With the United States in the edge of a fiscal cliff and Europe now officially in a recession, investors are jumping into more defensive stocks that can hold up in this hostile investment environment. Read More

I counted twice, just to be sure. $16,301. That’s the amount in “daily paychecks” — more commonly known as dividends — I’ve received from my investment portfolio in the past 12 months. That total comes to $1,358 a… Read More

One of the key goals in tech investing is to focus on dominant companies that sport attractive valuations. There’s even an acronym for it: GARP (growth at a reasonable price). Yet how you define this approach can get tricky. Should you focus on stocks that… Read More

It’s probably the most important retirement question you can ask. But, unfortunately for you and for financial advisors, there’s no right way to answer it. The question is: How should I allocate my assets?  Your decision may mean the difference between relaxing on… Read More

The DeMark Sequential is a popular indicator among market professionals. It is designed to pinpoint potential tops and bottoms in any market. It is available by subscription to large investors using expensive Bloomberg terminals and other professional trading tools. According to… Read More

The market has taken on a sickly tone in recent weeks, but it’s important to remember that the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are still within 10% of their multi-year highs. Yet a number of stocks have entered into… Read More

It’s no secret Wall Street was, for the most part, rooting for Mitt Romney to win the presidential election. After all, Republican candidates are generally viewed as more business friendly, and Romney was no exception. But even if you believe President Barack Obama’s… Read More

We talk a lot about “Forever Stocks” here at StreetAuthority. In fact, we practically pound the table talking about why we think they’re one of the single best ways we know of to make serious long-term gains in the market. If you’re not familiar with Forever Stocks, to put it simply, they’re companies with strong business models that you can buy, hold, and basically forget about. You can sleep easily at night owning Forever Stocks. But there’s a reason we talk about Forever Stocks so much. It’s because it’s not just us who think this is the best… Read More

We talk a lot about “Forever Stocks” here at StreetAuthority. In fact, we practically pound the table talking about why we think they’re one of the single best ways we know of to make serious long-term gains in the market. If you’re not familiar with Forever Stocks, to put it simply, they’re companies with strong business models that you can buy, hold, and basically forget about. You can sleep easily at night owning Forever Stocks. But there’s a reason we talk about Forever Stocks so much. It’s because it’s not just us who think this is the best way to invest. Some of the wealthiest people on Wall Street agree. In fact, that’s how many of them made a fortune. Take Warren Buffett for example. He’s famously said, “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for 10 years.” This is how Buffett made a fortune off of stocks like Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Kraft (NYSE: K) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) — he bought them and held them… Read More

We are supposed to look forward to our golden years, right? Do a little traveling, play with the grandkids, host dominoes nights. Yet, increasingly, this isn’t what some Americans are experiencing. What’s going on? In American society, our expectations have risen over the decades. We expect to command enough money… Read More

Now that President Barack Obama has been reelected, many fear his vision of big-government planning, spending and taxing. But what is so bad about big government anyway? #-ad_banner-# The problem is, with a growing government comes growing expenses. And these days the United States is sitting on the edge of… Read More