Let’s be realistic. You’re NOT going to get rich in a hurry by investing in mainstream blue-chip stocks. The S&P 500 is a handy benchmark and a good proxy for the U.S. economy, but it’s not going to make anyone rich unless you have decades to invest. If you want to truly soar above the market, you have to dedicate at least part of your portfolio to serious big-game hunting. With that in mind, my team and I just released a report on my boldest predictions for 2014. (On Tuesday, I told you about one prediction.) These are ideas that… Read More

Let’s be realistic. You’re NOT going to get rich in a hurry by investing in mainstream blue-chip stocks. The S&P 500 is a handy benchmark and a good proxy for the U.S. economy, but it’s not going to make anyone rich unless you have decades to invest. If you want to truly soar above the market, you have to dedicate at least part of your portfolio to serious big-game hunting. With that in mind, my team and I just released a report on my boldest predictions for 2014. (On Tuesday, I told you about one prediction.) These are ideas that you won’t hear about in the mainstream financial press until it’s too late. In the past, my previous predictions have returned thousands of dollars to subscribers of my newsletter Game-Changing Stocks. Here’s a brief look at a few of the triple-digit winners… But my ideas for 2014 are some of the most exciting to date. In fact, I had such a hard time limiting myself to just 11 “game-changing” ideas that I had to leave some off the list.#-ad_banner-# I want to share one of these ideas with you today. Just because it didn’t make the cut… Read More

As earnings season gets underway, investors have been delivered a huge jolt in one of their favorite stocks. It shouldn’t be a huge surprise, considering this stock was one of the most expensive stocks in the S&P 500. But it’s a wake-up call for any other pricey stocks. If you own one of them, be sure you are not getting in front of a train wreck. The stock in question: Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq:… Read More

As earnings season gets underway, investors have been delivered a huge jolt in one of their favorite stocks. It shouldn’t be a huge surprise, considering this stock was one of the most expensive stocks in the S&P 500. But it’s a wake-up call for any other pricey stocks. If you own one of them, be sure you are not getting in front of a train wreck. The stock in question: Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG), which traded at around $580 in February. Thanks to a stunning one-day plunge, shares are suddenly flirting with the $400 mark. Tepid quarterly sales get the blame, though the size of this stock’s drop is surely due to the stock’s valuation. Back in February, when this stock was making fresh highs, it was valued at more than 30 times projected 2013 profits. Considering that profits were on course to grow around 15% (from 2013 to 2014), that was an unconscionably high… Read More

Whenever I’m faced with a major change in my opinion regarding the market‘s long-term direction, I think of the English punk band the Clash.  In particular, the 1980s hit “Should I Stay or Should I Go” comes to mind. With apologies to the song’s writers:  “Should I buy or should I sell? If I buy, there will be trouble / If I sell, it will be double.” #-ad_banner-# Thinking of these altered lyrics might be a nod to being obsessed with music during my adolescence. It might also… Read More

Whenever I’m faced with a major change in my opinion regarding the market‘s long-term direction, I think of the English punk band the Clash.  In particular, the 1980s hit “Should I Stay or Should I Go” comes to mind. With apologies to the song’s writers:  “Should I buy or should I sell? If I buy, there will be trouble / If I sell, it will be double.” #-ad_banner-# Thinking of these altered lyrics might be a nod to being obsessed with music during my adolescence. It might also be a signal that it’s time to make a change. I like to think of them as the latter. Over the past week, I thought of those lyrics when looking at the price of gold. Regular StreetAuthority readers will remember my April 29 article on the precious metal. I had forecast that gold would drop below $1,200 an ounce before bouncing higher. This is exactly what has occurred with gold futures dropping to $1,179 prior to bouncing into the $1,250 range seven sessions later.  This has led me to turn… Read More

When you’re looking for explosive gains in stocks, getting in on the ground floor is everything… That’s why, as the chief investment strategist behind Game-Changing Stocks, it’s my job to predict “the next big thing” BEFORE it happens. Over the years, my research team and I have made a number of such predictions. Though they haven’t all played out the way we expected, many of them proved to be quite accurate. For instance, in 2009 we predicted there would be a big… Read More

When you’re looking for explosive gains in stocks, getting in on the ground floor is everything… That’s why, as the chief investment strategist behind Game-Changing Stocks, it’s my job to predict “the next big thing” BEFORE it happens. Over the years, my research team and I have made a number of such predictions. Though they haven’t all played out the way we expected, many of them proved to be quite accurate. For instance, in 2009 we predicted there would be a big move in nanotechnology. In the months that followed, our nanotech pick shot up 293%. Then in 2010, we predicted the “best sci-fi speculation of the year” would be a powerful technology called RFID… and that three stocks could skyrocket because of it. Our picks were up 42%… 89%… and 310% a year after we forecast our projections. And last year, we predicted that “Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) would stumble without Steve Jobs.” This chart speaks for itself: The list goes on… Today, I want to share… Read More

As we head into earnings season, investors have ample reason for both optimism and caution.  The U.S. economy appears to be getting healthier, as seen by the recent monthly employment report. Yet stocks, after a stunning four-year rebound, appear to already anticipate a great deal of solid economic growth yet to come.  Will the economy come through? It’s too soon to know. We are not yet at a level of self-sustaining growth that… Read More

