Traditionally, many income securities have come from the energy sector. Large integrated oil companies, for instance, have long been a staple of many income portfolios. A big reason for that was a business model that benefited investors: Steady demand for their product (oil) resulted in steady cash flows. Of course, the steady rise in oil prices between 2001 and 2008 didn’t hurt either. But much has changed in the past few years, as major economic trends have collided and driven oil prices lower. The emergence and economic viability of alternative energy is one such factor. The other major trend that… Read More

Traditionally, many income securities have come from the energy sector. Large integrated oil companies, for instance, have long been a staple of many income portfolios. A big reason for that was a business model that benefited investors: Steady demand for their product (oil) resulted in steady cash flows. Of course, the steady rise in oil prices between 2001 and 2008 didn’t hurt either. But much has changed in the past few years, as major economic trends have collided and driven oil prices lower. The emergence and economic viability of alternative energy is one such factor. The other major trend that has impacted the price of oil is the advances in hydraulic fracturing — what most of us know as “fracking.” This new technology that has unleashed huge oil and gas reserves hidden in the U.S. shale basins has resulted in massive growth in oil production.  —Sponsored Link— Millionaire Releases His Personal Stock Checklist For 26 years, a scientist from Delaware has carefully analyzed the potential of an unusual stock pattern, and has secretly developed a formula to identify it. On just the best trades alone thus far in 2017, this pattern has delivered 31 triple… Read More

We are in the early stages of a quiet revolution that has bypassed many investors. It is akin to the original space race of the 1960s and early 1970s, just without the media frenzy. This time, rather than world powers vying for space supremacy, it’s corporations looking to be the first to profit from space industry and travel.  The public’s excitement regarding space exploration and exploitation is at a shallow level, but opportunities exist for farseeing investors to snap up stocks of emerging space-age companies. The leading investors on Earth are already heavily invested in space technology. The most notable,… Read More

We are in the early stages of a quiet revolution that has bypassed many investors. It is akin to the original space race of the 1960s and early 1970s, just without the media frenzy. This time, rather than world powers vying for space supremacy, it’s corporations looking to be the first to profit from space industry and travel.  The public’s excitement regarding space exploration and exploitation is at a shallow level, but opportunities exist for farseeing investors to snap up stocks of emerging space-age companies. The leading investors on Earth are already heavily invested in space technology. The most notable, and wealthiest, investor in this pace is Jeff Bezos of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN). He has committed to investing $1 billion per year into Blue Horizon, a space tourism and payload launch company. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has invested in the rights to an upper atmosphere launch vehicle. Tesla founder Elon Musk has an ambitious goal to colonize Mars with his company SpaceX. Finally, Richard Branson has launched a space tourism business called Virgin Galactic.  Many companies in the new space race remain in private hands. However, several public companies are starting to look very appealing to investors looking for… Read More

Experts all seem to agree that the stock market is overvalued from a fundamental perspective. This conclusion can be reached based on almost any fundamental ratio. The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of the S&P 500, for example, is about 24.5. This is about 67% above its long-term average of 14.7. —Sponsored Link— Small Group Uncovers Millionaire’s Simple Stock-Picking Strategy With no Wall Street experience, a chemical engineer at DuPont accidentally uncovered a powerful pattern that often appears just before a stock’s share price doubles, triples, or even quadruples — seemingly out of nowhere. But not long… Read More

Experts all seem to agree that the stock market is overvalued from a fundamental perspective. This conclusion can be reached based on almost any fundamental ratio. The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of the S&P 500, for example, is about 24.5. This is about 67% above its long-term average of 14.7. —Sponsored Link— Small Group Uncovers Millionaire’s Simple Stock-Picking Strategy With no Wall Street experience, a chemical engineer at DuPont accidentally uncovered a powerful pattern that often appears just before a stock’s share price doubles, triples, or even quadruples — seemingly out of nowhere. But not long ago, this unassuming engineer began sharing his discovery with a handful of “beta testers” to confirm his theory. This year alone, his pattern has pinpointed 31 triple-digit windfalls. And now, he’s ready to unveil it to a whole new group of investors. Full Story… Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller’s cyclically adjusted P/E ratio is also warning the market is overvalued. At 30.2, this ratio is more than 85% above its long-term average of 16.1. Shiller is well known for calling market tops. He called the top in 2000, just before the dot-com bubble burst, and also… Read More

Back in 2014 offshore drilling giant Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL) was a darling for high-yield stock investors. At the time, Seadrill was the largest offshore driller in the world by market cap. Revenue was surging, hitting a fresh all-time high early in the year.    Most importantly for high-yield stock investors, Seadrill was paying one of the best dividends in the entire global stock market. Between 2010 and 2014 Seadrill’s dividend yield ranged between 7.0% and 10.8% — topping off above 11.0% in early January. Take a look below.     Despite the impressive run of revenue growth and dividend payments,… Read More

Back in 2014 offshore drilling giant Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL) was a darling for high-yield stock investors. At the time, Seadrill was the largest offshore driller in the world by market cap. Revenue was surging, hitting a fresh all-time high early in the year.    Most importantly for high-yield stock investors, Seadrill was paying one of the best dividends in the entire global stock market. Between 2010 and 2014 Seadrill’s dividend yield ranged between 7.0% and 10.8% — topping off above 11.0% in early January. Take a look below.     Despite the impressive run of revenue growth and dividend payments, by the end of 2014 Seadrill investors were begging for mercy. When the price of oil crashed in the summer of 2014, it took Seadrill’s revenue and dividend payment with it. By the end of 2014 the company had scrapped its dividend payment entirely.   Two days ago, Seadrill — once the largest offshore driller in the world — filed for bankruptcy, virtually wiping out all of its remaining stock and bond holders. It was a stunning turn of events for a once great company, and an important lesson for high-yield stock investors.    #-ad_banner-#​Not All High-Yield Stocks Are Created… Read More

