You’ve probably never heard of Henrietta Howland “Hetty” Green. When she died in 1916, she was worth an estimated $100 million to $200 million (which would be equivalent to $2.25 billion to $4.5 billion today). She was most likely the richest woman in the world at the time, and she earned her fortune in finance. —Sponsored Link— You Can Capture Millions Thanks To California’s Historic Legislation (Here’s How) At the recent California Pot Stock Explosion Summit, marijuana stock expert, Michael Robinson, gave viewers his unmatched insight on The Golden State’s marijuana legalization. Let me be… Read More

You’ve probably never heard of Henrietta Howland “Hetty” Green. When she died in 1916, she was worth an estimated $100 million to $200 million (which would be equivalent to $2.25 billion to $4.5 billion today). She was most likely the richest woman in the world at the time, and she earned her fortune in finance. —Sponsored Link— You Can Capture Millions Thanks To California’s Historic Legislation (Here’s How) At the recent California Pot Stock Explosion Summit, marijuana stock expert, Michael Robinson, gave viewers his unmatched insight on The Golden State’s marijuana legalization. Let me be blunt: This is the single greatest event in U.S. market history. Michael has been tracking three small California cannabis companies currently trading for only a dollar or two apiece… but now these tiny stocks are expected to double, triple, or quadruple in value! By learning how to get in on the ground floor, you could turn some loose change into your next huge payday. Go here now for your own personal viewing. When a list of the richest Americans in history was published by American Heritage in 1998, Hetty Green was at No. 36. She was… Read More

Of all the basic tenets of modern financial theory, the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is one of the most controversial and disputed theories. For the uninitiated, the EMH posits that stock prices reflect all relevant price information, which means stocks always trade at fair value. But if EMH were always true, investors would be wasting their time searching for undervalued stocks or stocks with potential to benefit from some market trend. It would also mean that no investor could outperform the market consistently. Sure, an investor might beat the market occasionally, but never on a consistent basis. #-ad_banner-#Unfortunately, EMH fails… Read More

Of all the basic tenets of modern financial theory, the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is one of the most controversial and disputed theories. For the uninitiated, the EMH posits that stock prices reflect all relevant price information, which means stocks always trade at fair value. But if EMH were always true, investors would be wasting their time searching for undervalued stocks or stocks with potential to benefit from some market trend. It would also mean that no investor could outperform the market consistently. Sure, an investor might beat the market occasionally, but never on a consistent basis. #-ad_banner-#Unfortunately, EMH fails on this point. You see, Warren Buffet has beaten the market consistently over long periods. And Buffet isn’t the only investor achieving these “impossible” results. There is a long list of investors who outperform market benchmarks consistently. So while the hypothesis may not hold water, that doesn’t mean investors can’t benefit from EMH in a different way. You see, if a stock’s current price is based on all available known information, an investor could profit from front running future information about a company. In other words, identifying some future piece of information that isn’t currently priced into the stock. And… Read More

The bullishness that reigned supreme in 2017 and through late February is now gone. Market pundits, including myself, were riding the bullish wave, consciously ignoring high valuations, future growth challenges, geopolitical risks and more. —Sponsored Link— Vanguard’s 19 Most Powerful Funds A small group of Vanguard funds outperform Vanguard’s most popular funds by a whopping 226%. Hold just a few of these 19 funds in the proper mix and you could triple your Vanguard profits. Which few? Mixed how? It’s all in a new report, YOURS FREE! Discover the 19 high-powered wealth… Read More

The bullishness that reigned supreme in 2017 and through late February is now gone. Market pundits, including myself, were riding the bullish wave, consciously ignoring high valuations, future growth challenges, geopolitical risks and more. —Sponsored Link— Vanguard’s 19 Most Powerful Funds A small group of Vanguard funds outperform Vanguard’s most popular funds by a whopping 226%. Hold just a few of these 19 funds in the proper mix and you could triple your Vanguard profits. Which few? Mixed how? It’s all in a new report, YOURS FREE! Discover the 19 high-powered wealth builders that work together to give you 226% more profits. Details in your FREE report! Download here. I know that I personally capitulated and became a blind bull near the end of 2017 after several, very well researched and viable bearish trades didn’t pan out. Since logic wasn’t working, I had to join the “buy everything” crowd to stay profitable. #-ad_banner-#And that actually worked for a while. In November, my Profit Amplifier subscribers and I started almost exclusively buying call options. Things looked great until mid-February, when the market sold off 292 points (a 10.2% drop)… Read More

Tech stocks have had a huge run throughout the bull market with the Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) surging 280% since March 2009. That’s well above the 226% gain in the broader S&P 500 and helped lift the market to price multiples rarely seen in the past. Gains in the sector tracked the broader market closely until June 2016 when tech exploded, beating the index by 23% over nearly two years. #-ad_banner-#That outperformance has grown the sector to 27% of S&P 500, the highest it’s been since the final four months of the tech bubble. Read More

Tech stocks have had a huge run throughout the bull market with the Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) surging 280% since March 2009. That’s well above the 226% gain in the broader S&P 500 and helped lift the market to price multiples rarely seen in the past. Gains in the sector tracked the broader market closely until June 2016 when tech exploded, beating the index by 23% over nearly two years. #-ad_banner-#That outperformance has grown the sector to 27% of S&P 500, the highest it’s been since the final four months of the tech bubble. Much of the explosive tech sentiment has been given to the largest players in the group, the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) which collectively surged an average of 51% last year. But the narrative has changed with some major problems at some of these tech leaders and that’s creating chaos for the broader market. The  Volatility Index (VIX) only broke 13 twice last year and averaged just 11.1 throughout 2017… it’s averaged 17.5 this year and hasn’t been below 13 since January. Does the tech selloff mean an end to the historic bull market? Are there still leaders… Read More

