Market prices move in trends and traders can make, and more importantly, keep large profits if they are on the right side of the trend. Keeping profits requires investors to move out of markets that are falling and switch to… Read More

How many times have you heard “You can’t beat the market,” or that the marginal gain you can expect will be eaten up by fees and taxes? While it is possible to make market-beating returns, as regular readers of StreetAuthority will know, I will be the… Read More

As investors stepped away from their computers during the holidays, they may have failed to notice an absolutely stunning headline. In the days before Christmas, the Federal Reserve announced that a typical U.S. household spent 10.6% of its after-tax income on debt payments in the third quarter. This measure, known… Read More

It’s every investor’s dream. And this one came true… For lucky shareholders in this formerly tiny maker of automated medicine dispenser machines, last November’s election changed everything. No, not that election. And, no, not just any medicine.#-ad_banner-# I’m referring to the state ballot in Massachusetts… along with a medical treatment… Read More

More often than not [Editor’s note: In honor of the New Year, we at StreetAuthority thought it might be worth looking back at some of our most popular articles of 2012. This article was originally published on Nov. 22.] More often than not, many investors make the… Read More

[Editor’s note: In honor of the New Year, we at StreetAuthority thought it might be worth looking back at some of our most popular articles of 2012. This article was originally published on Nov. 15.] With the drama of the presidential election behind us, it’s time for… Read More

[Editor’s note: In honor of the New Year, we at StreetAuthority thought it might be worth looking back at some of our most popular articles of 2012. This article was originally published on Nov. 15.] With the drama of the presidential election behind us, it’s time for investors to focus on the real task at hand: How investments will pan out next year, particularly in the energy sector. After all, energy has a role in just about every good produced and service… Read More

[Editor’s note: In honor of the New Year, we at StreetAuthority thought it might be worth looking back at some of our most popular articles of 2012. This article was originally published on Nov. 15.] With the drama of the presidential election behind us, it’s time for investors to focus on the real task at hand: How investments will pan out next year, particularly in the energy sector. After all, energy has a role in just about every good produced and service rendered in this country.  Being the contrarian investor that I am, I think 2013 could mark the end of triple-digit prices for oil. The good news is energy investors don’t have to panic. There are plenty of opportunities to profit from cheap oil. Black gold’s last “hurrah…” From its 2008 peak near $133 per barrel, oil has settled back to around $90 per barrel — a nearly 34% drop. But the best way to track oil… Read More

America is looking over the precipice of the fiscal cliff and it appears that a deal will not be reached before the New Year. About $600 billion in spending cuts and new taxes will begin… Read More

Looking for a bargain? No it’s not a bridge. It’s a carefully selected single-family home in Phoenix, or maybe even Atlanta, or another once hard-hit city in the United States. Not interested in the hassle of buying a foreclosed home, fixing it up, and… Read More

There are very few things that affect every human being on the planet. But regardless of age, race, gender or religion, only one thing ties everyone together — the need for food. That’s why my No. 1 commodity for 2013 is… Read More