“When rates are high, stocks will die, and when rates are low, stocks will grow.” I’ll never forget hearing this at a stock market seminar when I was around 12 years old.  Taken to the symposium by my investor grandfather, this was my first actual exposure to stock market wisdom. These were the days of 17%-plus interest rates and some Fidelity mutual funds posting massive returns of over 25%! #-ad_banner-#If someone had predicted rates near zero less than a generation in the future, they would have been laughed out of the room. However, the impossible has now happened, with rates… Read More

“When rates are high, stocks will die, and when rates are low, stocks will grow.” I’ll never forget hearing this at a stock market seminar when I was around 12 years old.  Taken to the symposium by my investor grandfather, this was my first actual exposure to stock market wisdom. These were the days of 17%-plus interest rates and some Fidelity mutual funds posting massive returns of over 25%! #-ad_banner-#If someone had predicted rates near zero less than a generation in the future, they would have been laughed out of the room. However, the impossible has now happened, with rates pushed to zero in a valiant effort to save the U.S. economy. Fast forward to the early part of 2018 and the low rates and massive quantitative easing measures have worked their magic, with the stock market making record high after record high. Now, with the economy potentially going into overdrive, the Fed has slowly started to bump up rates. Rates have begun to climb with up to four increases possible for this year. Will the old saying about stocks dying when rates climb pan out this year? Does the rate rise regime mean the bull market will soon be… Read More

The Supreme Court generally begins hearing arguments in October each year and wraps up in June the following year. Rulings can lag the hearings by several months but are always momentous and can have a big effect on stock prices for related industries. The court heard arguments last December for a case nearly three decades in the making. The ruling could open up a $150 billion-a-year market in the United States and a decision is expected any day now. #-ad_banner-#The industry isn’t depending on the ruling for growth. It’s growing at 10% annually on a global level and as much… Read More

The Supreme Court generally begins hearing arguments in October each year and wraps up in June the following year. Rulings can lag the hearings by several months but are always momentous and can have a big effect on stock prices for related industries. The court heard arguments last December for a case nearly three decades in the making. The ruling could open up a $150 billion-a-year market in the United States and a decision is expected any day now. #-ad_banner-#The industry isn’t depending on the ruling for growth. It’s growing at 10% annually on a global level and as much as 6% in the United States alone. A favorable ruling though could send the industry booming. Not every company in the industry will benefit but I’ve found three names that could see increased sales and surging investor sentiment. One Of The Biggest Supreme Court Decisions Of The Year The Supreme Court heard arguments in Christie vs. NCAA late last year, a case brought by former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie against the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) that prohibits all but a few states from implementing sports gambling. The court is expected to render its decision any… Read More

Finding hidden gems in the stock market is every investor’s dream.  Those stocks with massive upside potential that no one is paying attention to yet are like needles in the market’s haystack of investible names. Many times these diamonds in the rough are found in the small-cap market.   #-ad_banner-#Small-caps are public companies with a market cap of roughly $300 million to $4 billion.  Above $4 billion, a company moves into the mid-cap category. Below $300 million, a company is considered to be part of the micro-cap or even penny stock segments. Read More

Finding hidden gems in the stock market is every investor’s dream.  Those stocks with massive upside potential that no one is paying attention to yet are like needles in the market’s haystack of investible names. Many times these diamonds in the rough are found in the small-cap market.   #-ad_banner-#Small-caps are public companies with a market cap of roughly $300 million to $4 billion.  Above $4 billion, a company moves into the mid-cap category. Below $300 million, a company is considered to be part of the micro-cap or even penny stock segments. The small-cap sector is indeed the sweet spot of the stock market.  While penny stocks and micro-caps have greater volatility, and therefore more potential, the risk factor is just too high for most conservative investors.  Despite recently lagging, the small-cap market is well known for outperforming the overall market in the long term.   I have identified three under-the-radar small-cap stocks boasting colossal upside potential: 1. Albany International (NYSE: AIN) Sitting on a $2 billion market capitalization, Albany is solidly in the small-cap category. Launched in 1895, the company’s primary focus is… Read More

The recent stock market volatility has many investors questioning the wisdom of being bullish on the stock market. Massive point swings and the soaring CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) have placed fear deep inside the hearts of long-term stock investors. Should you be concerned about the newfound bearish market action?  Is it time to sell and move into different asset classes? Or is every dip another buying opportunity? RELAX! My research discovered there is no reason to be concerned just yet. #-ad_banner-#I welcome the volatility and strongly think every… Read More