As we all know, stock valuations reflect the prevailing economic weather and corporate-profit forecast. Sunny conditions give investors confidence to buy, which generally means expensive stock prices. Right now, the S&P 500 is trading at 17.0 times expected earnings, almost 20% above the 10-year average of 14.3. Some highfliers have ascended to nosebleed levels, notably names like Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of just above 245. —Sponsored Link— In A Historic 200-76 Vote… New Law *C-45* Moves Forward Investors, you MUST know about this new law. It will create “legal monopolies” in one… Read More

As we all know, stock valuations reflect the prevailing economic weather and corporate-profit forecast. Sunny conditions give investors confidence to buy, which generally means expensive stock prices. Right now, the S&P 500 is trading at 17.0 times expected earnings, almost 20% above the 10-year average of 14.3. Some highfliers have ascended to nosebleed levels, notably names like Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of just above 245. —Sponsored Link— In A Historic 200-76 Vote… New Law *C-45* Moves Forward Investors, you MUST know about this new law. It will create “legal monopolies” in one sector of the stock market. A small investment today can be worth millions tomorrow. Click here to see more.   While everybody loves rising markets, it’s hard to buy low and sell high when everything is already high. #-ad_banner-#Fortunately, the reverse is also true. Logic dictates that your investment dollars stretch further (you can buy more shares) when economic rain clouds start to appear. This is usually when most investors duck indoors. But Warren Buffett has some great advice for these situations: Be greedy when others are fearful. Just a few months ago, the market was… Read More

Trump’s tariff talk has thrown stocks into disarray. No one knows just how this new twist will play out in the economy. It appears to be a safe bet that whatever happens, it will not be bullish for stocks. #-ad_banner-#Long-term investors have a choice to ride out the volatility or take action to attempt to increase profits during the uncertainty. Should you decide to actively invest during these volatile times, here are three ways to make the difficult times work for you. 1. Get Long The VIX Hedge funds and professional traders were thrown for a loop in February… Read More

Trump’s tariff talk has thrown stocks into disarray. No one knows just how this new twist will play out in the economy. It appears to be a safe bet that whatever happens, it will not be bullish for stocks. #-ad_banner-#Long-term investors have a choice to ride out the volatility or take action to attempt to increase profits during the uncertainty. Should you decide to actively invest during these volatile times, here are three ways to make the difficult times work for you. 1. Get Long The VIX Hedge funds and professional traders were thrown for a loop in February as the time-proven short VIX trade blew up. Over the last several years, a significant source of alpha for derivative traders and longer-term investors was short volatility. As long as volatility declined or stayed stable, short biased option strategies and just outright short trades created profits month after month. Then Trump’s tariff talk combined with the regime of climbing rates sent the market to the loony bin. The VIX spiked and stocks plunged, calling the bluff of everyone but the most seasoned investors. While no one knows what the future holds, my bet is the VIX is going to climb… Read More

Is it time to start taking a defensive posture in your long-term stock portfolio? My answer is an unequivocal “YES!” Here’s why: The stock market has plunged and soared — both by 660-plus-points — with a major dip in February and a surge earlier this week. Battered by devastating news of trade wars and tariffs while buoyed by massive tax reform and surging economy, the market has gone psychotic. #-ad_banner-#The volatility may be signaling the end of the bull market. Despite the mind-blowing longer-term uptrend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down around 2% in 2018. … Read More

Is it time to start taking a defensive posture in your long-term stock portfolio? My answer is an unequivocal “YES!” Here’s why: The stock market has plunged and soared — both by 660-plus-points — with a major dip in February and a surge earlier this week. Battered by devastating news of trade wars and tariffs while buoyed by massive tax reform and surging economy, the market has gone psychotic. #-ad_banner-#The volatility may be signaling the end of the bull market. Despite the mind-blowing longer-term uptrend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down around 2% in 2018.  Dow theorists are exclaiming that the bearish Dow Theory signals are incredibly close to firing. Also, extreme volatility, which the market has seen this year, often signals a major market turn. Remember, it takes a 20% decline from the highs in the major averages to define a bear market. Smart investors start to prepare long before a bear market is officially declared. Indeed, the bull market can easily resume pushing stocks to all-time highs once again. In fact, I firmly believe we have until at least September until the bear market starts in earnest. However, starting to move your capital… Read More

Every week, I compile a table of all U.S.-listed stocks with dividend yields of 10% or higher. Some of the names come and go, while others reappear time and again. I’ve become familiar with many of them, and can safely say that the list is dominated by tiny companies with market caps between $50 million and $300 million. —Sponsored Link— FREE Blockchain Penny Stock Briefing One tiny blockchain stock could secure Canada’s $8.7 BILLION cannabis market. BUY shares today for less than $1.00! Shares could rocket 818% higher when news gets out. Read More

Every week, I compile a table of all U.S.-listed stocks with dividend yields of 10% or higher. Some of the names come and go, while others reappear time and again. I’ve become familiar with many of them, and can safely say that the list is dominated by tiny companies with market caps between $50 million and $300 million. —Sponsored Link— FREE Blockchain Penny Stock Briefing One tiny blockchain stock could secure Canada’s $8.7 BILLION cannabis market. BUY shares today for less than $1.00! Shares could rocket 818% higher when news gets out. Click here ASAP. Some of these are even smaller nano-caps, such as medical device maker Digirad (Nasdaq: DRAD), whose entire market value is just $36 million. #-ad_banner-#There is absolutely nothing wrong with small businesses. I own shares of quite a few in my personal account. But for the most part, I use them to fill out the growth sleeve of my portfolio and don’t consider them stable income producers. That doesn’t necessarily mean that larger businesses are inherently safer. But when market values are measured by the billion rather than the million, you will usually be dealing with established… Read More