Investing Basics

The perfect retirement portfolio is the dream of everyone approaching retirement. The ability to stop working yet have a handsome income to indulge in lifelong aspirations is a noble goal. —Recommended Link— REVEALED: The No. 1 Stock To Own In 2019 Legendary investment analyst Jimmy Butts reveals his “private collection” of stocks for 2019. Inside you’ll discover the 10 stocks he believes present the best opportunity to beat the market. Top stock #2 might surprise you… Click here for the full details. As unfortunate as it is, many retirees never reach this objective. While they may have done everything… Read More

The perfect retirement portfolio is the dream of everyone approaching retirement. The ability to stop working yet have a handsome income to indulge in lifelong aspirations is a noble goal. —Recommended Link— REVEALED: The No. 1 Stock To Own In 2019 Legendary investment analyst Jimmy Butts reveals his “private collection” of stocks for 2019. Inside you’ll discover the 10 stocks he believes present the best opportunity to beat the market. Top stock #2 might surprise you… Click here for the full details. As unfortunate as it is, many retirees never reach this objective. While they may have done everything by the book during their working years, a non-truly diversified portfolio prevents the aim from being actualized. Retirement Is Often A Game Of Defense True diversification is the primary key for a successful retirement. Diversification prevents a single investment or asset class from sinking the ship due to a black swan or long-term bear market. Approaching your retirement portfolio from the defense angle is critical. Preventing a portfolio disaster will allow market forces to work their magic. Even if an entire asset class plunges, playing defense via true diversification will help protect your portfolio. What Is True Diversification?… Read More

Tax-loss harvesting is a powerful tool in planning and getting the most from your investments and can even help increase your portfolio returns. The IRS says you can offset capital gains booked each year with an equal amount of losses. —Recommended Link— The Top 10 ‘Must-Own’ Stocks For 2019 Your Definitive Guide To Beating This Market (Stock Names and Ticker Symbols Revealed). Stock #1 has doubled its dividend over the past 6 years… dishing out more than $8.9 Billion to shareholders in 2018. It has one of the widest moats you’ll ever see, and continues to grow in virtually… Read More

Tax-loss harvesting is a powerful tool in planning and getting the most from your investments and can even help increase your portfolio returns. The IRS says you can offset capital gains booked each year with an equal amount of losses. —Recommended Link— The Top 10 ‘Must-Own’ Stocks For 2019 Your Definitive Guide To Beating This Market (Stock Names and Ticker Symbols Revealed). Stock #1 has doubled its dividend over the past 6 years… dishing out more than $8.9 Billion to shareholders in 2018. It has one of the widest moats you’ll ever see, and continues to grow in virtually every market around the world. Details here. Even better, it allows you to deduct up to $3,000 in income from losses that aren’t offset with gains. Any losses booked beyond that $3,000 limit carry over to offset future years’ gains. #-ad_banner-#The problem for many investors in planning tax-loss harvesting is that wash-sale rule and the fear that your harvested-stock will rebound in the 30-days you don’t own it. This is where a little stock research, finding a correlated or similar stock, can fill the gap and help you take advantage of this powerful tax-planning tool. How Much Can Tax Loss… Read More

This year’s top-performing asset class isn’t stocks, bonds, commodities, or real estate. —Recommended Link— The Top 10 ‘Must-Own’ Stocks For 2019 Your Definitive Guide To Beating This Market (Stock Names and Ticker Symbols Revealed). Stock #1 has doubled its dividend over the past 6 years… dishing out more than $8.9 Billion to shareholders in 2018. It has one of the widest moats you’ll ever see, and continues to grow in virtually every market around the world. Details here. And no, it’s not crypto-currency either.  It is cash.  That’s right. Cash is the top performing asset class year-to-date. Beating out… Read More