As we head into earnings season, investors have ample reason for both optimism and caution.  The U.S. economy appears to be getting healthier, as seen by the recent monthly employment report. Yet stocks, after a stunning four-year rebound, appear to already anticipate a great deal of solid economic growth yet to come.  Will the economy come through? It’s too soon to know. We are not yet at a level of self-sustaining growth that leads economists to declare with certainty that 2014 and 2015 will represent steady and strong growth.#-ad_banner-# That’s why I continue to suggest a focus on stocks with defensive characteristics. They are still capable of solid upside if the economy expands at a healthy pace. Yet they have valuations in place that will help them hold their ground if the economy (and stock market) stumbles in the months ahead. A key measure of safety is… Read More

Buying on weakness and selling on strength is the hallmark of the professional trader. While the average Joe Investor attempts to buy stocks as they are climbing higher, the professional quietly waits for prices to drop in order to enter positions. Obviously, not… Read More

When you’re looking for explosive gains in stocks, getting in on the ground floor is everything… That’s why, as the chief investment strategist behind Game-Changing Stocks, it’s my job to predict “the next big thing” BEFORE it happens. Over the years, my research team and I have made a number of such predictions. Though they haven’t all played out the way we expected, many of them proved to be quite accurate. For instance, in 2009 we predicted there would be a… Read More

When you’re looking for explosive gains in stocks, getting in on the ground floor is everything… That’s why, as the chief investment strategist behind Game-Changing Stocks, it’s my job to predict “the next big thing” BEFORE it happens. Over the years, my research team and I have made a number of such predictions. Though they haven’t all played out the way we expected, many of them proved to be quite accurate. For instance, in 2009 we predicted there would be a big move in nanotechnology. In the months that followed, our nanotech pick shot up 293%. Then in 2010, we predicted the “best sci-fi speculation of the year” would be a powerful technology called RFID… and that three stocks could skyrocket because of it. Our picks were up 42%… 89%… and 310% a year after we forecast our projections. And last year, we predicted that “Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) would stumble without Steve Jobs.” This chart speaks for itself: The list goes on… Today, I want… Read More

As we head into earnings season, investors have ample reason for both optimism and caution.  The U.S. economy appears to be getting healthier, as seen by the recent monthly employment report. Yet stocks, after a stunning four-year rebound, appear to already anticipate a great deal of solid economic growth yet to come.  Will the economy come through? It’s too soon to know. We are not yet at a level of self-sustaining growth that… Read More

As we head into earnings season, investors have ample reason for both optimism and caution.  The U.S. economy appears to be getting healthier, as seen by the recent monthly employment report. Yet stocks, after a stunning four-year rebound, appear to already anticipate a great deal of solid economic growth yet to come.  Will the economy come through? It’s too soon to know. We are not yet at a level of self-sustaining growth that leads economists to declare with certainty that 2014 and 2015 will represent steady and strong growth.#-ad_banner-# That’s why I continue to suggest a focus on stocks with defensive characteristics. They are still capable of solid upside if the economy expands at a healthy pace. Yet they have valuations in place that will help them hold their ground if the economy (and stock market) stumbles in the months ahead. A key measure of safety is… Read More

Forget the old adage “When the U.S. sneezes, the world catches a cold.”  Friday’s solid employment report shows the U.S. economy — the world’s largest by a considerable margin — to be faring reasonably well. The new adage: “When China sneezes, the world catches a cold.” China’s economy, which recently overtook Japan’s as the world’s second largest, has been slowing throughout the first half of 2013. That slowdown is wreaking havoc on many emerging economies.#-ad_banner-# The sharp pullback in places like Brazil, Australia, Turkey and elsewhere should be… Read More

Forget the old adage “When the U.S. sneezes, the world catches a cold.”  Friday’s solid employment report shows the U.S. economy — the world’s largest by a considerable margin — to be faring reasonably well. The new adage: “When China sneezes, the world catches a cold.” China’s economy, which recently overtook Japan’s as the world’s second largest, has been slowing throughout the first half of 2013. That slowdown is wreaking havoc on many emerging economies.#-ad_banner-# The sharp pullback in places like Brazil, Australia, Turkey and elsewhere should be seen as opening for investors that have been awaiting better valuations in these markets. Indeed, the forward earnings multiple for many of these countries’ stock markets has been drifting ever lower, creating a valuation gap with U.S. stock markets that, in some instances, approaches 40%. Still, investors need to know that these markets can surely fall lower, so it’s crucial to take the long view with investments in Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. If… Read More

It started out as an experiment. It wound up being one of the greatest investment discoveries we’ve ever found. #-ad_banner-#A little more than three years ago, StreetAuthority co-founder Paul Tracy approached me with an idea. He wanted me to build a portfolio of dividend stocks that would pay out more than 30 dividend checks a month — one for every day of the year. In order to show he was serious, he gave me… Read More

It started out as an experiment. It wound up being one of the greatest investment discoveries we’ve ever found. #-ad_banner-#A little more than three years ago, StreetAuthority co-founder Paul Tracy approached me with an idea. He wanted me to build a portfolio of dividend stocks that would pay out more than 30 dividend checks a month — one for every day of the year. In order to show he was serious, he gave me $200,000 and a dedicated brokerage account to get started. I must admit, I was a little skeptical at first. The idea seemed too good to be true. But three and a half years, more than 1,260 dividends and over $47,920 worth of income later, the results have been far better than anyone could have imagined. Since I started my portfolio back in December 2009, my initial $200,000 investment has grown to $280,631, giving me a total return of 40.3%. Even better, the payments I received from my portfolio in 2012 averaged about $1,357 per… Read More