The recent stock market volatility has many investors questioning the wisdom of being bullish on the stock market. Massive point swings and the soaring CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) have placed fear deep inside the hearts of long-term stock investors. Should you be concerned about the newfound bearish market action?  Is it time to sell and move into different asset classes? Or is every dip another buying opportunity? RELAX! My research discovered there is no reason to be concerned just yet. #-ad_banner-#I welcome the volatility and strongly think every market dip is a new buying opportunity — at least until August 2018. Here’s why: 1. Monetary Easing Worked I don’t want to bore you with facts and figures so I will paint with a broad brush. The massive quantitative easing program implemented after the financial crisis of 2008 has worked its magic. The economy has been kick-started and is currently expanding under its power. In fact, growth has been so impressive the Federal Reserve has started to raise rates, which is one of the reasons for… Read More

“Wow!” is the only appropriate expression for the wild cryptocurrency ride over the last year. Bitcoin soared from around $1,000.00 at the start of 2017 to a high of over $19,000 on December 18, 2017. Other cryptocurrencies like Ripple and Ethereum exploded with even more power. Ethereum moved from around $10.00 to over $1,300.00 in a year’s time. During the same period, Ripple went from pennies to over $3.00 in a similar mind-blowing move. #-ad_banner-#These massive moves created instant millionaires from small-time investors. Everyone from the barista at Starbucks and Uber drivers to hedge… Read More

“Wow!” is the only appropriate expression for the wild cryptocurrency ride over the last year. Bitcoin soared from around $1,000.00 at the start of 2017 to a high of over $19,000 on December 18, 2017. Other cryptocurrencies like Ripple and Ethereum exploded with even more power. Ethereum moved from around $10.00 to over $1,300.00 in a year’s time. During the same period, Ripple went from pennies to over $3.00 in a similar mind-blowing move. #-ad_banner-#These massive moves created instant millionaires from small-time investors. Everyone from the barista at Starbucks and Uber drivers to hedge fund managers and corporate executives were talking about and buying cryptocurrencies. Next, the inevitable happened as prices started to decline. The massive crypto bubble began to unravel as prices plunged lower. Late-stage investors were left speechless as their “can’t lose” investments just kept dropping. Terrified of further losses, many of these first-time investors rushed to dump their holdings, exasperating an already dire situation. Declines of 50% to 75% from the highs shook the crypto market to its core. But a bottom was found, with prices rocketing back from… Read More

When I study charts, I often add a tool called Fibonacci retracements to the chart. This tool shows how much of a previous price move has been retraced. This is a daily chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). In this case, prices fell almost 12%. The subsequent gain of about 8% retraced more than 60% of the loss. Retracements are important to technical analysts and are widely followed by traders at some of the biggest hedge funds. These funds aren’t relying on retracements or Fibonacci ratios to make decisions, but they do provide valuable input… Read More

When I study charts, I often add a tool called Fibonacci retracements to the chart. This tool shows how much of a previous price move has been retraced. This is a daily chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). In this case, prices fell almost 12%. The subsequent gain of about 8% retraced more than 60% of the loss. Retracements are important to technical analysts and are widely followed by traders at some of the biggest hedge funds. These funds aren’t relying on retracements or Fibonacci ratios to make decisions, but they do provide valuable input into their market opinion. —Sponsored Link— The Hottest Crypto Miner On Wall Street Bitcoin’s epic January crash hasn’t killed crypto markets. It has made them stronger. Billionaire investors are now looking to buy the tech behind bitcoin. Doubling down on blockchain pioneers. 2017 was the year of bitcoin. 2018 is the year of blockchain. Read our report on the hottest blockchain investment in the sector. Technical analysts expect prices to move up and down. This is obvious, but the idea was first explained by Charles Dow in a 1901 article in… Read More

Ask me to analyze an insurance company and I can, to borrow a phrase from the sports world, generally write the story on the way to the ballpark.  In that business, one hardly needs an MBA from Wharton to get a sense of the company’s position, performance and potential. Other companies can be a lot more difficult to shoehorn into one opening sentence. –Recommended Link– We’re About To Go Live… Today at 1 p.m. EST, Andy Obermueller is going to hit the stage and go public with the most exciting situation he’s… Read More

Ask me to analyze an insurance company and I can, to borrow a phrase from the sports world, generally write the story on the way to the ballpark.  In that business, one hardly needs an MBA from Wharton to get a sense of the company’s position, performance and potential. Other companies can be a lot more difficult to shoehorn into one opening sentence. –Recommended Link– We’re About To Go Live… Today at 1 p.m. EST, Andy Obermueller is going to hit the stage and go public with the most exciting situation he’s come across in his 20-year career. That’s just a few hours from now. Don’t miss what he’s calling the most lucrative situation he’s ever found. He predicts a 2,255% gain on this one. Register right now, and you won’t miss a thing. Not because they’re hard to figure out. I find the trouble is sometimes there is So Much to Tell that I just can’t decide where to start. I guess that’s a pretty good problem to have, and it is the problem I ran into with the nifty little company came across in the fascinating… Read More

