It’s an idea the richest and most powerful people in the world almost never say out loud. But takeover king Wilbur Ross knows it. So does Herb Allen, the most exclusive banker in the world. And you can bet your boots that billionaire Warren Buffett knows what I’m about to tell you. In fact, he’s often said these are the types of deals he wants to pursue… Here’s Wall Street’s dirty little secret: The best investments in the world — those with the biggest returns and some of the highest yields — are not listed on any stock… Read More

It’s an idea the richest and most powerful people in the world almost never say out loud. But takeover king Wilbur Ross knows it. So does Herb Allen, the most exclusive banker in the world. And you can bet your boots that billionaire Warren Buffett knows what I’m about to tell you. In fact, he’s often said these are the types of deals he wants to pursue… Here’s Wall Street’s dirty little secret: The best investments in the world — those with the biggest returns and some of the highest yields — are not listed on any stock market. #-ad_banner-#They’re privately held… According to a study by professors at Duke and Ohio State covering a period from 1984 through 2010, private market investors earned 18% more than the S&P 500. It’s proof that when it comes to investing, the rich really are different — they invest in better companies. But exactly how do they do this? Well, rather than buying shares on the stock exchange, savvy big hitters write a very large check to a very special kind of firm. To be eligible to invest like this, federal law stipulates that an investor needs to have at least… Read More

Recent headlines have reminded us too well of the growing need for protection from terror groups and cybercrimes.  More than 32,000 people were killed in acts of terrorism in 2014, an increase of 80% from 2013. The economic impact of terrorism also reached a record $52.9 billion last year, surging 60% from the previous year and jumping ten-fold since 2000.  Cybercrimes and headlines of major hacking breaches have become regular occurrences, with more than 4,000 cyber-attacks reported every day. IBM estimates that businesses are attacked an average of 16,856 times a year. That’s every business. While the majority of online… Read More

Recent headlines have reminded us too well of the growing need for protection from terror groups and cybercrimes.  More than 32,000 people were killed in acts of terrorism in 2014, an increase of 80% from 2013. The economic impact of terrorism also reached a record $52.9 billion last year, surging 60% from the previous year and jumping ten-fold since 2000.  Cybercrimes and headlines of major hacking breaches have become regular occurrences, with more than 4,000 cyber-attacks reported every day. IBM estimates that businesses are attacked an average of 16,856 times a year. That’s every business. While the majority of online attacks don’t get through first-line defenses, an average of 1.7 per week are successful at breeching corporate networks. Growth in security products, services and cybersecurity is set to be a pervasive theme for the foreseeable future.  An industry report from ASIS International shows private security spending jumped 10.5% to $377 billion over the two years through 2015. That estimate is likely conservative, given that corporate security spending isn’t often separated out from general facilities management budgets. The global market for physical security grew to $120 billion in 2013, an increase of 11% from the previous year. Cyber security continues to… Read More

Recently I’ve been telling my readers about a quiet revolution that’s taking place thanks to eccentric billionaire Elon Musk and his band of scientists at Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA).  You see, for years they’ve been working feverishly at their lab in Fremont, California on a battery that could provide enough energy to power a house.  Earlier this year, news came along that they’d finally broken through. And now, for the first time in decades, we could see the entire utility sector turned on its head as a result — leading to massive gains for early investors.  As you can see,… Read More

Recently I’ve been telling my readers about a quiet revolution that’s taking place thanks to eccentric billionaire Elon Musk and his band of scientists at Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA).  You see, for years they’ve been working feverishly at their lab in Fremont, California on a battery that could provide enough energy to power a house.  Earlier this year, news came along that they’d finally broken through. And now, for the first time in decades, we could see the entire utility sector turned on its head as a result — leading to massive gains for early investors.  As you can see, Tesla’s battery storage device looks nothing like your old-fashioned AA battery. It’s a sleek, compact unit that you can mount on the wall in your garage. One single, stand-alone unit delivers enough power to take an entire home completely off the grid. Simply charge it with a solar panel, windmill or any other power source, and you’ve got all the energy you need. Thanks to Tesla, the world is about to see that an energy sea-change has been quietly unfolding before their eyes for several years now. #-ad_banner-#And many of the world’s greatest investors are quickly staking their… Read More

