Brad Briggs is the Editorial Director of StreetAuthority. A veteran of the financial publishing industry, Brad manages the team of writers and editors responsible for our premium newsletters, free newsletters, and website. He formerly co-wrote our Maximum Profit premium newsletter and manages our premium subscribers-only newsletter, StreetAuthority Insider.
Brad bought his first stock in high school and has been hooked ever since. After graduating early from college, success in the market enabled him to pay off his student loans and buy his first house. And although he has experience in everything from momentum investing to options, one of his proudest investing accomplishments has been buying and holding on to Apple since 2014.
Brad believes that successful investing doesn't have to be complicated and that anyone can achieve financial independence regardless of background. As Editorial Director, Brad makes it his mission to demystify the world of investing for a wide audience. His writing has been featured in outlets like Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.com, and MSN Money, among others.
An experienced powerlifter, Brad spends his time renovating and working on his property in Texas and tending to cattle when not following the market.
Analyst Articles
To say that this earnings season has been volatile would be an understatement. This week, Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) stunned the market. The social media giant (and metaverse hopeful) announced earnings Wednesday, and the results weren’t good. Not one bit. Operating income fell 46% last quarter, and… Read More
Instead of trying to find a stock that nobody’s ever heard of, you should be looking for investments that look exactly like this... Read More
Instead of trying to find a stock that nobody’s ever heard of, you should be looking for investments that look exactly like this... Read More
If you spend a lot of time online, you realize that one of the keys to winning an audience is having “hot takes.” It makes sense… If you’re not shouting something controversial from the rooftops, you’ll get lost in a sea of other voices. But when it comes to successful… Read More
Let’s face it: Much of what we’re told about investing (at least by the mainstream financial media) is just noise. It’s useless or unhelpful at best and downright harmful at worst. Most novice investors are taught overly simplistic concepts like “buy low, sell high” or “buy and hold.” Sometimes, they… Read More
You’ve probably seen the news by now. And if you’ve been following along with us for a while, it shouldn’t come as any big shock. Inflation remains persistently high. Yesterday, the The Labor Department released its consumer price index (CPI) reading for September. Overall CPI rose 0.4% from August and… Read More
You may be surprised to hear this, but the big Wall Street firms don’t make most of their money from the stock market. When most people think of big trading firms and brokerage houses, they think of the stock market. And rightly so… ever since the New York Stock Exchange… Read More
In Greek mythology, the priestess Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, King of Troy. She was given the gift of foresight by Apollo. But since she refused to return the god’s affections (and Apollo could not revoke the gift), she was cursed to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In case you ever wondered why the name Cassandra is invoked when discussing someone who warns of impending doom, yet is not believed, now you know. I bring this up because we’ve spent the better part of the past decade warning investors about the dire prospects that most people… Read More
In Greek mythology, the priestess Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, King of Troy. She was given the gift of foresight by Apollo. But since she refused to return the god’s affections (and Apollo could not revoke the gift), she was cursed to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In case you ever wondered why the name Cassandra is invoked when discussing someone who warns of impending doom, yet is not believed, now you know. I bring this up because we’ve spent the better part of the past decade warning investors about the dire prospects that most people face when it comes to their financial future. Most people who are close to retirement (within a decade or less) simply don’t have enough to support their expectations. For the younger generation, the outlook is even worse. (How can you save for retirement when you can’t even afford a house?) Those are just the facts, and they’re backed up by numerous studies and surveys. But unfortunately, the average investor has a “hands-off” mindset when it comes to their portfolio and retirement. We think that’s a grave mistake. The game has changed. No longer can you afford to simply plow your… Read More
In Greek mythology, the priestess Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, King of Troy. She was given the gift of foresight by Apollo. But since she refused to return the god’s affections (and Apollo could not revoke the gift), she was cursed to utter true prophecies but never to be… Read More
My colleague recently shared some timely insights with his premium readers, so I decided to chat with him this week and learn more... Read More
My colleague recently shared some timely insights with his premium readers, so I decided to chat with him this week and learn more... Read More
Earlier this week, we spent the bulk of our issue talking about the Fed’s latest decision to raise interest rates by 75 basis points, the prospect of future rate hikes, and the implications for the broader market. I also touched on some of the ramifications of the Fed’s policy decisions… Read More
