I’ll never forget attending my first investing seminar with my uncle and grandfather back in the late 1970s. It was hosted by Charles Givens, who wrote the book “Wealth Without Risk.” I was about 15 at the time… Read More

The S&P 500 has been charging higher in 2013, producing an impressive 16% gain in just the first five months of the year. But certain sectors have performed better than others. At the… Read More

When you’re the leader of the free world, you can make a few investment mistakes and still do pretty well.#-ad_banner-# You are guaranteed an annual pension of just under $200,000 for the rest of your life and can make millions more giving speeches. Former President Bill Clinton made $13.4 million for the 54 speeches he gave in 2011, almost a quarter of a million each on average. In addition to the lecture circuit are the book deals, board seats and any number of other perks that… Read More

When you’re the leader of the free world, you can make a few investment mistakes and still do pretty well.#-ad_banner-# You are guaranteed an annual pension of just under $200,000 for the rest of your life and can make millions more giving speeches. Former President Bill Clinton made $13.4 million for the 54 speeches he gave in 2011, almost a quarter of a million each on average. In addition to the lecture circuit are the book deals, board seats and any number of other perks that come from those four (or eight) years of leadership. With this kind of potential income, who cares if you make a few extra percent on your portfolio? Then There’s The Rest Of Us… Unless you are one of the lucky few who have this kind of potential income, you are going to need to manage your nest egg and seek higher returns. But with bonds yielding next to nothing, gold and commodities out of favor, and many sectors of the… Read More

During the past half decade, few industries have suffered as much as the for-profit education industry.#-ad_banner-# Congress took these companies to task when it became apparent that their students had poor graduation rates and many of those students were unable to find jobs and repay government-backed… Read More

Intermarket relationships, rules that explain how one market affects another, work in the long term and unfold over months. For example, stocks and bonds are competing for investment dollars. If interest rates move up, bonds may become more attractive than stocks for some investors and stock prices could fall as investors move their dollars from one market to… Read More

Intermarket relationships, rules that explain how one market affects another, work in the long term and unfold over months. For example, stocks and bonds are competing for investment dollars. If interest rates move up, bonds may become more attractive than stocks for some investors and stock prices could fall as investors move their dollars from one market to the other.#-ad_banner-# One of the more reliable relationships is between lumber and homebuilders. New-home sales are strong right now, but lumber prices tell us that weakness probably lies ahead. Months before a home is built, the builder will place orders to buy lumber. Strength in the lumber market should precede strength in homebuilding, while weakness in lumber signals a potential slowdown in homebuilding. That’s where we are now, with lumber in a bear market… Read More

Intermarket relationships, rules that explain how one market affects another, work in the long term and unfold over months. For example, stocks and bonds are competing for investment dollars. If interest rates move up, bonds may become more attractive than stocks for some investors and stock prices could fall as investors move their dollars from one market to… Read More

Intermarket relationships, rules that explain how one market affects another, work in the long term and unfold over months. For example, stocks and bonds are competing for investment dollars. If interest rates move up, bonds may become more attractive than stocks for some investors and stock prices could fall as investors move their dollars from one market to the other.#-ad_banner-# One of the more reliable relationships is between lumber and homebuilders. New-home sales are strong right now, but lumber prices tell us that weakness probably lies ahead. Months before a home is built, the builder will place orders to buy lumber. Strength in the lumber market should precede strength in homebuilding, while weakness in lumber signals a potential slowdown in homebuilding. That’s where we are now, with lumber in a bear market… Read More

Every down day brings calls of a market top. But based on a rare buy signal, there appears to be very little risk in the S&P 500 at this time. S&P 500 Shrugs Off Japan’s Plunge On Thursday morning, traders in the United States awoke to news of a sell-off in Japan that drove the benchmark index for the country down by more than 7%. After a weak open, U.S. Read More

Every down day brings calls of a market top. But based on a rare buy signal, there appears to be very little risk in the S&P 500 at this time. S&P 500 Shrugs Off Japan’s Plunge On Thursday morning, traders in the United States awoke to news of a sell-off in Japan that drove the benchmark index for the country down by more than 7%. After a weak open, U.S. stock markets recovered and saw only small losses at the close. The ability to ignore bad news is generally bullish for the stock market. Although SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) lost 0.98% last week, the market still looks strong.#-ad_banner-# One reason to be bullish is a relatively unknown indicator that seldom offers trading signals. The economy alternates between contraction and expansion in a continuous business cycle. This cycle impacts… Read More

If you’re a regular reader of StreetAuthority, you know I love getting — and reinvesting — dividend paychecks. Simply put, my goal is to earn a paycheck every day of the month by owning a basket of solid… Read More

Every down day brings calls of a market top. But based on a rare buy signal, there appears to be very little risk in the S&P 500 at this time. S&P 500 Shrugs Off Japan’s Plunge On Thursday morning, traders in the United States awoke to news of a sell-off in Japan that drove the benchmark index for the country down by more than 7%. After a weak open, U.S. Read More

Every down day brings calls of a market top. But based on a rare buy signal, there appears to be very little risk in the S&P 500 at this time. S&P 500 Shrugs Off Japan’s Plunge On Thursday morning, traders in the United States awoke to news of a sell-off in Japan that drove the benchmark index for the country down by more than 7%. After a weak open, U.S. stock markets recovered and saw only small losses at the close. The ability to ignore bad news is generally bullish for the stock market. Although SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) lost 0.98% last week, the market still looks strong.#-ad_banner-# One reason to be bullish is a relatively unknown indicator that seldom offers trading signals. The economy alternates between contraction and expansion in a continuous business cycle. This cycle impacts… Read More