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
In 2012, with interest rates at record lows, the savings accounts of old just don’t make sense. That’s especially true if you’re going to rely on them as income when you get older. That’s where “dividend aristocrats” come in. To earn this… Read More
Back in April, when natural gas prices jumped from a multi-year low of $1.98 per MMBtu to May’s high of $2.82, a lot of traders chalked the 42% gain up as a temporary dead-cat bounce. Sure enough, natural gas prices fell back to $2.23 per MMBtu by… Read More
Have you ever heard of the Palmer Z Index? Me neither. But it’s something we’ll be hearing a lot about in coming weeks and months. This measure, compiled by the National Climatic Data Center, is a measure of soil moisture. And by the looks of things, dozens of… Read More
On July 19, I told you about one of the biggest opportunities in commodities since 1997. If you missed my analysis, the point was simple: Aluminum hasn’t been this attractively priced in more than 15 years. But aluminum’s depressed price levels aren’t the only… Read More
Weak stock prices and loads of idle cash spell one result: Buyout activity. In July, a number of rumored deals have either progressed — or even been consummated — and there’s plenty more to come. Here’s a quick recap of some possible deals, and how they’ve played out. GeoEye… Read More
Few pieces of legislation have been as controversial as the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010. Spearheaded by President Obama, the so-called Obamacare health care reform has met with much friction as it works its way into law. Those who oppose the changes assert that it provides… Read More
This company is still a strong buy. Read More
Doubling your money on a single investment is a great accomplishment by any standard. But doubling your money in less than a month are the trades that legends are made of. Although that might sound like something best left to hedge-fund wizards like Jim Rogers and Paul Tudor Jones, there… Read More
This it truly turning out to be a summer of discontent. The high heat that is baking much of the nation has led to the thought of vacations sitting by the air conditioner. Turning on the computer gives little respite for active investors. After a tough second quarter, the third… Read More
When it comes to shipping packages, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) dominate the global landscape. FedEx handles roughly 8 million package deliveries every day and UPS can handle about double the packages, shipping daily, about 15.8 million parcels across the world. Their U.S. dominance is… Read More
