To the dismay of average investors, great companies such as Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Priceline.com Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLN) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) come with a steep price tag. Each has a stock price above $500, making it nearly impossible for small-time investors to… Read More

Peter Lynch, in his heyday with Fidelity Magellan fund‘s (Nasdaq: FMAGX), took a remarkably powerful yet simple approach to wealth-building: Avoid companies that provide products or services that are too hard for the layman to understand. Indeed, Lynch’s maxim, “Invest in what you… Read More

Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More

A complete trading system can be defined with detailed buy and sell rules. That’s all you need to have a system. Rules let traders know what they should do in advance. Disciplined traders follow their rules and avoid making emotional decisions in fast-moving markets. Two simple ideas — trading rules… Read More

They still make themselves heard on the street, and with good reason… Bull market, bear market, overall market — this class of stocks consistently outperforms its peers over… Read More

Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More

A long time ago, before the dawning of the big-mouth hedge fund kings and the popularity of self-directed investing, a quiet stock-picking genius was making millions for himself, his employer and his investors. The former golf caddy was… Read More

If you’re a regular StreetAuthority reader, you probably know about the $1.7 trillion “Dividend Vault.” Simply put, that’s the name we’ve given to the unprecedented amount of cash that U.S. companies… Read More

As the markets reach new highs, investors have begun to express caution instead of celebration. Since Nov. 15, 2012, the S&P 500 has risen an impressive 15%. That works out to be a 45% annualized gain. And the whole time, a… Read More

In the decade after the dot-com stock boom ended, investors were in for a surprise. Even though many of their mutual funds lost value in the first few years of that decade, they still owed taxes. How’s… Read More