“Gamblers always die broke, young man,” whispered the grizzled, old casino lizard at the Blackjack table as I gathered my meager winnings. It wasn’t very nice to hear: A recent college graduate, I had just earned a small sum during my first visit to a casino. But that advice ended… Read More

It started out as a challenge to find a winning trading system. It turned out to be one of the best income strategies in the world. From July 2012 to January 2013, I put my “Instant Income” strategy… Read More

To the dismay of average investors, great companies such as Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Priceline.com Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLN) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) come with a steep price tag. Each has a stock price above $500, making it nearly impossible for small-time investors to… Read More

The tidal wave of change is coming… And investors who get in now stand to make a killing. I’m talking about the shale oil and gas boom… and that’s despite the lowest natural gas prices in 35 years. Now that the country has… Read More

As someone who works in finance, I talk to investors on a daily basis. While some are experiencing success, others are struggling just to stay in the game. Each one of them has a different way of… Read More

The most devastating market events are those that no one sees coming. Take what happened to the Lehman Brothers in 2008, for example. Up until the last minute, virtually no one could have imagined one of the country’s leading… Read More

Making money in the stock market isn’t hard — there are hundreds of successful investing strategies out there. But ask any investor how… Read More

Even as you keep an eye on our ever-rising stock market, it also pays to monitor global economic trends. And looking at the economic reports coming out of Europe and China, there is a growing cause for… Read More

It’s official. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States could be the world’s largest oil-producing country in the next seven years. Based on the report, the United States could surpass all other countries in oil production by 2020. And 10… Read More

Even in this recent bull market spurt to new all-time highs, the run-up in Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) share price is dramatic. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has gained almost 13%. On March 6, Google hit… Read More