has signaled more rate hikes on the way and the market is pricing in a 44% chance the FOMC raises rates three more times in 2018. #-ad_banner-#Investors have fled anything housing-related, sending the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (NYSE: ITB) plunging 12% since the beginning of the year. While rates are likely to rise further, the market is missing one very important number. This one stat could support higher home prices and activity in the sector. Share prices have fallen into value-territory and could snap back when investors realize that higher rates aren’t slowing sales for housing stocks. The One Number That Could Start Housing Stocks Building Higher The selloff in housing-related stocks this year has been brutal. The Home Construction ETF started falling just a week before the January meeting of the Fed and has erased nearly 16% of its value. And it’s not just homebuilders feeling the pain, real estate REITs are down broadly, with the Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSE: VNQ)… 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 always the ones the researchers think are important. —Sponsored Link— This Breakthrough New Technology ‘Will Change The World’ A tiny Silicon Valley company just made an announcement that shocked the tech world… They reported that they recently received FCC approval for a revolutionary new device that does something many people had previously thought impossible — something that, until now, only existed in science… 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 always the ones the researchers think are important. —Sponsored Link— This Breakthrough New Technology ‘Will Change The World’ A tiny Silicon Valley company just made an announcement that shocked the tech world… They reported that they recently received FCC approval for a revolutionary new device that does something many people had previously thought impossible — something that, until now, only existed in science fiction. And once this new technology gets incorporated into hotels, restaurants, airports, coffee shops, and even entire cities… it could be a trillion-dollar business. Click here to discover what this new technology is, and how it’s about to forever change your life. One example is a paper that came out earlier this year called “Do Hedge Funds Profit From Public Information?” The researchers looked at the returns of hedge funds and correlated the returns to the funds’ use of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) database of corporate filings. They found that funds that are heavy… Read More

From a demographic trend standpoint, the 20th century in the United States was the “Century of the Named Generations”. Ok, cut me some slack. It’s hard to come up with catchphrases sometimes. The second decade of the 20th Century saw the rise of the post-World War I Lost Generation, so named because of the horror of the world’s first, truly modern war inflicted on those who served and returned forever scarred. Then, from the Great Depression and World War II came the Greatest Generation, who persevered through two enormous global crises and emerged victorious. #-ad_banner-#Their prosperity begat the Baby Boom… Read More

From a demographic trend standpoint, the 20th century in the United States was the “Century of the Named Generations”. Ok, cut me some slack. It’s hard to come up with catchphrases sometimes. The second decade of the 20th Century saw the rise of the post-World War I Lost Generation, so named because of the horror of the world’s first, truly modern war inflicted on those who served and returned forever scarred. Then, from the Great Depression and World War II came the Greatest Generation, who persevered through two enormous global crises and emerged victorious. #-ad_banner-#Their prosperity begat the Baby Boom Generation. The 1990s typified the so-called Generation X (also the name of Billy Idol’s punk rock band) of which I am a member. Originally referred to as “slackers” due to the tight job market we found ourselves in during the Bush 41 recession when most of us graduated from college. Most of us are 50 years old now, sending our own children to college and doing quite fine, thank you. Then Came The Millennials Despite the Civil War-sized beards, skinny jeans, and craft beer, this generation is the largest consumer force the American economy has ever seen. According to… Read More

I recently sat down with Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Fast-Track Millionaire, for an exclusive interview about a wide range of topics. Below is the exchange that followed StreetAuthority Daily: Let’s start off with some fun… You recently advised your readers to sell their stake in ripple. Did Buffett make you break up with cryptocurrencies? Andy: I see what you did there. I suppose you’re referring to Buffett’s comments at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting… —Sponsored Link— Capture A Life-Changing Fortune From The Most Profitable Event Of 2018 In 2017, the North American… Read More

I recently sat down with Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Fast-Track Millionaire, for an exclusive interview about a wide range of topics. Below is the exchange that followed StreetAuthority Daily: Let’s start off with some fun… You recently advised your readers to sell their stake in ripple. Did Buffett make you break up with cryptocurrencies? Andy: I see what you did there. I suppose you’re referring to Buffett’s comments at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting… —Sponsored Link— Capture A Life-Changing Fortune From The Most Profitable Event Of 2018 In 2017, the North American market for legal weed was just under $9 billion. But this year, with recreational weed legal in California and about to become legal in Canada, the legal marijuana industry is set to EXPLODE. It could double in the next 6 months alone… And, according to Ackrell Capital, it could soon grow to $100 billion, causing the stock of many small legal marijuana companies to skyrocket! If you’re invested in the right companies, you stand to make an absolute fortune. And we’ve identified three tiny pot stocks that are expected to hand you the biggest gains. Click… Read More