Jimmy Butts is the Chief Investment Strategist for Maximum Profit and Capital Wealth Letter, and a regular contributor to StreetAuthority Insider. Prior to joining StreetAuthority, Jimmy came from the financial services and banking industry where he worked as a Financial Advisor. There he specialized in providing customized retirement solutions for individuals. Jimmy graduated from Boise State University with a degree in business administration and finance. He also spent multiple years studying language, international business and finance in both Germany and Buenos Aires, Argentina. At one point he held his series 6, 63, 65 and 26 securities licenses. When he's not combing through financial statements or reading about finance, Jimmy enjoys being outdoors.

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Below you’ll find the Maximum Profit scores for the stocks you requested in response to my invitation last week. Thank you to each of you who participated. Now, before we get into the details, let me quickly cover how these scores should be interpreted. Read More

Every quarter when the latest 13-Fs are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investors are eager to see which stocks the top hedge funds are holding. Did Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buy anything new? What about Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with more than $160 billion in assets under management? What have they bought or sold? —Recommended Link— Hit This ‘Sweet Spot’ For 9.9% Average Yields While you might be tempted to buy only the highest-yielding dividend stocks… please DON’T. Because research proves that one special group of dividend-payers outperformed all others over a… Read More

Every quarter when the latest 13-Fs are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investors are eager to see which stocks the top hedge funds are holding. Did Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buy anything new? What about Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with more than $160 billion in assets under management? What have they bought or sold? —Recommended Link— Hit This ‘Sweet Spot’ For 9.9% Average Yields While you might be tempted to buy only the highest-yielding dividend stocks… please DON’T. Because research proves that one special group of dividend-payers outperformed all others over a period of 87 years. And once you find this dividend “sweet spot” you can earn average yields of 9.9%. I’m talking about a special collection called… Full story… It’s interesting to see what some of the brightest minds in finance are holding, or not holding. News of a “buy” by, say, Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) sometimes leads to a small spike in the share price of that company, on the idea that Buffett knows what he’s doing. Conversely, if the Oracle of Omaha decides to cut shares from his portfolio, the sheep often follow, sending shares tumbling. #-ad_banner-#By studying… Read More

With the recent bout of volatility in global stocks it’s a good time to check in to see where your favorite stocks stand according to the Maximum Profit system. As a quick refresher for those of you who might be new to this…… Read More

Three months’ worth of gains gone in less than a week… On October 10, U.S. stocks saw their largest drop since February. This came on the heels of four consecutive down days, wiping out the hard-earned gains the S&P 500 had made over the last three months. —Recommended Link— URGENT NEWS: Experts Warn Your Pension Is “A Disaster Waiting To Happen” Save your retirement from miserly interest rates and an overstretched stock market with our special “Executive Dividends” Program… Learn more inside. It’s amazing how quickly profits can vanish. One day you’re sitting on some tidy unrealized gains and… Read More

Three months’ worth of gains gone in less than a week… On October 10, U.S. stocks saw their largest drop since February. This came on the heels of four consecutive down days, wiping out the hard-earned gains the S&P 500 had made over the last three months. —Recommended Link— URGENT NEWS: Experts Warn Your Pension Is “A Disaster Waiting To Happen” Save your retirement from miserly interest rates and an overstretched stock market with our special “Executive Dividends” Program… Learn more inside. It’s amazing how quickly profits can vanish. One day you’re sitting on some tidy unrealized gains and the next you’re in the red. Pretty soon your fight-or-flight instincts kick in and you begin making decisions emotionally. You get a pit in your stomach. Your judgment becomes cloudy. And all you focus on is the losses. This is how the market looks when you’re emotions are running high… You’re laser-focused on the losses. And rightfully so — nobody wants to lose their hard-earned money. But keep in mind that the pain of loss is stronger than the joy of gain (a phenomenon known as loss aversion). #-ad_banner-#But don’t let that fear and emotion take control over… Read More

I’ve avoided the topic and industry for a while now. But there’s no denying that it’s a burgeoning space with considerable momentum. One that I get plenty of questions about… I’m talking about the cannabis market, or pot stocks. —Recommended Link— Old Doesn’t Mean Outdated — 7 Assets To Own Forever If a firm can power through the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression and Recession… you’d assume it was a top performer and could generate wealth for decades to come… right? WRONG! Today there are thirteen Fortune 500 companies that are at least 150 years old…… Read More

I’ve avoided the topic and industry for a while now. But there’s no denying that it’s a burgeoning space with considerable momentum. One that I get plenty of questions about… I’m talking about the cannabis market, or pot stocks. —Recommended Link— Old Doesn’t Mean Outdated — 7 Assets To Own Forever If a firm can power through the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression and Recession… you’d assume it was a top performer and could generate wealth for decades to come… right? WRONG! Today there are thirteen Fortune 500 companies that are at least 150 years old… And not one of them was good enough to make our Legacy Assets list. This is a portfolio that’s given investors back $480,000 for every 100k they put in a decade ago. But what makes these Assets different? What enables them to perform under ANY market condition? They all have three simple connections… our Secret Legacy Asset Traits. To discover the seven stocks with these traits–stocks that have doubled the S&P in the past year and almost tripled it in the last decade — click here now. Pot stocks have been a hot topic for years now, but investing in… Read More

A couple of our holdings closed below their 15% trailing stop-loss prices, as the market has continued to slide over much of the last three trading days. We will stay prudent and follow our secondary sell signal. Shares of cybersecurity firm Okta,… Read More

If you’ve been on the hunt for value in this surging market, then you might like this… Just recently, I shared a stock screen that I ran with readers of my premium newsletter, Top Stock Advisor. I’m going to make this a regular, reoccurring feature of their subscription as a sort of “bonus” — and I may share these with StreetAuthority Daily readers from time to time as well. —Recommended Link— Just Released… THE LIST: Top 7 Growth Stocks To Buy Now Our annual research has produced winners of 310%, 452%, and even 569% in years past. Last year’s… Read More

If you’ve been on the hunt for value in this surging market, then you might like this… Just recently, I shared a stock screen that I ran with readers of my premium newsletter, Top Stock Advisor. I’m going to make this a regular, reoccurring feature of their subscription as a sort of “bonus” — and I may share these with StreetAuthority Daily readers from time to time as well. —Recommended Link— Just Released… THE LIST: Top 7 Growth Stocks To Buy Now Our annual research has produced winners of 310%, 452%, and even 569% in years past. Last year’s picks are beating the S&P 500 3-to-1. And this year’s report could be the most profitable yet… If you’re tired of paltry gains, then this could be the most important thing you read all year. Click here to see it. I’ve decided to start with a value screen — meaning stocks that are trading at a discount relative to its fundamentals. P/E Ratios: How They Work To kick start our value screen, we will use a stock’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. As most investors know, the P/E ratio compares a stock’s price to its earnings. If a stock sells for… Read More