“Wow!” is the only appropriate expression for the wild cryptocurrency ride over the last year. Bitcoin soared from around $1,000.00 at the start of 2017 to a high of over $19,000 on December 18, 2017. Other cryptocurrencies like Ripple and Ethereum exploded with even more power. Ethereum moved from around $10.00 to over $1,300.00 in a year’s time. During the same period, Ripple went from pennies to over $3.00 in a similar mind-blowing move. #-ad_banner-#These massive moves created instant millionaires from small-time investors. Everyone from the barista at Starbucks and Uber drivers to hedge… Read More

“Wow!” is the only appropriate expression for the wild cryptocurrency ride over the last year. Bitcoin soared from around $1,000.00 at the start of 2017 to a high of over $19,000 on December 18, 2017. Other cryptocurrencies like Ripple and Ethereum exploded with even more power. Ethereum moved from around $10.00 to over $1,300.00 in a year’s time. During the same period, Ripple went from pennies to over $3.00 in a similar mind-blowing move. #-ad_banner-#These massive moves created instant millionaires from small-time investors. Everyone from the barista at Starbucks and Uber drivers to hedge fund managers and corporate executives were talking about and buying cryptocurrencies. Next, the inevitable happened as prices started to decline. The massive crypto bubble began to unravel as prices plunged lower. Late-stage investors were left speechless as their “can’t lose” investments just kept dropping. Terrified of further losses, many of these first-time investors rushed to dump their holdings, exasperating an already dire situation. Declines of 50% to 75% from the highs shook the crypto market to its core. But a bottom was found, with prices rocketing back from… Read More

When I study charts, I often add a tool called Fibonacci retracements to the chart. This tool shows how much of a previous price move has been retraced. This is a daily chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). In this case, prices fell almost 12%. The subsequent gain of about 8% retraced more than 60% of the loss. Retracements are important to technical analysts and are widely followed by traders at some of the biggest hedge funds. These funds aren’t relying on retracements or Fibonacci ratios to make decisions, but they do provide valuable input… Read More

When I study charts, I often add a tool called Fibonacci retracements to the chart. This tool shows how much of a previous price move has been retraced. This is a daily chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). In this case, prices fell almost 12%. The subsequent gain of about 8% retraced more than 60% of the loss. Retracements are important to technical analysts and are widely followed by traders at some of the biggest hedge funds. These funds aren’t relying on retracements or Fibonacci ratios to make decisions, but they do provide valuable input into their market opinion. —Sponsored Link— The Hottest Crypto Miner On Wall Street Bitcoin’s epic January crash hasn’t killed crypto markets. It has made them stronger. Billionaire investors are now looking to buy the tech behind bitcoin. Doubling down on blockchain pioneers. 2017 was the year of bitcoin. 2018 is the year of blockchain. Read our report on the hottest blockchain investment in the sector. Technical analysts expect prices to move up and down. This is obvious, but the idea was first explained by Charles Dow in a 1901 article in… Read More

The February stock market rout created a tremendous opportunity for long-term investors. Everyone is asking which stocks make sense for the rest of 2018 and beyond. The following five stocks are my favorite large-cap names for a buy-and-hold portfolio. 1. United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) Shares of this package delivery service have plunged around 30% from their January 2018 highs. The February market plunge resulted in a steep gap, exasperating an already dire situation. #-ad_banner-#Currently, shares are building a base in the $105.00 zone, setting up an ideal technical buy opportunity. Let’s take a closer look. Fundamentals supporting the… Read More

The February stock market rout created a tremendous opportunity for long-term investors. Everyone is asking which stocks make sense for the rest of 2018 and beyond. The following five stocks are my favorite large-cap names for a buy-and-hold portfolio. 1. United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) Shares of this package delivery service have plunged around 30% from their January 2018 highs. The February market plunge resulted in a steep gap, exasperating an already dire situation. #-ad_banner-#Currently, shares are building a base in the $105.00 zone, setting up an ideal technical buy opportunity. Let’s take a closer look. Fundamentals supporting the bullish call include the dividend increase of 10% in February. The company has increased dividends every year since 1969, and they have quadrupled since 1999. UPS boasts a healthy cash flow to support the ever-growing payout to investors. CEO David Abney stated, “Dividends remain a high priority at UPS. Our strong cash flow from operations has enabled us to pay a stable or growing dividend for nearly 50 years.” Next, the company has been knocked lower due to a perceived Amazon threat; however, it still boasts the top margins in the industry. Also, it has posted a compound annual growth… Read More

Ask me to analyze an insurance company and I can, to borrow a phrase from the sports world, generally write the story on the way to the ballpark.  In that business, one hardly needs an MBA from Wharton to get a sense of the company’s position, performance and potential. Other companies can be a lot more difficult to shoehorn into one opening sentence. –Recommended Link– We’re About To Go Live… Today at 1 p.m. EST, Andy Obermueller is going to hit the stage and go public with the most exciting situation he’s… Read More

