There is no question that December has been the most lucrative month for short-term traders in years. The volatility and liquidity are superb for those who thrive on big price swings. —Recommended Link— Act Before December 31st To Lock In $3,080 In Monthly Payouts From Hidden ‘Executive Dividends’ Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. At the same time, fearful investors and chaotic trading action have combined to create a massive  opportunity for those… Read More

There is no question that December has been the most lucrative month for short-term traders in years. The volatility and liquidity are superb for those who thrive on big price swings. —Recommended Link— Act Before December 31st To Lock In $3,080 In Monthly Payouts From Hidden ‘Executive Dividends’ Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. At the same time, fearful investors and chaotic trading action have combined to create a massive  opportunity for those with long-term perspectives.  I’ll go so far as to say that the recent stock market opportunity is the best I have witnessed in years. #-ad_banner-#With even the super bull, Jim Cramer, proclaiming to buy gold, now is the time for savvy investors to start searching for long-term income stocks. Remember, buy the fear and sell the greed! I have identified five income-focused stocks that make sense to consider for 2019 and beyond. 1. UBS E-TRACS Wells Fargo Business Development Company ETN (BDCS) I love business development companies as income-producing stocks!  Business development companies, or BDCs, provide a service to… 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

Over at my premium newsletter, Game-Changing Stocks, we often concentrate mostly on younger companies — those whose profit-making days are just beginning. But as investors, we cannot ignore inexpensive stocks. —Recommended Link— Christmas Savings Event — 85% Savings On Fast-Track Millionaire Until midnight tonight, we’re offering a special savings event. Fast-Track Millionaire is opening up 50 seats at an incredible 85% discount. Join hundreds of other investors already using this simple yet powerful system to generate millions. This year give yourself the gift of financial peace of mind. Remember, only 50 readers will be able to claim this incredible… Read More

Over at my premium newsletter, Game-Changing Stocks, we often concentrate mostly on younger companies — those whose profit-making days are just beginning. But as investors, we cannot ignore inexpensive stocks. —Recommended Link— Christmas Savings Event — 85% Savings On Fast-Track Millionaire Until midnight tonight, we’re offering a special savings event. Fast-Track Millionaire is opening up 50 seats at an incredible 85% discount. Join hundreds of other investors already using this simple yet powerful system to generate millions. This year give yourself the gift of financial peace of mind. Remember, only 50 readers will be able to claim this incredible discount. Don’t miss out. Click here for the full details. This month, I’m on the hunt for attractively-valued companies. Some of these bargains might have become cheap because of the recent market volatility, and for some, the attractive valuation would only be an indicator of deteriorating business or other issues. But you won’t ever know which one it is unless you start looking.  Because of the many possible ways of defining “attractive” valuation, and because of the wide stock universe, I first needed to set a few restrictions. #-ad_banner-#First: only technology companies. That’s because these are the companies whose missions… 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