In just a moment, I’m going to show you a chart every investor needs to see. Every analyst already knows about it. Most experienced investors know it too. But it seems like no one is willing to admit exactly what it means. Frankly,… Read More

Without a doubt, it’s our most popular piece of research… Each year we publish our annual “Top 10 Stocks” list. Put simply, these are the 10 stocks my research staff and I think have the best chance… Read More

I have a simple question for you… If you could buy 5% of a company and have it turn into 10% of the business — without investing another dime — would you do it? It’s obviously a rhetorical question. Who wouldn’t want their stake in a company to double in… Read More

We talk a lot about “Forever Stocks” here at StreetAuthority. In fact, we practically pound the table talking about why we think they’re one of the single best ways we know of to make serious long-term gains in the market. If you’re not familiar with Forever Stocks, to put it simply, they’re companies with strong business models that you can buy, hold, and basically forget about. You can sleep easily at night owning Forever Stocks. But there’s a reason we talk about Forever Stocks so much. It’s because it’s not just us who think this is the best… Read More

We talk a lot about “Forever Stocks” here at StreetAuthority. In fact, we practically pound the table talking about why we think they’re one of the single best ways we know of to make serious long-term gains in the market. If you’re not familiar with Forever Stocks, to put it simply, they’re companies with strong business models that you can buy, hold, and basically forget about. You can sleep easily at night owning Forever Stocks. But there’s a reason we talk about Forever Stocks so much. It’s because it’s not just us who think this is the best way to invest. Some of the wealthiest people on Wall Street agree. In fact, that’s how many of them made a fortune. Take Warren Buffett for example. He’s famously said, “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for 10 years.” This is how Buffett made a fortune off of stocks like Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Kraft (NYSE: K) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) — he bought them and held them… Read More

I’ve found what I think is one of the safest dividend-paying stocks on the planet.  In the past year, this company earned $8.1 billion dollars in profits and only distributed $4.5 billion in dividends. In other words, it could see its earnings… Read More

I’ve said it at least a hundred times, and I’ll say it at least a hundred more… the vast majority of the world’s best high-yield stocks are not based in the United States… Don’t believe me? Consider this… Of the 244 companies that pay dividend yields of more than 12%,… Read More

It might be one of the most controversial statements I’ve ever made. You aren’t likely to hear anyone else say it, as it goes against one of investors’ longest-held beliefs.#-ad_banner-# I think diversification actually hurts your returns. Read More

With interest rates near 0% and traditional income investments like savings accounts and certificates of deposits (CDs) earning next to nothing, blue chip telecom stocks like AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have become wildly popular. That makes sense. Telecom is… Read More

It’s one of the most overlooked aspects of income investing. In fact, I’m willing to bet that the majority of income investors don’t even consider it when they’re buying a dividend stock. #-ad_banner-#That’s a shame because what I’m about to tell… Read More

While no developed nation came out of the Great Recession unscathed, some did emerge in a far better position than other major developed countries. One of those is our neighbor to the north… Canada. In fact, I think Canada is one of the single… Read More