They still make themselves heard on the street, and with good reason… Bull market, bear market, overall market — this class of stocks consistently outperforms its peers over… Read More

Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More

A long time ago, before the dawning of the big-mouth hedge fund kings and the popularity of self-directed investing, a quiet stock-picking genius was making millions for himself, his employer and his investors. The former golf caddy was… Read More

If you’re a regular StreetAuthority reader, you probably know about the $1.7 trillion “Dividend Vault.” Simply put, that’s the name we’ve given to the unprecedented amount of cash that U.S. companies… Read More

As the markets reach new highs, investors have begun to express caution instead of celebration. Since Nov. 15, 2012, the S&P 500 has risen an impressive 15%. That works out to be a 45% annualized gain. And the whole time, a… Read More

In the decade after the dot-com stock boom ended, investors were in for a surprise. Even though many of their mutual funds lost value in the first few years of that decade, they still owed taxes. How’s… Read More

The “fiscal cliff” deadline came and went without even a bearish whimper from the stock market. Now, the so-called “budget sequester” — a set of laws that limit federal spending… Read More

The stock market has experienced the perfect storm of bullishness in 2013.#-ad_banner-# The Dow Jones Industrial Average is making new all-time highs, surging more than 9% within the first three months of the year. Meanwhile, the broad… Read More

Traders use momentum indicators like moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) to confirm price trends. If both prices and momentum are rising, then they expect momentum to keep pushing prices higher. When momentum slows, they watch for a reversal in… Read More

As the stock market plunged in 2008 (for the second time in less than a decade), many people concluded the world of investing was just too risky. Yet since the market… Read More