Just as humankind sent men to the moon, developed instant communication and delivered clean water and energy to a world that constantly needs more of both… doctors and other researchers have once again moved the scientific ball forward. We’ve witnessed remarkable scientific advancements in the past century.  Influenza viruses can now be treated. Polio no longer keeps children inside. AIDS, while still a global pandemic, is treatable with antiretroviral drug cocktails. Smallpox and diphtheria are essentially eradicated. Many types of cancer are now considered manageable health concerns rather than deadly diseases with grim prognoses. Despite these medical advances, humanity lives… Read More

Just as humankind sent men to the moon, developed instant communication and delivered clean water and energy to a world that constantly needs more of both… doctors and other researchers have once again moved the scientific ball forward. We’ve witnessed remarkable scientific advancements in the past century.  Influenza viruses can now be treated. Polio no longer keeps children inside. AIDS, while still a global pandemic, is treatable with antiretroviral drug cocktails. Smallpox and diphtheria are essentially eradicated. Many types of cancer are now considered manageable health concerns rather than deadly diseases with grim prognoses. Despite these medical advances, humanity lives with the continual threat of serious and deadly diseases, some of which are functionally untreatable. What’s emerging as the key to combating many of these conditions is a series of novel approaches to delivering therapy. For most of the history of medicine, these therapies have relied on delivering a chemical to the bloodstream. Aspirin, Viagra, Xanax, Lipitor — these are all chemically based. But now the basic approach of cutting-edge therapeutics has shifted. The new class of medicines and vaccines don’t rely on chemicals, but on biology. They use the body’s remarkably powerful ability to respond to threats and heal… Read More

I’ve always been fascinated by the Pet Rock.  For the past four decades now, it’s become the epitome for an idea so cleverly simple, you wish you’d thought of it.  #-ad_banner-#The creator — Gary Ross Dahl — decided in the late 70’s that a rock would be the perfect pet for kids who would never have to feed or walk it. The fad only lasted about six months, but it made Dahl a millionaire.  The fact is there’s big money to be made from simple ideas. And while a lot of problems may be complex, I’ve noticed the best solutions… Read More

I’ve always been fascinated by the Pet Rock.  For the past four decades now, it’s become the epitome for an idea so cleverly simple, you wish you’d thought of it.  #-ad_banner-#The creator — Gary Ross Dahl — decided in the late 70’s that a rock would be the perfect pet for kids who would never have to feed or walk it. The fad only lasted about six months, but it made Dahl a millionaire.  The fact is there’s big money to be made from simple ideas. And while a lot of problems may be complex, I’ve noticed the best solutions are the ones you always end up wishing you’d thought of first.  Take California’s devastating drought situation… Consider these three facts:  1. California has more people than locally available hydrological resources can support.  2. The region is in the throes of a serious long-term drought.  3. The place sits next to the largest body of water on the planet. Now I don’t profess to be the sharpest hedge clipper in the potting shed. But even I can see the simply obvious solution to this massive problem… Find a way to talk the salt out of the damn seawater.  Well as… Read More

When Profitable Trading developed a new indicator based on momentum two years ago, we knew it’d be good. After all, we had spent hundreds of hours backtesting it.  So it wasn’t shocking when it was a success right out of the gate. From the day we first revealed it to a small group of traders, it has beaten the market time and again, delivering gains of: — 23% in two months — 57% in six months — 114% in eight months — 242% in 12 months And many more. Using this indicator, we’ve been able… Read More

When Profitable Trading developed a new indicator based on momentum two years ago, we knew it’d be good. After all, we had spent hundreds of hours backtesting it.  So it wasn’t shocking when it was a success right out of the gate. From the day we first revealed it to a small group of traders, it has beaten the market time and again, delivering gains of: — 23% in two months — 57% in six months — 114% in eight months — 242% in 12 months And many more. Using this indicator, we’ve been able to identify, and recommend to readers, some of 2015’s biggest winners. By March of this year, eight stocks it tagged as “buys” had already soared between 20% and 50% — while the market had gained just 2%.  Throughout 2015, it delivered winners of 47%… 55%… 60%… and 88%. What’s the secret? #-ad_banner-# Well, one thing that makes this indicator unique is that it doesn’t rely on just one technical or fundamental tool to identify potential winners. Instead, this indicator is derived by combining two of the market’s most effective “triggers” — a technical trigger and a fundamental trigger. Read More

