There are many tools designed to help investors analyze their portfolio holdings and to ultimately weed out undesirable or riskier stocks. Financial analysis is always helpful, of course, but studying companies’ balance sheets and their filings requires a lot of time and effort. Financial ratios, such as Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Sales, Debt-to-Equity and others are all very useful, but some are more readily available than others. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See… Read More

There are many tools designed to help investors analyze their portfolio holdings and to ultimately weed out undesirable or riskier stocks. Financial analysis is always helpful, of course, but studying companies’ balance sheets and their filings requires a lot of time and effort. Financial ratios, such as Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Sales, Debt-to-Equity and others are all very useful, but some are more readily available than others. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to cash in HERE, starting at $3,080 per month. For the most recent stock screen I shared with my Fast-Track Millionaire subscribers, I chose one of the “less-available” ratios to search for companies with questionable financial health, with the ultimate goal of locating a set of stocks investors are better off avoiding. As a second measure, I reviewed revenue growth from last year. But let’s start from the beginning. A good measure of a company’s overall health is Return on Equity (ROE). This financial ratio shows, generally speaking, how much profit is generated for shareholders’ equity stake. #-ad_banner-#A negative… Read More

Investors are still shell-shocked from the worst October since 2008 and the pain may be far from over. Economists are lowering estimates for next year and corporate earnings are expected to grow just 9% in 2019 against a breakneck 20% growth this year, according to FactSet Research. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada completely legalized 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. Read More

Investors are still shell-shocked from the worst October since 2008 and the pain may be far from over. Economists are lowering estimates for next year and corporate earnings are expected to grow just 9% in 2019 against a breakneck 20% growth this year, according to FactSet Research. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada completely legalized 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 it’s too late. Click here to learn more. Take any analogy you like — that the ballgame is in the 7th inning or the punch bowl may soon be taken from the party — the fact is that investors need to start thinking about the next downturn. Even if a recession doesn’t end the historic bull market, next year and into 2020 is likely to be marked by declining economic growth and disappointing earnings. In this kind of environment, investors should consider innovative companies that can grow irrespective of the broader… Read More

The economy is looking great in 2018. Despite the recent stock market rout, many underlying fundamentals remain very bullish. That is, all but the housing market. This significant barometer of economic health has started to slip lower. At first glance, the slowdown appears to an aberration in the overall bullish picture. However, a closer look reveals that the underlying drivers of the housing slowdown may be long term. —Recommended Link— 10 Stocks That Must Be In Your Portfolio By 12/31/2018 From beverage behemoths to cybersecurity firms and everything in between–Get your hands on our just-released top 10 “must own”… Read More

The economy is looking great in 2018. Despite the recent stock market rout, many underlying fundamentals remain very bullish. That is, all but the housing market. This significant barometer of economic health has started to slip lower. At first glance, the slowdown appears to an aberration in the overall bullish picture. However, a closer look reveals that the underlying drivers of the housing slowdown may be long term. —Recommended Link— 10 Stocks That Must Be In Your Portfolio By 12/31/2018 From beverage behemoths to cybersecurity firms and everything in between–Get your hands on our just-released top 10 “must own” stocks for 2019 absolutely free. Claim your copy of the Top 10 stocks for 2019 NOW. Consumer confidence is soaring, unemployment is at historic lows, and wages are trending higher. By most analyses, these factors should lead to a thriving housing market. It only makes sense that happy consumers combined with higher salaries and greater employment numbers lead to soaring housing, right? #-ad_banner-#Wrong! There a four primary metrics that have placed a damper on housing. First, mortgage interest rates have ramped higher by 100 basis points since 2017. Even such a small increase acts negatively on home affordability for many… Read More

After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance… Read More

After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance As you can see in the table below, some sectors have been holding up better than others, most notably the utilities and consumer staples, reflecting — no surprise here — a flight to safety this quarter. #-ad_banner-#What might come as a surprise, though, is how different the long-term performance of the sectors has been. If there is a discernable trend here, it’s that growth has been strongly rewarded over the past decade. We can clearly see that the sectors that have, because of their structural nature, benefited from the productivity growth and other changes brought on by 21st century… Read More

Today, I’m going to show you exactly what I’m looking for to see if this is simply a market correction or a sign of more ominous things to come. While there are numerous charts, graphs and statistics that one can watch, the one I’ll be keeping my eye on is the Advance-Decline Line (AD Line). It’s pretty simple. The AD Line is a breadth indicator based on Net Advances, or the number of rising stocks less the number of declining stocks. Net advances is positive when the number of advancing stocks exceed declines — and negative when declines outpace advances. Read More

Today, I’m going to show you exactly what I’m looking for to see if this is simply a market correction or a sign of more ominous things to come. While there are numerous charts, graphs and statistics that one can watch, the one I’ll be keeping my eye on is the Advance-Decline Line (AD Line). It’s pretty simple. The AD Line is a breadth indicator based on Net Advances, or the number of rising stocks less the number of declining stocks. Net advances is positive when the number of advancing stocks exceed declines — and negative when declines outpace advances. The AD Line is a cumulative measure of net advances. It rises when net advances are positive and falls when it’s negative. I like to think of this breadth indicator as a telling sign of what’s going on beneath the surface. For instance, if the S&P 500 is hitting new highs, you would look at this indicator to make sure it, too, was advancing and hitting new highs. This would show strong participation in the market and confirm the bullish trend. However, if the AD Line fails to keep pace with the underlying index, this is a sign of weakness… Read More