Ask me to analyze an insurance company and I can, to borrow a phrase from the sports world, generally write the story on the way to the ballpark.  In that business, one hardly needs an MBA from Wharton to get a sense of the company’s position, performance and potential. Other companies can be a lot more difficult to shoehorn into one opening sentence. –Recommended Link– We’re About To Go Live… Today at 1 p.m. EST, Andy Obermueller is going to hit the stage and go public with the most exciting situation he’s come across in his 20-year career. That’s just a few hours from now. Don’t miss what he’s calling the most lucrative situation he’s ever found. He predicts a 2,255% gain on this one. Register right now, and you won’t miss a thing. Not because they’re hard to figure out. I find the trouble is sometimes there is So Much to Tell that I just can’t decide where to start. I guess that’s a pretty good problem to have, and it is the problem I ran into with the nifty little company came across in the fascinating… Read More

The historic bull market is entering its ninth year and signs of stretched stock prices are everywhere. A slightly higher inflation number and bond rates sent the markets into a tailspin early February even as fourth-quarter earnings showed some of the strongest profits in a decade. #-ad_banner-#The market has been rewarding good news less and punishing companies that can’t live up to investors’ expectations, a clear sign of sentiment turning sour. Companies that beat expectations for fourth-quarter earnings saw their share price decrease an average of 0.4% from the two days before through the… Read More

The historic bull market is entering its ninth year and signs of stretched stock prices are everywhere. A slightly higher inflation number and bond rates sent the markets into a tailspin early February even as fourth-quarter earnings showed some of the strongest profits in a decade. #-ad_banner-#The market has been rewarding good news less and punishing companies that can’t live up to investors’ expectations, a clear sign of sentiment turning sour. Companies that beat expectations for fourth-quarter earnings saw their share price decrease an average of 0.4% from the two days before through the two days after their release. That’s well under then five-year average where companies have seen their stock price increase 1.2% over the four-day period after an earnings beat. Companies that have missed earnings expectations have seen their shares drop an average of 1.8% over the same period. In this environment, value investing might just come back in vogue after nearly a decade of lagging behind the growth investing theme. A return to investing in companies with solid fundamentals and stock prices based on valuation rather than the promise of growth could… Read More

No topic in the financial space is garnering attention like bitcoin. Its price continues to surge (and, occasionally, plunge). Last summer, I was commissioned to write a book about trading cryptocurrencies. The price at that time was just under $3,000. As I write this, the price is around $10,700 (down from a high of $18,723.82). Last month, I saw articles talking about how people are taking out second mortgages to buy bitcoin in an attempt to cash in. —Sponsored Link— 9 Great Income Plays For Secure 7% Dividends Most investors who follow a traditional portfolio… Read More

No topic in the financial space is garnering attention like bitcoin. Its price continues to surge (and, occasionally, plunge). Last summer, I was commissioned to write a book about trading cryptocurrencies. The price at that time was just under $3,000. As I write this, the price is around $10,700 (down from a high of $18,723.82). Last month, I saw articles talking about how people are taking out second mortgages to buy bitcoin in an attempt to cash in. —Sponsored Link— 9 Great Income Plays For Secure 7% Dividends Most investors who follow a traditional portfolio strategy willingly accept mediocre returns of 3% or 4% assuming there’s no better alternative. But the 9 stocks named in this exclusive report let you to live comfortably off a portfolio of just $500,000 with no annual drawdowns or heart-stopping risks. Click here for the names, tickers and buy advice on these 9 high-yielders absolutely FREE! I see bitcoin as a classic bubble. There is no fundamental reason to buy it, and there is significant risk to holding it, as there’s no way to protect gains or hedge against loss. #-ad_banner-#In a broader sense, though, I… Read More

The place was St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. It was a hot, humid day in August 1984. I was very young. I sat under fluorescent light on a padded exam table covered with crisp white paper. My mother was by me, holding my hand for both our sakes. My dad, in his typical suit and tie, stood nervously by the door. I didn’t know it then, but he was terribly frightened. So was Mom. —Recommended Link— ‘The Most Lucrative Situation I’ve Ever Seen’ After a two-year global investment tour, legendary growth-stock investor Andy Obermueller… Read More

The place was St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. It was a hot, humid day in August 1984. I was very young. I sat under fluorescent light on a padded exam table covered with crisp white paper. My mother was by me, holding my hand for both our sakes. My dad, in his typical suit and tie, stood nervously by the door. I didn’t know it then, but he was terribly frightened. So was Mom. —Recommended Link— ‘The Most Lucrative Situation I’ve Ever Seen’ After a two-year global investment tour, legendary growth-stock investor Andy Obermueller is ready to brief investors on what he’s calling the most lucrative situation of his career. It’s a chance to turn a modest savings into a personal fortune. He predicts a possible 2,255% gain. He’s spilling the beans live on Wednesday February 28th at 1pm. Reserve a free spot at the event here. For my part, I didn’t know enough to be afraid. My eighth birthday had taken place only three months before. I was a kid. A nurse came in and said something evidently newsworthy. My dad asked my mom if she wanted to go… Read More