Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)

2019 will likely prove to be a pivotal year in the cryptocurrency space. Here are five reasons why: —Recommended Link— Discover The Secret To A Million Dollar Portfolio Ex-Economics professor and game-changing investment analyst Genia Turanova reveals how she’s helping hundreds of investors just like you fast-track their portfolio from barely breaking even to millionaire status. Want to know her secret? Click here now. 1. Bitcoin ETF Launches Finally, it appears that the Bitcoin ETF will become a reality in 2019. After simultaneously rejecting nine Bitcoin ETF proposals in August 2018, the SEC is poised to potentially issue… Read More

2019 will likely prove to be a pivotal year in the cryptocurrency space. Here are five reasons why: —Recommended Link— Discover The Secret To A Million Dollar Portfolio Ex-Economics professor and game-changing investment analyst Genia Turanova reveals how she’s helping hundreds of investors just like you fast-track their portfolio from barely breaking even to millionaire status. Want to know her secret? Click here now. 1. Bitcoin ETF Launches Finally, it appears that the Bitcoin ETF will become a reality in 2019. After simultaneously rejecting nine Bitcoin ETF proposals in August 2018, the SEC is poised to potentially issue an approval in 2019. #-ad_banner-#Shooting down launch ideas from ProShares, Direxion, and GraniteShares, the regulatory agency appears to be more concerned about the lack of volume on the Bitcoin future exchange rather than the actual value or utility of the underlying asset. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made clear it is not making a judgment on the value of Bitcoin and the blockchain. “We emphasize that our disapproval does not rest on an evaluation of whether bitcoin or blockchain technology more generally, has utility or value as an innovation or an investment,” the SEC stated. The good… Read More

Building a well-diversified retirement portfolio may seem like a daunting task to you. Having to research individual income-producing stocks then design a portfolio to maximize income and diversification can quickly turn into a full-time endeavor. —Recommended Link— How Jim Cashed $13,784 In Daily Paychecks Experimenting With This Wildly Successful System Jim took a cool $13,784… Annie grabbed $2,194 in one month… and Curtis cashes $4,200 in daily payments every month. It’s all perfectly legal. Their fortunes have been documented. See for yourself how easy it will be for YOU to start collecting paychecks each and every day… One way… Read More

Building a well-diversified retirement portfolio may seem like a daunting task to you. Having to research individual income-producing stocks then design a portfolio to maximize income and diversification can quickly turn into a full-time endeavor. —Recommended Link— How Jim Cashed $13,784 In Daily Paychecks Experimenting With This Wildly Successful System Jim took a cool $13,784… Annie grabbed $2,194 in one month… and Curtis cashes $4,200 in daily payments every month. It’s all perfectly legal. Their fortunes have been documented. See for yourself how easy it will be for YOU to start collecting paychecks each and every day… One way to solve this dilemma is to use exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, rather than individual stocks for your retirement portfolio. While ETFs will not have the returns that some individual stocks produce, their inherent diversification can provide less volatility along with steady dividends. First, let’s take a closer look at ETFs then delve into my five favorite ETFs for retirement. #-ad_banner-#If you have been investing for very long, you certainly have noticed the growth in ETFs. Not only are these investing instruments very popular, but they have also quickly become a leading part of the entire stock trading industry. Over the… Read More

2018 has been an incredible year for stocks. Here are the five top-performing sectors of this year, and the top exchange-traded fund (ETF) in each industry. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada will completely legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use — sparking an $8 BILLION industry.  Our experts have their sights on a company that’s been granted a virtual monopoly by the Canadian government – a moat that would make Warren Buffett jealous. Get in early on this exceptional triple-digit opportunity before the law goes into effect. Click here to learn more. 1. Read More

2018 has been an incredible year for stocks. Here are the five top-performing sectors of this year, and the top exchange-traded fund (ETF) in each industry. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada will completely legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use — sparking an $8 BILLION industry.  Our experts have their sights on a company that’s been granted a virtual monopoly by the Canadian government – a moat that would make Warren Buffett jealous. Get in early on this exceptional triple-digit opportunity before the law goes into effect. Click here to learn more. 1. Small Cap Health Care The top ETF of the small-cap health care sector is Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF (Nasdaq: PSCH), which is up an astounding 43% in 2018. The fund follows the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped HealthCare Index and has 80% of its assets deployed into common stocks of small-cap healthcare companies. The ETFs top three holdings are Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Neogen Corp, and HealthEquity.     #-ad_banner-#I love the small-cap health care sector for several reasons. First, the aging population creates a never-ending pipeline of users of these innovative companies’ end products. Second, small health care companies are… Read More

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky coined the phrase now co-opted by every money manager in the racket: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Now, the Trump administration’s proposed tax reform plan may just give them the opportunity to prove it. One sector in particular is poised to capitalize on the anticipated 43% reduction in federal taxes. After muddling through the post-financial crisis landscape, U.S. commercial banks are starting to show signs of life. The return to profitability will ultimately lead to renewed merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. This chart from the always… Read More

