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. Once again, the response was overwhelming (in a good way). So I would just like to say thank you to each of you… Read More

Sometimes I find myself caught up in the little details of the market — things like the price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500, the volatility index, the 10-year Treasury yield — and I neglect to step back and look at the bigger picture. I’ve found myself doing this a lot lately, more specifically with individual stocks. If a trade goes wrong, I dive into the financials, charts and indicators to see what I missed… and see how I can improve going forward. —Sponsored Link— Buy These 5 Stocks To Cash In On The Marijuana Megatrend… Read More

Sometimes I find myself caught up in the little details of the market — things like the price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500, the volatility index, the 10-year Treasury yield — and I neglect to step back and look at the bigger picture. I’ve found myself doing this a lot lately, more specifically with individual stocks. If a trade goes wrong, I dive into the financials, charts and indicators to see what I missed… and see how I can improve going forward. —Sponsored Link— Buy These 5 Stocks To Cash In On The Marijuana Megatrend If you were skeptical of marijuana stocks last year because of the hype and volatility, I don’t blame you. But in 2018, you simply can’t afford to sit this megatrend out now that real sales and profits are materializing. That’s why we’ve prepared a list of five proven and powerful trades to play the marijuana industry with legitimate names –and make legitimate profits. Get the names of these 5 marijuana stocks now. But as the common saying goes when you’re finagling over some of the finer details… you can’t see the forest for the trees. #-ad_banner-#Recently,… Read More

Will the momentum continue into summer, or will the common saying, “Sell in May and go away,” hold true? Only time will tell, but now’s your chance to size up your favorite stocks as we head into the… Read More

Readers of my premium advisory, Top Stock Advisor, woke up to some good news on Monday morning. —Sponsored Link— Get Ready For The ‘Big Three’ Crypto Events Recently, the co-founder of one of the hottest cryptocurrencies on the market sat down for an exclusive interview with our team and revealed three events of historic importance for the monetary system as we know it. These three events could send crypto prices soaring beyond anything we’ve seen already. And once these three events take place, all doubts about cryptocurrency are likely to vanish…… Read More

Readers of my premium advisory, Top Stock Advisor, woke up to some good news on Monday morning. —Sponsored Link— Get Ready For The ‘Big Three’ Crypto Events Recently, the co-founder of one of the hottest cryptocurrencies on the market sat down for an exclusive interview with our team and revealed three events of historic importance for the monetary system as we know it. These three events could send crypto prices soaring beyond anything we’ve seen already. And once these three events take place, all doubts about cryptocurrency are likely to vanish… Read this special report for all the details. Early that day, Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) announced it would buy oil refiner Andeavor (NYSE: ANDV) in a $23 billion deal, or roughly $152 per share, a premium of about 24% over Friday’s closing price. Shares immediately rocketed 16% on the news. For my readers, the deal is even sweeter. #-ad_banner-#As soon as I heard this news, I sent out an alert to sell ANDV as soon as possible. Those who heeded my advice are walking away with an 83% gain in a year and half. For comparison, that’s more than three… Read More

Online food deliverer GrubHub (NYSE: GRUB) today reported stronger-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, but a weaker-than-expected order count sent shares sliding. Total revenue rose 49% to $232.5 million in the three months ended March 31, and adjusted net income jumped to… Read More

I’m always baffled when I read an article that’s negative about the practice of technical analysis. I probably shouldn’t be surprised — not because I don’t think it works (it clearly does), but because it seems folks these days have strong opinions on the extreme ends of nearly every issue or topic. —Sponsored Link— Elites DON’T Collect Social Security — They Collect This Nixon: $2196/mo… Rep. Cunningham: $14,667/mo… Nearing or in retirement? This could be the most important message you’ll see in 2018. In the investing world, there are basically two… Read More

I’m always baffled when I read an article that’s negative about the practice of technical analysis. I probably shouldn’t be surprised — not because I don’t think it works (it clearly does), but because it seems folks these days have strong opinions on the extreme ends of nearly every issue or topic. —Sponsored Link— Elites DON’T Collect Social Security — They Collect This Nixon: $2196/mo… Rep. Cunningham: $14,667/mo… Nearing or in retirement? This could be the most important message you’ll see in 2018. In the investing world, there are basically two schools of thought: fundamental analysis and technical analysis. And to a vast majority of investors, there’s no middle ground. Here at my premium service, Maximum Profit, we disagree. We take what we believe is the best of both worlds and combine them to create our proprietary “MP Score.” But I digress. #-ad_banner-#When I come across an article that’s dismissing technical analysis, I usually read it — even though I usually know what it’s going to say, as most of the nay-sayers usually spout the same myths. That’s because, at one point in my career, I espoused the same beliefs. You… Read More

If I asked you what was going on in the markets in January 2017, I’d bet that most folks wouldn’t recall anything in particular that really stood out. After all, the S&P 500 was climbing to new highs on a near daily basis, and volatility was near all-time lows. Ho-hum. In other events, you’d probably recall that it had only been a couple of months since President Trump’s surprise election, and that January was the month of his inauguration. But something else happened during that period. Something that can be used as a valuable investing lesson. From Trump’s election in… Read More

If I asked you what was going on in the markets in January 2017, I’d bet that most folks wouldn’t recall anything in particular that really stood out. After all, the S&P 500 was climbing to new highs on a near daily basis, and volatility was near all-time lows. Ho-hum. In other events, you’d probably recall that it had only been a couple of months since President Trump’s surprise election, and that January was the month of his inauguration. But something else happened during that period. Something that can be used as a valuable investing lesson. From Trump’s election in November 2016 to the end of January in 2017, the S&P 500 was up more than 9%. Nearly every stock was climbing… that is, except for two of my Top Stock Advisor holdings: Perhaps seeing the names of these companies begins to spark some memories. In short, clothing retailer PVH (NYSE: PVH) and beverage company Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) were taking heat over the rhetoric of a possible “Border Tax” — a tax on goods made overseas and imported and sold in the United States. At the time, there was a lot of concern regarding these two companies…… Read More