I learned something recently that scared the pants off me. It began with an extremely esoteric element of U.S. government rules. Specifically, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 601, Subsections 40-46. The rules in this subsection give truly extraordinary power to a few individuals. You didn’t vote for a single one of them. But they’ve been entrusted with this power because of their expertise and experience. You’d think that something of this magnitude would have been on the news. If I were a network news director, I’d have run the story at the top of the telecast. Read More

I learned something recently that scared the pants off me. It began with an extremely esoteric element of U.S. government rules. Specifically, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 601, Subsections 40-46. The rules in this subsection give truly extraordinary power to a few individuals. You didn’t vote for a single one of them. But they’ve been entrusted with this power because of their expertise and experience. You’d think that something of this magnitude would have been on the news. If I were a network news director, I’d have run the story at the top of the telecast. But get this: no major news outlet reported a word of it. One of two extraordinary things must’ve happened. Either the watchdogs at news organizations like The New York Times missed the story outright… … or they were ordered to stand down. Now, let me just warn you. I don’t do hysterics. I don’t overdramatize. The watchword of my premium newsletter, Game-Changing Stocks, is hyper-rationality.  I’m going to tell you what happened, though. And let me say right now that it has nothing to do with partisan politics. But I think you’ll still feel like your government sucker-punched you square… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities —… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities — especially ones that aren’t on most investors’ radars yet.  We’re talking about the kinds of returns you’ve always dreamed about… In fact, Andy won’t even consider making a recommendation unless it offers at least “double-bagger” potential. Longtime StreetAuthority readers are probably familiar with Andy by now. I’ve known Andy personally for the past seven years, and he is without a doubt one of the most well-read, curious minds you’ll ever come across. He’s not afraid to put himself out there with big, bold proclamations on what he thinks hold the most potential for investors to make life-changing gains in the… Read More

If you’ve been paying attention to the weather lately, you’ve probably heard something about the El Nino effect. El Nino is the name given to the global weather pattern occurring generally once ever five years where warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific causes a shift in wind patterns and atmospheric pressure.  #-ad_banner-#The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts the odds at 95% that the El Nino weather phenomenon will continue through the rest of 2015 and into the spring of next year. In fact, some meteorologists are starting to see close similarities to the weather pattern that hit back… Read More

If you’ve been paying attention to the weather lately, you’ve probably heard something about the El Nino effect. El Nino is the name given to the global weather pattern occurring generally once ever five years where warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific causes a shift in wind patterns and atmospheric pressure.  #-ad_banner-#The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts the odds at 95% that the El Nino weather phenomenon will continue through the rest of 2015 and into the spring of next year. In fact, some meteorologists are starting to see close similarities to the weather pattern that hit back in 1997, dubbed “Super El Nino”. While making investment decision based on weather phenomenon is not a guaranteed trade, history shows some clear patterns of which you can take advantage this year. Within the data, winners and losers start to emerge from Mother Nature’s wrath. How El Nino Affects The Weather — And Stock Prices The latest data from the NOAA shows strong similarities between this year’s El Nino and the super patterns experienced globally in 1982 and 1987. Average surface sea temperatures were 1.5 degrees Celsius above normal from July to September, the third highest average on record… Read More

Successful investing isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it. But some tried and true principles give disciplined, patient investors an edge. One such principle is identifying immutable long-term trends and finding companies likely to benefit. #-ad_banner-#The most powerful, enduring long-term trend in American life right now is the aging population. No government policy, new technology or unforeseen circumstance will change the fact that the Baby Boom population is moving into its senior years, working its way through America’s demographic body like a meal through a python. That bulge in population means some parts of our economy will grow… Read More

Successful investing isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it. But some tried and true principles give disciplined, patient investors an edge. One such principle is identifying immutable long-term trends and finding companies likely to benefit. #-ad_banner-#The most powerful, enduring long-term trend in American life right now is the aging population. No government policy, new technology or unforeseen circumstance will change the fact that the Baby Boom population is moving into its senior years, working its way through America’s demographic body like a meal through a python. That bulge in population means some parts of our economy will grow at a faster rate than others for many years to come. About 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. By 2030, more than 20% of the population will be over 65 years old and more than a third will be over 50. By 2050, the population aged 65 or older will be an estimated 84 million, vs. 43.1 million in 2012; the population of Americans 85 or older will be an estimated 18 million, vs. 5.9 million in 2012. That means a rapidly expanding market for companies that sell products or services to older Americans. Its commonplace to read… Read More