I recently spent a weekend back home in Philly for my birthday. Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN). This trendy clothing, furniture, decor and (now) makeup store — born in the city of brotherly love — is set for another breakout as it continues to fire on all cylinders. —Recommended Link— Your Personal Paycheck Plan One simple strategy is helping folks enjoy retirement more. In fact, the $2,194 Annie from Nevada makes with this method covers all her monthly expenses. The $1,100 that Gordon from California earns makes life easier each month. And Curtis of… Read More

I recently spent a weekend back home in Philly for my birthday. Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN). This trendy clothing, furniture, decor and (now) makeup store — born in the city of brotherly love — is set for another breakout as it continues to fire on all cylinders. —Recommended Link— Your Personal Paycheck Plan One simple strategy is helping folks enjoy retirement more. In fact, the $2,194 Annie from Nevada makes with this method covers all her monthly expenses. The $1,100 that Gordon from California earns makes life easier each month. And Curtis of Washington State puts the $4,200 he collects monthly toward home improvements. Discover the strategy that can enrich your life, too… Urban Outfitters has been a game-changer for most of its existence, riding the waves of fashion trends and making its own splash with its kitschy décor, gag t-shirts, throwback styles of clothing, and much more. #-ad_banner-#Urban has come a long way from its single-store location on a college campus in Philly back in the ’70s and has grown to include brands like Anthropologie, Free People and even The Vetri Family group of restaurants — a Philly fave. (I know it… Read More

Against a generally booming market, shares of carmakers have gone nowhere over the last five years. The First Trust Global Auto Fund (NYSE: CARZ) is down 8.9% over the period versus a 70% return on the S&P 500. —Recommended Link— Cutting-Edge Tech Firm… 1,600% Gains… Worthy Of The Legacy Portfolio? We’ve come across a 167-year-old materials developer that’s been part of everything from Edison’s first incandescent bulb… to optics in the Hubble Telescope… to the iPhone’s Gorilla Glass. It’s been making fortunes for investors for generations and has seen its stock rise 1,588% since 2002. That’s a full 1,350%… Read More

Against a generally booming market, shares of carmakers have gone nowhere over the last five years. The First Trust Global Auto Fund (NYSE: CARZ) is down 8.9% over the period versus a 70% return on the S&P 500. —Recommended Link— Cutting-Edge Tech Firm… 1,600% Gains… Worthy Of The Legacy Portfolio? We’ve come across a 167-year-old materials developer that’s been part of everything from Edison’s first incandescent bulb… to optics in the Hubble Telescope… to the iPhone’s Gorilla Glass. It’s been making fortunes for investors for generations and has seen its stock rise 1,588% since 2002. That’s a full 1,350% more than the S&P — and a return of $170,000 for investors who were smart enough to put 10k into it 16 years ago. But here’s the thing… even this success wasn’t enough to earn it a spot in our Legacy Assets Portfolio. Click here now to discover the seven companies that did make the list. Why have carmakers stalled even as stocks enjoy the longest bull market ever? The slow sell-off in traditional carmakers has left shares in value territory with the five largest publicly-traded companies, Toyota, Honda Motors, Daimler, General Motors and Ford, trading at an average of… Read More

First off, let me just say what an honor it is to be taking the reins of The Daily Paycheck. I certainly have some big shoes to fill, but I feel up to the challenge. —Recommended Link— BREAKING: TRUMP RESIGNS! What does your future hold in a “Post-Trump” America?  Click here for the full details. For those who don’t know me, I spent some time as a financial planner and wealth management advisor before coming to StreetAuthority full time in 2004. I’ve covered a lot of investment ground here over the… Read More

First off, let me just say what an honor it is to be taking the reins of The Daily Paycheck. I certainly have some big shoes to fill, but I feel up to the challenge. —Recommended Link— BREAKING: TRUMP RESIGNS! What does your future hold in a “Post-Trump” America?  Click here for the full details. For those who don’t know me, I spent some time as a financial planner and wealth management advisor before coming to StreetAuthority full time in 2004. I’ve covered a lot of investment ground here over the past 14 years, from commodities to micro-caps. But most of my time and energy have been spent in the pursuit of quality dividend payers and interest-bearing securities. More Of The Same I strongly believe that The Daily Paycheck has emerged as the best all-purpose income-oriented publication in the entire industry. (Not to take anything away from my other advisory, High-Yield Investing, which has a slightly different mission.) The Daily Paycheck‘s three distinct portfolios — High-Yield Opportunities, Fast Dividend Growers and Steady Income Generators — represent a well-rounded, diversified approach to income investing that has served readers well since its… Read More

On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, I should’ve been watching college football on television. I wasn’t. —Recommended Link— This Tiny Biotech Is Set To Disrupt A $133 Billion Market It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a host of unique properties that could lead to a range of applications, allowing early investors to strike it rich. To get all the fascinating details,… Read More

