Investors who seek to hedge their portfolios by taking short positions in certain stocks have felt a huge amount of pain in recent quarters. As the S&P 500 is on track to… Read More
David Sterman has worked as an investment analyst for nearly two decades. He started his Wall Street career in equity research at Smith Barney, culminating in a position as Senior Analyst covering European banks. While at Smith Barney, he learned of all the tricks used by Wall Street to steer the best advice to their top clients and their own trading desk. David has also served as Managing Editor at TheStreet.com and Director of Research at Individual Investor. In addition, David worked as Director of Research for Jesup & Lamont Securities. David has made numerous media appearances over the years, primarily on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and has a master's degree in management from Georgia Tech. David Stermanon
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For those that don’t know, in addition to being the Chief Strategist behind StreetAuthority’s Stock of the Month newsletter, I’m also an avid poker player. I first picked up poker about a decade ago, well before it was all over television. But I wasn’t… Read More
Buyouts can be one of the quickest ways for investors to score a big profit. Buyout companies are almost always purchased at a premium that can give shareholders a nice pop. And with the S&P 500 sitting on record… Read More
A year ago, oil and gas production in the United States was well into its bloom, thanks to the twin technologies of fracking and horizontal drilling. Shale regions across the country were giving up more oil and gas than ever… Read More
On May 4, more than 30,000 investors descended upon downtown Omaha, Neb., to join the “Oracle of Omaha” at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. Like a rock concert mixed with the evangelical zeal of true believers, this meeting has earned its label as the “Woodstock of capitalism.” Not bad for an event that started in 1982 with just 15 investors in an insurance company lunch room. Not only has the annual meeting expanded, but Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) has grown exponentially to become the most expensive… Read More
On May 4, more than 30,000 investors descended upon downtown Omaha, Neb., to join the “Oracle of Omaha” at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. Like a rock concert mixed with the evangelical zeal of true believers, this meeting has earned its label as the “Woodstock of capitalism.” Not bad for an event that started in 1982 with just 15 investors in an insurance company lunch room. Not only has the annual meeting expanded, but Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) has grown exponentially to become the most expensive stock in the United States at more than $167,000 a share. Not to mention, the book value per share has increased an astounding nearly 600,000% over the history of the insurance conglomerate‘s lifetime. As Carla Pasternak, Chief Strategist of our High-Yield Investing newsletter, recently pointed out, Berkshire Hathaway shares don’t yield a dividend, even though the company’s holdings paid out $1.35 billion in dividends in the past… Read More
Adding to the bullish case are all of the sell signals that have failed to work. Prices have failed to heed the Hindenburg Omen and the Titanic Syndrome, among other bearish indicators. Even when signals don’t work as expected, they can still offer insights into the direction of the trend. Failed Sell Signals Are Bullish Jack Schwager interviewed some of the greatest traders in the world for his… Read More
Adding to the bullish case are all of the sell signals that have failed to work. Prices have failed to heed the Hindenburg Omen and the Titanic Syndrome, among other bearish indicators. Even when signals don’t work as expected, they can still offer insights into the direction of the trend. Failed Sell Signals Are Bullish Jack Schwager interviewed some of the greatest traders in the world for his Market Wizards books. In later writings, he distilled some of their best ideas into trading rules. Among his rules is that “a failed signal is more reliable than the original signal.”#-ad_banner-# This year, a number of sell signals have failed, and they could now be pointing toward additional gains for stocks. SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) is up 15.3% since the beginning of the year, adding 1.27% last week. Considering just the… Read More
Editor’s Note: This article is brought to you by Sean Hyman, editor of Newsmax’s advisory service The Ultimate Wealth Report. The “Oracle of Omaha” and “America’s Greatest Investor” are well-earned nicknames for the renowned Warren Buffett. Through a… Read More
In today’s fast-moving markets, investors are always on the prowl for stocks that can deliver rapid gains. It wasn’t always thus.#-ad_banner-# Back in the days of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd — known as… Read More
2 Stocks Every Income Investor Should Own
For income investors, the problems continue to mount. Most recently, the yields available on junk bonds broke to record lows. Barclays U.S. High Yield Index fell below 5%. At this level, there seems to be little protection… Read More
Typically, investing is about making choices: growth versus value, long versus short, domestic versus international, or cyclical versus staple. Rarely do we get the best of both choices. Fortunately, the stars have aligned for one… Read More