This year’s top-performing asset class isn’t stocks, bonds, commodities, or real estate. —Recommended Link— The Top 10 ‘Must-Own’ Stocks For 2019 Your Definitive Guide To Beating This Market (Stock Names and Ticker Symbols Revealed). Stock #1 has doubled its dividend over the past 6 years… dishing out more than $8.9 Billion to shareholders in 2018. It has one of the widest moats you’ll ever see, and continues to grow in virtually every market around the world. Details here. And no, it’s not crypto-currency either.  It is cash.  That’s right. Cash is the top performing asset class year-to-date. Beating out U.S. stocks, global stocks, investment grade bonds, junk bonds, commodities, real estate, you name it… Cash is king. Cash is underrated by most investors. Yet it’s the easiest way to reduce risk in your portfolio. It can cushion your portfolio during a market crash, as well as deliver unlimited upside in the form of opportunities that have yet to come.  But I’ve noticed a common problem when investors are holding cash… they don’t know what to do with it.  And to be honest, there are so many options out there between savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit (CD),… Read More

Days of worry and anxiety-filled nights is no way to live. Unfortunately, this fate befalls many retirees who have or are close to exhausting their financial resources. Not being financially self-sufficient or not even able to live the life you had envisioned is a terrible way to spend your golden years. —Recommended Link— Give Yourself The Gift Of Financial Peace Of Mind — Amplify Your Portfolio Today And Save As a Special Thank You — Save 40% off of your Profit Amplifier membership. Give yourself the gift of financial peace of mind this year. Read More

Days of worry and anxiety-filled nights is no way to live. Unfortunately, this fate befalls many retirees who have or are close to exhausting their financial resources. Not being financially self-sufficient or not even able to live the life you had envisioned is a terrible way to spend your golden years. —Recommended Link— Give Yourself The Gift Of Financial Peace Of Mind — Amplify Your Portfolio Today And Save As a Special Thank You — Save 40% off of your Profit Amplifier membership. Give yourself the gift of financial peace of mind this year. Hurry only available for a short time. Often this dreadful fate is not due to having not saved a substantial sum or not planning for the future. It happens to even sophisticated investors who took too much risk or put all their eggs in one basket. #-ad_banner-#Market forces can be a genuine threat to retiree’s financial security and peace of mind. Fortunately, there are ways to harness the financial markets to help assure that this fate never befalls you or your family. To be sure, no financial tactic is 100% guaranteed. Even the safest, most secure investments… Read More

My wife looked over my shoulder at the title of this article and exclaimed, “Can you be any more negative?” She added, “Why on earth would anyone want to learn how to destroy their hard-earned retirement nest egg?” I am sure that most everyone’s reaction is similar. The title begs the question: Isn’t it much better to study how to create and nurture a retirement portfolio than to permanently wreck it? —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your… Read More

My wife looked over my shoulder at the title of this article and exclaimed, “Can you be any more negative?” She added, “Why on earth would anyone want to learn how to destroy their hard-earned retirement nest egg?” I am sure that most everyone’s reaction is similar. The title begs the question: Isn’t it much better to study how to create and nurture a retirement portfolio than to permanently wreck it? —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your house will burn down this year. That’s just one in 3,000. But you still pay for insurance, just in case. Now here’s what we don’t get: there’s a 41% chance our president is going to be impeached… maybe even booted out of office… and millions of investors are facing that risk head-on. History shows that could cut your entire portfolio by 48%. Good news though: you can hedge against that possibility for just $167. Get all the details here… The unusual answer is: knowing how you can destroy your retirement is key to designing a successful… Read More

As the end of the year approaches, many of us look back. Changing the calendar presents an opportunity to think about the past, and that often includes a review of the most important events of the year. For traders, one of the most important events of 2018 was the selloff that occurred in February. The chart of the S&P 500 below details how that all unfolded over several months. At the time, it seemed like the bull market had ended. Initial selling was followed by increased volatility and then a period of time when prices moved sideways. Now,… Read More

As the end of the year approaches, many of us look back. Changing the calendar presents an opportunity to think about the past, and that often includes a review of the most important events of the year. For traders, one of the most important events of 2018 was the selloff that occurred in February. The chart of the S&P 500 below details how that all unfolded over several months. At the time, it seemed like the bull market had ended. Initial selling was followed by increased volatility and then a period of time when prices moved sideways. Now, at the end of the year (as I write this), we are seeing a 12% selloff and a period of increased volatility. As always, the biggest question in the market is what comes next. According to technical analysis, what comes next is most likely further downside… Chart Predicts Future Downside In Stocks This chart is the same as the first, but it adds a 200-day moving average (solid blue line in the upper panel) and my Profit Amplifier Momentum (PAM) indicator in the lower panel. Let’s look at the 200-day MA first. The 200-day MA is important to… Read More