On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, I should’ve been watching college football on television. I wasn’t. —Recommended Link— This Tiny Biotech Is Set To Disrupt A $133 Billion Market It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a host of unique properties that could lead to a range of applications, allowing early investors to strike it rich. To get all the fascinating details, go here. I was glued to CNBC as the events unfolded surrounding whether or not Lehman Brothers, one of the nation’s largest and oldest investment banks, could be saved from failure. By Sunday, Sept. 14, all options were exhausted, and the news hit the tape that Lehman Brothers, after being in business for nearly 160 years, would file for bankruptcy and cease to exist as a viable entity. The markets braced for impact on the open Monday. “It’s gonna be bad.” I told my wife as I stared at the television. “Oh, you’ve said that before,” she replied. “No,” I… Read More

With all the talk about value stocks coming back any time now, I believe investors — bargain-seekers and traders alike — should remain cognizant about the dangers of value-traps. —Recommended Link— ATTENTION: Are You Ready To Join The 7-Digit Club? Bold investors struggling to join the 7-digit club who want to take their portfolio from mediocre to millionaire status. I’d like to introduce you to Fast-Track Millionaire — an investment strategy designed to deliver 1,000% gains and take you from “average investor” to multi-millionaire in 7 years or less. Learn more here… Just as you wouldn’t buy just anything… Read More

With all the talk about value stocks coming back any time now, I believe investors — bargain-seekers and traders alike — should remain cognizant about the dangers of value-traps. —Recommended Link— ATTENTION: Are You Ready To Join The 7-Digit Club? Bold investors struggling to join the 7-digit club who want to take their portfolio from mediocre to millionaire status. I’d like to introduce you to Fast-Track Millionaire — an investment strategy designed to deliver 1,000% gains and take you from “average investor” to multi-millionaire in 7 years or less. Learn more here… Just as you wouldn’t buy just anything you found in a clearance bin, you should never buy a stock solely because it’s cheap. Many stocks are cheap for a reason, and the market keeps these stocks at an almost-permanent mark-down because it knows, or senses, trouble. The numbers might say the stock is a bargain, but if no one else starts buying shares (pushing the stock’s price higher), you’ll never realize a profit on your “value” investment. Hence, the term “value trap.” Most of the time, there’s a good reason why everyone is avoiding these seemingly attractive stocks. The company might be in a declining industry… or… Read More

One of my favorite investing quotes ever, credited to John Maynard Keynes, is: “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” In addition to being the father of a widely used school of economic thought (Keynesian economics), Keynes was an accomplished investor. There’s little doubt that he knew a thing or two about the consequences of being wrong and/or stubborn. —Recommended Link— THE LIST — The Only Growth Stocks You’ll Ever Need If you’re ready to start bagging triple-digit winners like it’s no big deal, then you have to see this… Last year’s picks are beating… Read More

One of my favorite investing quotes ever, credited to John Maynard Keynes, is: “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” In addition to being the father of a widely used school of economic thought (Keynesian economics), Keynes was an accomplished investor. There’s little doubt that he knew a thing or two about the consequences of being wrong and/or stubborn. —Recommended Link— THE LIST — The Only Growth Stocks You’ll Ever Need If you’re ready to start bagging triple-digit winners like it’s no big deal, then you have to see this… Last year’s picks are beating the S&P 500 3 -to-1 , and we ‘ve recommended dozens of multi-baggers to our readers over the years. THE LIST is jam packed timely picks including: Our #1 Biotech Stock, Takeover Stock, Pharmaceutical Stock, and many others. Click here to see them now. As investors, we hate being wrong. We probably hate admitting that we were wrong more than just actually being wrong. In this article, I will discuss what to do about losses. #-ad_banner-#When crafting a sell discipline strategy for losses, you must first determine how much you are comfortable losing on a percentage basis. Professionally, my threshold… Read More

How the times have changed! Remember how many times Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was thought to be dead and buried? —Recommended Link— URGENT NEWS: Experts Warn Your Pension Is ‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’ Save your retirement from miserly interest rates and an overstretched stock market with our special “Executive Dividends” Program… Learn more inside. The software giant — which, by the way, is a striking example of how far a true game-changer can go — is also a testimony to the power of reinvention. Microsoft was thought of as an outdated company 15 years ago, when it first started… Read More

How the times have changed! Remember how many times Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was thought to be dead and buried? —Recommended Link— URGENT NEWS: Experts Warn Your Pension Is ‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’ Save your retirement from miserly interest rates and an overstretched stock market with our special “Executive Dividends” Program… Learn more inside. The software giant — which, by the way, is a striking example of how far a true game-changer can go — is also a testimony to the power of reinvention. Microsoft was thought of as an outdated company 15 years ago, when it first started to pay dividends to shareholders. The prevailing sentiment among many investors and analysts alike was that paying dividends is the first sign that growth is over. #-ad_banner-#Guess what? It wasn’t. Then, there was that time when open source — including open source software for PCs — was on the verge of replacing Windows, Microsoft’s bread and butter. That was more than a decade ago. Open source — software written and contributed to by the community of developers — is alive and quite well, but so is Microsoft. MSFT has not become what it is now — one of the largest… Read More