There’s no doubt about it, the market is downright bullish. In fact, the S&P 500 hasn’t experienced a decline of at least 3% since Nov. 7, 2016. As I’m writing this, that amounts to an incredible 240 trading days without so much as a pause for this bull market.  The current record is 241 trading days, which happened between Jan. 26, 1995 and Jan. 9, 1996. That means that, assuming the market doesn’t fall by more than 3% in the next few days, the S&P 500 will set yet another new record this week. —Sponsored Link—… Read More

There’s no doubt about it, the market is downright bullish. In fact, the S&P 500 hasn’t experienced a decline of at least 3% since Nov. 7, 2016. As I’m writing this, that amounts to an incredible 240 trading days without so much as a pause for this bull market.  The current record is 241 trading days, which happened between Jan. 26, 1995 and Jan. 9, 1996. That means that, assuming the market doesn’t fall by more than 3% in the next few days, the S&P 500 will set yet another new record this week. —Sponsored Link— This 90 Percent-Plus Strategy Accounted For A 700 Percent ROI This proprietary sequence of steps has helped produce a 98% win rate over eight years! Use the same steps to implement this strategy whether the market is going up, down or sideways. Tap here to learn this 98% win rate. To put this into perspective, there’s only been five other times where the market even went 100-plus days without a pullback of at least 3%. No. 3 on the list is 162 days. Does this mean we’re due for a market… Read More

A funny thing happens when the market keeps surging higher: It gets harder and harder to pick good stocks.  Outsiders think the higher the market goes, the easier it is to make money. The truth is, the higher the market goes the harder it is to find growth stocks as an individual investor. Everything looks overvalued, and it’s hard to determine what stocks will continue higher and which ones will fizzle out.  From experience, I have found that looking at historic and/or projected earnings per share (EPS) growth is one way to discover growth stocks that will continue to gain… Read More

A funny thing happens when the market keeps surging higher: It gets harder and harder to pick good stocks.  Outsiders think the higher the market goes, the easier it is to make money. The truth is, the higher the market goes the harder it is to find growth stocks as an individual investor. Everything looks overvalued, and it’s hard to determine what stocks will continue higher and which ones will fizzle out.  From experience, I have found that looking at historic and/or projected earnings per share (EPS) growth is one way to discover growth stocks that will continue to gain value through any market situation. It’s this type of stock that investors should seek to buy and hold.  The following five stocks with a history of EPS growth, as well as expected growth ahead, look poised to continue with their winning ways. #-ad_banner-#​1. Concept Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CORT) This pharmaceutical company is the very definition of a growth stock.  Shares have rocketed over 170% in the last year alone. What makes these gains truly astounding is that the industry as a whole advanced just 2% over the same time. Typically, this type of hyper-appreciation would throw up a few red… Read More

I’ve been around insurance companies most of my professional life. Of course, it helps that I think insurance is interesting. I mean, have you ever read a policy that indemnified and insured for causes of loss to satellites in space? Or policies covering jumbo jet aircraft? They’re simply amazing. Now, one of the things I learned early on is that well-run insurance companies have a common denominator. It’s a simple concept: profitable insurers receive more in premiums than they pay out in claims.  Seems easy, right? #-ad_banner-#But in the real world, it isn’t as easy as it sounds. You see,… Read More

I’ve been around insurance companies most of my professional life. Of course, it helps that I think insurance is interesting. I mean, have you ever read a policy that indemnified and insured for causes of loss to satellites in space? Or policies covering jumbo jet aircraft? They’re simply amazing. Now, one of the things I learned early on is that well-run insurance companies have a common denominator. It’s a simple concept: profitable insurers receive more in premiums than they pay out in claims.  Seems easy, right? #-ad_banner-#But in the real world, it isn’t as easy as it sounds. You see, insurance pricing is cyclical. Prices go up and down with the changing levels of supply and demand in the market. This is especially true after hurricanes and other large loss events. These large losses force many insurers to flee the market until they can build up their loss reserves. But that leads customers to lose faith in an insurer, making any future return to the market more difficult. That’s why it’s so important for insurers to underwrite their policies profitably every time.  To do this, insurers look at two metrics to calculate profitability. The first is their expense ratio. This… Read More

Last month, in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, I recommended a trade that went against the disaster-mania gripping the market. Tractor Supply (Nasdaq: TSCO) was a stock that unjustly benefitted from investor hype surrounding reconstruction efforts.  Wall Street didn’t seem to understand that, despite its name, Tractor Supply doesn’t actually distribute tractors or other heavy equipment. And hurricane effects notwithstanding, the stock was overpriced and sitting on shoddy fundamentals.  —Sponsored Link— Just Released: ‘2018 Automatic Income Calendar’ Collect 15 extra paychecks each month, regardless of your situation. This little-known income booster could deliver… Read More