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky coined the phrase now co-opted by every money manager in the racket: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Now, the Trump administration’s proposed tax reform plan may just give them the opportunity to prove it. One sector in particular is poised to capitalize on the anticipated 43% reduction in federal taxes. After muddling through the post-financial crisis landscape, U.S. commercial banks are starting to show signs of life. The return to profitability will ultimately lead to renewed merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. This chart from the always resourceful Saint Louis Fed paints a clear picture of the market. While the number of U.S. commercial banks has been shrinking over the past 30 years, the level of total assets held by commercial banks has ballooned. Eventually, that money will have to go somewhere. If current trends are any indication, much of it will end up going towards acquisitions.  One of the best ways for investors to position themselves for a bank merger bonanza is the John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO). Launched in 1994, the closed-end fund (CEF), originally named the John Hancock Bank and… Read More

German automaker Volkswagen briefly rocketed to become the most valuable company on earth in a single day. Another stock soared from around $9 per share to over $170 per share in under a year. These crazy bullish moves wiped out a wide swath of investors; while a savvy minority made fortunes during the same timeframe.  Shares, in both examples, were heavily shorted as many investors were betting on the stock to continue lower. However, bullish news took the shorts by surprise, resulting in the infamous short squeeze.  What Is A Short Squeeze? A short squeeze occurs when a stock’s… Read More

German automaker Volkswagen briefly rocketed to become the most valuable company on earth in a single day. Another stock soared from around $9 per share to over $170 per share in under a year. These crazy bullish moves wiped out a wide swath of investors; while a savvy minority made fortunes during the same timeframe.  Shares, in both examples, were heavily shorted as many investors were betting on the stock to continue lower. However, bullish news took the shorts by surprise, resulting in the infamous short squeeze.  What Is A Short Squeeze? A short squeeze occurs when a stock’s outstanding shares are comprised of a significant percentage of short positions. When an unexpected bullish change occurs, the shorts hurry to cover their positions by purchasing back shares.  #-ad_banner-#The resulting buying pressure rapidly pushes the share price higher while trapping the shorts. The climbing price forces greater numbers of short positions to cover, creating a vicious cycle of massive upside momentum. This punishes short sellers while rewarding those few lucky or smart enough to have taken on long positions.  How To Locate Possible Short Squeezes The way to find potential short squeezes is to scan and rank stocks by… Read More

1000%, 2000%, 3000%, and higher returns are common in the emerging cryptocurrency market. Just last week, a trader posted screen shots showing him turning a $380 speculative bet into over $1 million in less than an hour. While this was a one-in-a-billion stroke of luck, other truly massive longer-term returns are easier to obtain and are making many investors wealthy.  And now there is a way for stock market investors like you to participate in this crazy market without leaving the comfort of your existing broker.  Once thought of as the province of hackers, cyber-pirates, and radical libertarians, cybercurrencies are… Read More

1000%, 2000%, 3000%, and higher returns are common in the emerging cryptocurrency market. Just last week, a trader posted screen shots showing him turning a $380 speculative bet into over $1 million in less than an hour. While this was a one-in-a-billion stroke of luck, other truly massive longer-term returns are easier to obtain and are making many investors wealthy.  And now there is a way for stock market investors like you to participate in this crazy market without leaving the comfort of your existing broker.  Once thought of as the province of hackers, cyber-pirates, and radical libertarians, cybercurrencies are quickly moving into the mainstream. Names like Bitcoin, Etherium, and Ripple are being bandied about, not only on the internet and financial press, but by major banks and financial institutions as they explore ways of utilizing these borderless forms of money. What Is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is a catchall term that refers to digital or virtual means of exchanging or storing money. Cryptocurrency functions under a decentralized model, meaning that it does not require a central bank or government entity to create or regulate it.  Instead, it is self-governing via a system known as the blockchain, which is a public… Read More

I’ve made a career in spotting trillion-dollar themes in the market, first as an equity analyst and more recently as a pre-IPO investor. Any analyst can create a cash flow model — it’s as simple as working through a company’s financial statements to scrutinize the true cash-generating power of the investment. Every broker, research firm and fund manager has a team of analysts with their noses buried in 10-Ks and other documents. But being ahead of the herd requires finding those market forces that will influence the direction of whole sectors, or even the entire market. It’s finding themes with… Read More

I’ve made a career in spotting trillion-dollar themes in the market, first as an equity analyst and more recently as a pre-IPO investor. Any analyst can create a cash flow model — it’s as simple as working through a company’s financial statements to scrutinize the true cash-generating power of the investment. Every broker, research firm and fund manager has a team of analysts with their noses buried in 10-Ks and other documents. But being ahead of the herd requires finding those market forces that will influence the direction of whole sectors, or even the entire market. It’s finding themes with the force of trillions behind them that create triple-digit return strategies. I’ve used what is likely the most pervasive theme driving today’s markets to find stocks with huge support. I then looked for upside price catalysts on these stocks to identify three names that could be the biggest outperformers of the year. Are ETFs Taking Over The Market? Hedge Fund investors and Mutual Fund clients are dropping expensive portfolio managers in favor of passively-managed exchange-traded funds (or ETFs). Global ETF inflows reached a record of $375 billion in 2016, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year. U.S.-listed ETF… Read More