With $200,000 in actual cash fronted by StreetAuthority, I was given the go-ahead to build a real-money portfolio using the “Daily Paycheck” strategy.#-ad_banner-# The strategy is straightforward. I’m building a portfolio of income stocks that pays me a dividend… Read More

Despite a continued debt crisis in Europe and a looming fiscal cliff in the United States, stocks are up more than 12% in the past four months. Whether the market was undervalued or whether the runup is simply due to the amount… Read More

Whatever your political views, there’s no dispute that Mitt Romney has been extremely successful as an investor. At Bain Capital, Romney used the power of private equity to earn huge returns by investing in underperforming companies, turning these businesses around and sharing in the profits. Investing like Romney requires millions… Read More

The average IPO is up 23.1% year-to-date… Looking at the headlines, you wouldn’t know it. Newly listed tech stocks, such as Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), and Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) have grabbed the attention recently.#-ad_banner-# But… Read More

While no developed nation came out of the Great Recession unscathed, some did emerge in a far better position than other major developed countries. One of those is our neighbor to the north… Canada. In fact, I think Canada is one of the single… Read More

I doubt you’ve ever heard of Howard Silverblatt. Mr. Silverblatt is a senior analyst at Standard and Poor’s. He covers a lot of topics when it comes to his work at S&P, but what’s made him a hot commodity for reporters (and why I like to… Read More

If you’ve followed my past articles, then you already know I invest exclusively in the world’s greatest businesses — the kind that dominate their markets and go out of their way to reward their shareholders via dividends and share buybacks.#-ad_banner-# In fact, as you’ll see in a moment, one of… Read More

Maybe they should have named this giant retailer Amazing instead of Amazon.com (Nadaq: AMZN). The story is truly nothing less.  From its 1997 IPO price near $1.50 (adjusting for stock splits), shares gained more… Read More

They say you’re supposed to split your savings based on how old you are.  So if you are 65-years-old, 65% of your savings should be in safe investments like treasuries, bonds or a… Read More

In its third round of quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve will be buying at least $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities a month with no end in sight for those purchases. Their action decreases the risk of mortgage securities since we know… Read More