As the talking heads and market pundits wring their hands and spout off, it seems that the consensus bogeyman is an inverted yield curve. But what is that exactly? —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your house will burn down this year. That’s just one in 3,000. But you still pay for insurance, just in case. Now here’s what we don’t get: there’s a 41% chance our president is going to be impeached… maybe even booted out of… Read More

As the talking heads and market pundits wring their hands and spout off, it seems that the consensus bogeyman is an inverted yield curve. But what is that exactly? —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your house will burn down this year. That’s just one in 3,000. But you still pay for insurance, just in case. Now here’s what we don’t get: there’s a 41% chance our president is going to be impeached… maybe even booted out of office… and millions of investors are facing that risk head-on. History shows that could cut your entire portfolio by 48%. Good news though: you can hedge against that possibility for just $167. Get all the details here… In literal terms, when short-term bond rates are higher than longer rates or the spread between them is narrow, things can get weird. Markets and investors tend to favor a steep yield curve. Higher long-term rates suggest inflation which suggests higher economic growth which begets corporate earnings growth. The result is higher stock prices. Sounds like the “If You… Read More

As the turbulence jostled the plane, you could hear the laughter of children in the back enjoying the ride as if they were on a roller coaster. Meanwhile, the rest of us clung to our armrests, heads pressed firmly back, eyes forward and tense. —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your house will burn down this year. That’s just one in 3,000. But you still pay for insurance, just in case. Now here’s what we don’t get: there’s… Read More

As the turbulence jostled the plane, you could hear the laughter of children in the back enjoying the ride as if they were on a roller coaster. Meanwhile, the rest of us clung to our armrests, heads pressed firmly back, eyes forward and tense. —Recommended Link— Good News: Crash Insurance For Just $167 Smart people usually don’t take crazy risks. There’s only a tiny 0.03% chance that your house will burn down this year. That’s just one in 3,000. But you still pay for insurance, just in case. Now here’s what we don’t get: there’s a 41% chance our president is going to be impeached… maybe even booted out of office… and millions of investors are facing that risk head-on. History shows that could cut your entire portfolio by 48%. Good news though: you can hedge against that possibility for just $167. Get all the details here… Holding our breath waiting for it to end. This wasn’t the occasional jolt of turbulence that you often feel on a flight. This was a prolonged rattling that made you second-guess airplanes as a legitimate mode of transportation. It was the worst bout of… Read More

From the time most Americans begin their careers, there exists constant talk about saving for retirement. And it’s not just our friends and families. Companies, too, push retirement on their employees by offering everything from defined benefit plans to various defined contribution plans. —Recommended Link— The Repair Shop For Broken DNA I’ve found a small group of researchers in Switzerland developing a gene-editing tool that’s simpler, cheaper and easier to use than any previous model. The investment potential here is immense… It may be the biggest investment opportunity you ever see, because people will pay any price to extend… Read More

From the time most Americans begin their careers, there exists constant talk about saving for retirement. And it’s not just our friends and families. Companies, too, push retirement on their employees by offering everything from defined benefit plans to various defined contribution plans. —Recommended Link— The Repair Shop For Broken DNA I’ve found a small group of researchers in Switzerland developing a gene-editing tool that’s simpler, cheaper and easier to use than any previous model. The investment potential here is immense… It may be the biggest investment opportunity you ever see, because people will pay any price to extend their lives. Come see my #1 play on the gene-editing revolution… But despite all the talk about preparing for retirement, Americans have never been less prepared to walk away from their jobs. Incredibly, about half of American households have no retirement account at all. Worse, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that nearly one-third of American households age 55 and older have neither a retirement plan nor a company pension.   #-ad_banner-#But Americans with retirement plans aren’t much better. One-third of Americans with retirement plans have just $5,000 saved. Even older Americans who have worked for decades have an average… Read More

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