By Sean Brodrick On January 12, 201812:55 PM Eastern
I told you that when I got the buy signals, we’d back up the truck. Today is that day.
Specifically, I’m getting buy signals in nat-gas and precious metals. And that means I have three new picks...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 12, 201808:00 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 returned an amazing 21.8% last year. It’s easy to look at that, the seventh year of double-digit gains in the past nine, and scoff – or worry about what 2018 might have in store.
But...
By Mike Larson On January 12, 201808:00 AM Eastern
I’m a big movie fan, so I can recall many famous scenes at a moment’s notice. But one that’s at the top of my all-time favorite list comes from “Braveheart.”
The 1995 film stars Mel Gibson, and...
By Gavin Magor On January 11, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Over the span of the last few weeks, I shared all the ins-and-outs of variable annuities and the alternatives to them (including fixed annuities). You can read parts one, two, three, and four of...
By Jon D. Markman On January 10, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Something big is happening. The very nature of commerce is changing. And it is happening fast.
This week, The Wall Street Journal ran a story about Samsung’s capital spending. In 2017, the...
By Mandeep Rai On January 10, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Heading into the 2017 holiday shopping season, you couldn’t give retail stocks away. Investors were worried about weak same-store sales, underinvestment in e-commerce operations, and the loss of...
By Sean Brodrick On January 9, 201812:21 PM Eastern
Your portfolio is off to a roaring start in 2018. Aurora Cannabis just became the latest position to join the Triple-Digit Percentage Gains Club.
There will be a lot more where that came from...
By Gavin Magor On January 9, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Investing in bank stocks should be a straightforward decision. If you know the cost of money and you know how a given bank operates, the result is “automatic” profits (in theory). The first data...
By Jon D. Markman On January 8, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is a crazy time. Everywhere you look, there seems to be a bubble forming. Cryptocurrencies, commodities and global stocks are all soaring.
And it is not just the gains. It is the velocity....
By Mike Larson On January 8, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Last week wasn’t just a holiday week at the Larson household. It marked a family milestone: We dropped my stepson off at college for the first time. Naturally, we’re apprehensive about some of...