According to Albert Einstein (or so legend has it), “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” In other words, it’s wise to reinvest your interest so it can earn interest. This can accelerate how quickly your money grows. Compound interest, coupled with time, can be one of the most powerful wealth-building tools in investing. But that isn’t the entire quote… —Sponsored Link— 9 Dividend Stocks That Can Triple Your Income Only the strongest stocks pay regular 4% to 8% yields while growing your savings, too. Discover 9 stocks with… Read More

According to Albert Einstein (or so legend has it), “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” In other words, it’s wise to reinvest your interest so it can earn interest. This can accelerate how quickly your money grows. Compound interest, coupled with time, can be one of the most powerful wealth-building tools in investing. But that isn’t the entire quote… —Sponsored Link— 9 Dividend Stocks That Can Triple Your Income Only the strongest stocks pay regular 4% to 8% yields while growing your savings, too. Discover 9 stocks with a solid record of RAISING dividends — and each one passed our strict tests with flying colors. Get the list, free. Here’s the rest — the part most people tend to neglect: “He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.” Compounding works both ways. Just take a look at your next credit card statement. Credit card companies are required to show you how long — and how much interest you would pay — if you only made the minimum payment each month. And that’s assuming you don’t ever use the credit card again.  #-ad_banner-#It’s… Read More

Once upon a time, tech stocks were hot. They eventually crashed back to earth, only to rise again and lead this bull market.  The survivors of the dot-com era clearly did something right, and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) is a great example.  While shares trade much lower than the March 2000 high of $82, the stock has come a long way from the October 2002 low of $8.12. During that comeback, the company has made itself stronger, has become essential for making the internet work the way it does, and has become a powerful income stock in the process.  #-ad_banner-#It’s… Read More

Once upon a time, tech stocks were hot. They eventually crashed back to earth, only to rise again and lead this bull market.  The survivors of the dot-com era clearly did something right, and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) is a great example.  While shares trade much lower than the March 2000 high of $82, the stock has come a long way from the October 2002 low of $8.12. During that comeback, the company has made itself stronger, has become essential for making the internet work the way it does, and has become a powerful income stock in the process.  #-ad_banner-#It’s probably hard to find an investor who hasn’t heard about Cisco — and yet, many people don’t know what, exactly, Cisco does. I think there are a couple reasons for that gap. One is the highly technical nature of Cisco’s business. The other is the wide variety of products and services Cisco makes. But all of its products, all of its services, all of the changes Cisco went through over the years, they all have something in common: They all connect people.  And because the world is becoming even more interconnected, Cisco’s work is never finished. The company builds products… Read More

Over the past 90 years, September and October have earned a reputation for being the two most volatile months for the markets. And this September is likely to be anything but predictable. The month is already off to a rocky start. In the first few days of September, North Korea tested a nuclear-tipped missile, leading U.S. officials to warn the country is “begging for war.” As I write this, Hurricane Irma has left a trail of destruction Florida and is moving on to drench the eastern United States.  —Sponsored Link— 10 Tech Stocks That Will TRIPLE… Read More

Over the past 90 years, September and October have earned a reputation for being the two most volatile months for the markets. And this September is likely to be anything but predictable. The month is already off to a rocky start. In the first few days of September, North Korea tested a nuclear-tipped missile, leading U.S. officials to warn the country is “begging for war.” As I write this, Hurricane Irma has left a trail of destruction Florida and is moving on to drench the eastern United States.  —Sponsored Link— 10 Tech Stocks That Will TRIPLE Tech has outperformed in 2017, and will keep outperforming in 2018 and beyond. But these 10 names have the biggest profit potential of the entire sector! Needless to say, it’s been tough to pin down a high-probability trade lately. That’s why it helps to go back to the well, so to speak, and revisit a previous winning trade. After all, thanks to my stock market “raiding” technique, where my Profit Amplifier readers and I extract more than our fair share of profits from trades, we can repeat winning trades again and again. … Read More

Can the stock market go any higher?  This is the number-one question I’ve been hearing from investors recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, considered by many to be the most important market barometer, is higher by roughly 20% over the last year. An all-time high of 22,179 posted just a few weeks ago triggered massive bullish fever. The question is, will 22,179 continue to mark the all-time high for the next several years or will the bulls continue to push stocks into the stratosphere?  #-ad_banner-#The evidence is saying that the bulls are wrong and 22,179 will be the historical high… Read More

Can the stock market go any higher?  This is the number-one question I’ve been hearing from investors recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, considered by many to be the most important market barometer, is higher by roughly 20% over the last year. An all-time high of 22,179 posted just a few weeks ago triggered massive bullish fever. The question is, will 22,179 continue to mark the all-time high for the next several years or will the bulls continue to push stocks into the stratosphere?  #-ad_banner-#The evidence is saying that the bulls are wrong and 22,179 will be the historical high for the DJIA through the end of 2018. To be clear, the DJIA will go higher in the future. In fact, it will go much higher over the next decade. However, for now, the top has posted.  Remember, the S&P 500 is higher by over 250% since the 2009 bottom. We are in the midst of an almost 100-month advance across the major stock market indexes, and valuations are pushing traditional limits. My prediction is based on a combination of five factors that mark the top of the market. Any one of these signs is a bearish signal, but the… Read More