Last month, in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, I recommended a trade that went against the disaster-mania gripping the market. Tractor Supply (Nasdaq: TSCO) was a stock that unjustly benefitted from investor hype surrounding reconstruction efforts.  Wall Street didn’t seem to understand that, despite its name, Tractor Supply doesn’t actually distribute tractors or other heavy equipment. And hurricane effects notwithstanding, the stock was overpriced and sitting on shoddy fundamentals.  —Sponsored Link— Just Released: ‘2018 Automatic Income Calendar’ Collect 15 extra paychecks each month, regardless of your situation. This little-known income booster could deliver 182 paychecks “automatically” by end of next year. See the dates your checks could arrive. TSCO finally fell apart as the reality set in… and our put options hit their target on Oct. 12, just as I predicted. All in all, my Profit Amplifier subscribers and I walked away with a 30.4% gain in just a few weeks.  My target this week is another company that stands to benefit from the rebuilding taking place across parts of Florida, Texas and the rest of the Gulf Coast… although not to the extent investors seem to be expecting. Read More

Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time. His net worth of $81 billion makes him one of the richest people in the world. As is well known, the secret to his success is long-term, “buy and hold” investing. Buffett says that when he invests in a stock his goal is to own it “forever.” Investors looking to succeed in the stock market would be smart to follow his lead. However, in 2017, stocks worth holding forever seem impossible to find. That’s because the economy is evolving faster than ever. According to a recent… Read More

Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time. His net worth of $81 billion makes him one of the richest people in the world. As is well known, the secret to his success is long-term, “buy and hold” investing. Buffett says that when he invests in a stock his goal is to own it “forever.” Investors looking to succeed in the stock market would be smart to follow his lead. However, in 2017, stocks worth holding forever seem impossible to find. That’s because the economy is evolving faster than ever. According to a recent study from financial services firm Credit Suisse, the lifespan of S&P 500 companies has been falling for the last 70 years. #-ad_banner-#Back in 1950, the average age of an S&P 500 company was 60 years. In 1965, it had fallen to 33 years. By 1990, it was just 20. According to market-research firm Innosight, around 50% of the S&P 500 will be replaced in the next 10 years. This high turnover rate in the market makes it more difficult than ever for investors to invest like Buffett. But I’ve got a solution: Utilities are the perfect “forever stocks.” At first… Read More

There’s lots of talk about how companies are exploiting the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Truth be told, they’ve barely scratched the surface.  That’s because the technology of connecting billions of sensor-laden consumer products, as well as industrial machines and equipment, to the internet remain in the very early stages of development. But the technology is growing more massive every year. According to McKinsey Global Institute, the IoT will generate up to $11 trillion in economic benefit by 2025. Of course, those numbers include profits to device-makers, efficiencies, new businesses, and savings to consumers from more efficient products. But it’s… Read More

There’s lots of talk about how companies are exploiting the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Truth be told, they’ve barely scratched the surface.  That’s because the technology of connecting billions of sensor-laden consumer products, as well as industrial machines and equipment, to the internet remain in the very early stages of development. But the technology is growing more massive every year. According to McKinsey Global Institute, the IoT will generate up to $11 trillion in economic benefit by 2025. Of course, those numbers include profits to device-makers, efficiencies, new businesses, and savings to consumers from more efficient products. But it’s still a trend investors ignore at their own financial peril.  #-ad_banner-#Further adding credence to the McKinsey data, another forecast from market research company IHS Markit makes a bolder prediction. IHS Markit claims that more than 75 billion smart devices will be in use by 2025. That’s a 400% increase over the roughly 15 billion devices in use today. Now, to put this number in perspective, chip manufacturers must build microchips at a rate that is six times greater than has ever been produced since microchips were first developed in 1958 by Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN).  And it’s… Read More

Last month, I told you about a new feature I recently introduced to my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. To put it simply, the goal of the newsletter is simple. It’s right there in the name. But since every investor’s situation is different, everyone has a different opinion of what exactly a “high” yielder is — especially in today’s low-yield market.  —Sponsored Link— Why Do The Banking Elites Want To Keep Gold Suppressed? Find out why a renegade investor, who has made his readers multiple three-digit returns in the last few months, says the banking elite… Read More

Last month, I told you about a new feature I recently introduced to my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. To put it simply, the goal of the newsletter is simple. It’s right there in the name. But since every investor’s situation is different, everyone has a different opinion of what exactly a “high” yielder is — especially in today’s low-yield market.  —Sponsored Link— Why Do The Banking Elites Want To Keep Gold Suppressed? Find out why a renegade investor, who has made his readers multiple three-digit returns in the last few months, says the banking elite is opening up the most exciting opportunity for you to get really rich in the next 24 months. With his strategies, you could easily and quickly leverage the upcoming bull market in gold and profit $3-$4 for every $1 move in gold. Click here to get all of the details. But there can be no equivocation about the regular screen we introduced to show the 10%-plus yielders out there. Sure, the quality of these names may differ — and they may or may not merit inclusion into the newsletter’s portfolio. But my mission is clear: to… Read More