The place was St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. It was a hot, humid day in August 1984. I was very young. I sat under fluorescent light on a padded exam table covered with crisp white paper. My mother was by me, holding my hand for both our sakes. My dad, in his typical suit and tie, stood nervously by the door. I didn’t know it then, but he was terribly frightened. So was Mom. —Recommended Link— ‘The Most Lucrative Situation I’ve Ever Seen’ After a two-year global investment tour, legendary growth-stock investor Andy Obermueller… Read More

The place was St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. It was a hot, humid day in August 1984. I was very young. I sat under fluorescent light on a padded exam table covered with crisp white paper. My mother was by me, holding my hand for both our sakes. My dad, in his typical suit and tie, stood nervously by the door. I didn’t know it then, but he was terribly frightened. So was Mom. —Recommended Link— ‘The Most Lucrative Situation I’ve Ever Seen’ After a two-year global investment tour, legendary growth-stock investor Andy Obermueller is ready to brief investors on what he’s calling the most lucrative situation of his career. It’s a chance to turn a modest savings into a personal fortune. He predicts a possible 2,255% gain. He’s spilling the beans live on Wednesday February 28th at 1pm. Reserve a free spot at the event here. For my part, I didn’t know enough to be afraid. My eighth birthday had taken place only three months before. I was a kid. A nurse came in and said something evidently newsworthy. My dad asked my mom if she wanted to go… Read More

The multi-thousand point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average shook many investors to the core. Unsophisticated market participants were dumping stocks and moving quickly into supposed safe asset classes as “end of the world” pundits stoked the flames of fear. At the same time, the radical plunge set up the best buying opportunity of the decade for those who understand how markets really work. #-ad_banner-#This article will lay out seven compelling reasons why right now is the buying opportunity of the decade. 1. The Stock Market Is Designed To Move… Read More

The multi-thousand point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average shook many investors to the core. Unsophisticated market participants were dumping stocks and moving quickly into supposed safe asset classes as “end of the world” pundits stoked the flames of fear. At the same time, the radical plunge set up the best buying opportunity of the decade for those who understand how markets really work. #-ad_banner-#This article will lay out seven compelling reasons why right now is the buying opportunity of the decade. 1. The Stock Market Is Designed To Move Higher The very design of the stock market creates a tremendous upward bias. Take a look at any significant index chart from the inception of the U.S. stock market. Every single long-term chart reveals an upward trending pattern punctuated by short pullbacks. All sell offs are bought, and the market ends higher than it was before the pullback. Now, to be sure, I am talking about the long term, not the short term price gyrations that appear random. No one can consistently time market moves successfully, therefore long-term investing is the only proven wealth-creating strategy. Read More

“I am so happy with the recommendation of GSL-PB from the October 2016 issue. Can you recommend some others with similar characteristics?” — Guido S. This email arrived last week. And the timing was fortuitous, since I already had my eye on other opportunities within the shipping sector. GSL-PB is a preferred stock issued by Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL), which owns a fleet of 18 mid-sized containerships. These vessels are leased to established shipping lines under fixed charter contracts. The fleet currently has a perfect utilization rate of 100%. And just to give you an idea of what these… Read More

“I am so happy with the recommendation of GSL-PB from the October 2016 issue. Can you recommend some others with similar characteristics?” — Guido S. This email arrived last week. And the timing was fortuitous, since I already had my eye on other opportunities within the shipping sector. GSL-PB is a preferred stock issued by Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL), which owns a fleet of 18 mid-sized containerships. These vessels are leased to established shipping lines under fixed charter contracts. The fleet currently has a perfect utilization rate of 100%. And just to give you an idea of what these vessels earn at sea, the flagship CMA-CGM Thalassa (a 1,137-foot leviathan equipped to carry more than 11,000 20-foot containers) was booked at a rate of $47,200 per day, while operating costs (mostly crew wages) total just $6,500 per vessel per day. In September 2016, I was able to scoop up GSL-PB at an attractive price nearly 25% below face value, a discount that has since narrowed to just 3% thanks to improving fundamentals in the mid-size containership industry. The supply/demand balance for shipping along many trade routes has tightened, driving rates upward. —Recommended Link— This Will… Read More