Shares of retailers are approaching a bear market with the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) off 15.5% from its August peak. The group plunged more than 3% last Tuesday on disappointing earnings from Target and a lower-than-expected outlook from Kohl’s. —Recommended Link— This Changes The Game For Income Investors Since 2013, one income investment has been knocking it out of the park. In fact, it has banked 191 winners out of 211 trades. If collecting instant cash and winning 90% of the time sounds good to you, then grab the… Read More

Shares of retailers are approaching a bear market with the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) off 15.5% from its August peak. The group plunged more than 3% last Tuesday on disappointing earnings from Target and a lower-than-expected outlook from Kohl’s. —Recommended Link— This Changes The Game For Income Investors Since 2013, one income investment has been knocking it out of the park. In fact, it has banked 191 winners out of 211 trades. If collecting instant cash and winning 90% of the time sounds good to you, then grab the details on how you can pocket your first instant cash this Wednesday. Investors are getting nervous around the potential for new tariffs to be placed on Chinese goods in January. That’s the date tariffs increase from 10% to 25% on $200 billion in goods, the president announced in September. Investors are also worried about general economic weakness with rising rates and slowing growth threatening to end the historic bull market. #-ad_banner-#But is the market focusing on wrong indicators for retail. Worries about trade and interest rates may not be the most relevant factors. In fact, taking a closer look at… Read More

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and George Soros. I would guess that there are at least one or two names on this list that the average Joe would recognize. These moguls are fixtures in the investment world. And for good reason, these notorious investors have amassed a tremendous amount of wealth through investing. —Recommended Link— Your Best Shot At Triple-Digit Winners In One Comprehensive Report If you ever want a shot at retiring with millions in your account, then you need BIG winners. That’s why THE LIST is our most anticipated report. It’s jam -packed with timely growth… Read More

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While pundits argue about where we are in the economic cycle, there’s no denying that a recession will come eventually. Bull markets don’t die of old age but many tell-tale signs of a recession are there. From rising rates to a tight labor market, the question in the market isn’t “if” but “when” will the next market crash occur. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college… Read More

While pundits argue about where we are in the economic cycle, there’s no denying that a recession will come eventually. Bull markets don’t die of old age but many tell-tale signs of a recession are there. From rising rates to a tight labor market, the question in the market isn’t “if” but “when” will the next market crash occur. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids–it’s up to you. Get your share here… But how many have been proven wrong on their calls for an end to the historic bull charge? How many analysts and pundits have called for the next crash over the last decade…and how many have been right? #-ad_banner-#As it turns out, the smarter strategy might not be trying to time the next recession but instead looking for companies that could benefit from the next downturn. In contrast to the herd mentality of rushing to safety sectors, some of these companies positioned as leaders in cyclical sectors may be… Read More

A couple weeks ago, I outlined a simple screen that filtered out stocks that were not only trading at low price-to-sales metrics but also had raised earnings guidance within the prior four weeks. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids — it’s up to you. Get your share here… When we ran the screen, United Continental Holdings (Nasdaq: UAL) rose to the… Read More

A couple weeks ago, I outlined a simple screen that filtered out stocks that were not only trading at low price-to-sales metrics but also had raised earnings guidance within the prior four weeks. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids — it’s up to you. Get your share here… When we ran the screen, United Continental Holdings (Nasdaq: UAL) rose to the top of the list. If you took advantage of that call, you soon found out just how powerful a scan that was. Shares of UAL traded up about 16% over the month. This time around, I have a scan to share with you that is even more powerful. (As always, I shared it with my Extreme Tech Profits members first, of course.) In a recent five-year backtest of the system, using a one-week rebalance period, and testing from October 18, 2013, to October 19, 2018, the system produced the following results (our system is the green line, the red line… Read More

Growing up during the anti-drug hysteria of the Reagan era, the “Just Say No” mantra was firmly planted in my psych. It wasn’t just the hard drugs that were vilified, but even the mild counter-cultural favorite of cannabis was believed to be destructive. Thought of as a “gateway drug” to life-ruining addiction, severe prison penalties were imposed for its use, possession, and sale. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how… Read More

Growing up during the anti-drug hysteria of the Reagan era, the “Just Say No” mantra was firmly planted in my psych. It wasn’t just the hard drugs that were vilified, but even the mild counter-cultural favorite of cannabis was believed to be destructive. Thought of as a “gateway drug” to life-ruining addiction, severe prison penalties were imposed for its use, possession, and sale. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to cash in HERE, starting at $3,080 per month. Despite the aggressive anti-drug publicity campaign, William Buckley, the voice of noted conservatives, and others cried out for decriminalization of most recreational drugs. Even though I am not a recreational weed smoker, their rhetoric made sense to me. I started to see through the draconian national drug policy thus understanding the need for decriminalization. As it turns out, Buckley and the rest of the early decriminalization advocates were way ahead of the curve. Today, the once evil substance of cannabis is legal in about a dozen states and decriminalized in more. Not… Read More