The short seller is the one trader most investors love to hate. Often misunderstood and maligned, the short seller bets prices will fall rather than rise. This doesn’t earn the short seller much popularity with most investors (who usually buy a stock hoping it will rise), but it can be… Read More

If you’ve followed my recommendations for some time now, you know that I utilize a proprietary program I call “CycleProphet,” a market forecasting tool my team developed using decades of research. This sophisticated tool combines and compares peaks and troughs in timewaves with highs and lows in the markets, and has… Read More

The roller coaster-like moves in the energy sector appear to be ending. Energy prices are no longer too low to spur the development of oil and gas fields. And they’re not so high that they will choke off demand for the world’s largest energy consumers. With an outlook for more… Read More

Just when it seemed the auto industry was beginning to rebound, Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has gone into reverse. Toyota — the world’s number one selling auto manufacturer — recently recalled 2.3 million cars in the United States, due to faulty floor mats which trap accelerator… Read More

If you’re swimming upriver while the tide is going out, you’ll expend a lot of energy just to stay in place. You get little credit for holding your own while others have been washed far downstream. But when the tide shifts, you’ll be far… Read More

The year 2009 ended with the S&P 500 at a crucial technical juncture. The positive trading action of the first day of 2010 did much to resolve the uncertainty. The October 2007 high water mark for the benchmark… Read More

This Los Angeles-based company sells weight-management shakes, snacks, and nutritional supplements, but its diet aids reach well beyond Hollywood’s slimmest stars. One obvious target audience is the whopping 66.7% of Americans who are overweight. And as people in the United… Read More

A handy fellow can still pick his own car parts at the local salvage yard. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay a markup for parts and service because we have neither the inclination nor the time to hunt down that gently used bumper, paint it and rig… Read More

Fossil fuels are out, alternative energy is in and dozens of companies are likely to benefit from the transition. Investors can use one security to capture these imminent gains. Leaders of 192 countries are meeting at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to… Read More

Exactly 250 U.S. companies are valued at more than $10 billion, but only 18 of them — the top 7.2% — have no long-term debt on their balance sheets. It’s an impressive statistic, but perhaps more notable to investors is that… Read More