We’re heading into earnings season, which always yields some great trading opportunities.  The key is to evaluate current investor and analyst sentiment on a given stock, and to identify situations in which a company can deliver significant upside or downside relative to the consensus views. In the case of social… Read More

One key trait that separates developed economies (such as the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan) from emerging economies is the relative swings in GDP. While developed economies are so mature that they grow or shrink in a glacial fashion, emerging economies are much more dynamic, with booms and busts arriving… Read More

Entrepreneurs have a saying: “When everyone is digging for gold, we want to sell the shovels.” We’ve seen the effect technology has had in the past 30 years, in everything from cellphones and computers to the cars we drive. These kinds of technological marvels will continue to be staples of… Read More

I am willing to bet that more than a few readers have experienced the painful medical condition that I suffered about a decade ago.  It started soon after the birth of my son. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my abdomen that… Read More

It’s not a secret anymore. Dividends are one of the keys to successful investing. For years we’ve been pointing StreetAuthority readers to high-yielding stocks as well as stressing the benefit of owning companies with a long history of dividend increases. A few weeks ago, Elliott Gue shared 14 stocks that have… Read More

With the Federal Reserve standing pat for at least another five weeks with its potential tapering of its bond-buying quantitative easing program, investors remain a bit anxious. The uncertain impact of the post-QE trading environment has caused U.S. stocks a bit of indigestion. Since the start of… Read More

Following the institutional investors can be a useful strategy for retail investors. Institutional investors are so big, they move the market. This is a form of “bottom feeding” investing, where retail investors can lurk in the shadows of “whales” (institutional investors) and get fat on the leftovers. The same principle… Read More

I am willing to bet that more than a few readers have experienced the painful medical condition that I suffered about a decade ago.  It started soon after the birth of my son. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my abdomen that radiated up into my chest. At first, I was terrified, thinking I was having a heart attack.  Fortunately, the hospital was less than a mile away from our home. I decided to drive myself to the emergency room to avoid waking my family.#-ad_banner-# The emergency room personnel determined that the… Read More

I am willing to bet that more than a few readers have experienced the painful medical condition that I suffered about a decade ago.  It started soon after the birth of my son. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my abdomen that radiated up into my chest. At first, I was terrified, thinking I was having a heart attack.  Fortunately, the hospital was less than a mile away from our home. I decided to drive myself to the emergency room to avoid waking my family.#-ad_banner-# The emergency room personnel determined that the source of the pain wasn’t my heart and that there was nothing wrong with my gastrointestinal region. By that time, the pain had faded, and the hospital gave me a clean bill of health, along with a prescription for painkillers.  Several days later, the debilitating pain returned. It lasted a few hours and then began to fade again.  This began to occur at least once a week, and I visited several medical facilities to determine the cause. No one was able to diagnose the cause, and painkillers remained the only solution to help me stay functional when the pain started. … Read More

I am willing to bet that more than a few readers have experienced the painful medical condition that I suffered about a decade ago.  It started soon after the birth of my son. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my abdomen that radiated up into my chest. At first, I was terrified, thinking I was having a heart attack.  Fortunately, the hospital was less than a mile away from our home. I decided to drive myself to the emergency room to avoid waking my family.#-ad_banner-# The emergency room personnel determined that the… Read More

I am willing to bet that more than a few readers have experienced the painful medical condition that I suffered about a decade ago.  It started soon after the birth of my son. I was awakened in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my abdomen that radiated up into my chest. At first, I was terrified, thinking I was having a heart attack.  Fortunately, the hospital was less than a mile away from our home. I decided to drive myself to the emergency room to avoid waking my family.#-ad_banner-# The emergency room personnel determined that the source of the pain wasn’t my heart and that there was nothing wrong with my gastrointestinal region. By that time, the pain had faded, and the hospital gave me a clean bill of health, along with a prescription for painkillers.  Several days later, the debilitating pain returned. It lasted a few hours and then began to fade again.  This began to occur at least once a week, and I visited several medical facilities to determine the cause. No one was able to diagnose the cause, and painkillers remained the only solution to help me stay functional when the pain started. … Read More