Adam Fischbaum brings more than 20 years of professional investment experience as financial advisor and portfolio manager. Affiliated with an NYSE-member firm, he specializes in value, income and macro thematic investing. Adam is also a contributing editor for Yieldpig.com and his work is published frequently on TheStreet.com, BusinessInsdider.com, as well, Seeking Alpha and TalkMarkets.com. He currently holds a Series 7, 63, 65, and 31 license. Adam lives on the Gulf Coast with his wife and two sons. When he’s not running money or writing about it, he enjoys hunting and fishing.  

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On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, I should’ve been watching college football on television. I wasn’t. —Recommended Link— This Tiny Biotech Is Set To Disrupt A $133 Billion Market It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a host of unique properties that could lead to a range of applications, allowing early investors to strike it rich. To get all the fascinating details,… Read More

On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, I should’ve been watching college football on television. I wasn’t. —Recommended Link— This Tiny Biotech Is Set To Disrupt A $133 Billion Market It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a host of unique properties that could lead to a range of applications, allowing early investors to strike it rich. To get all the fascinating details, go here. I was glued to CNBC as the events unfolded surrounding whether or not Lehman Brothers, one of the nation’s largest and oldest investment banks, could be saved from failure. By Sunday, Sept. 14, all options were exhausted, and the news hit the tape that Lehman Brothers, after being in business for nearly 160 years, would file for bankruptcy and cease to exist as a viable entity. The markets braced for impact on the open Monday. “It’s gonna be bad.” I told my wife as I stared at the television. “Oh, you’ve said that before,” she replied. “No,” I… Read More

One of my favorite investing quotes ever, credited to John Maynard Keynes, is: “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” In addition to being the father of a widely used school of economic thought (Keynesian economics), Keynes was an accomplished investor. There’s little doubt that he knew a thing or two about the consequences of being wrong and/or stubborn. —Recommended Link— THE LIST — The Only Growth Stocks You’ll Ever Need If you’re ready to start bagging triple-digit winners like it’s no big deal, then you have to see this… Last year’s picks are beating… Read More

One of my favorite investing quotes ever, credited to John Maynard Keynes, is: “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” In addition to being the father of a widely used school of economic thought (Keynesian economics), Keynes was an accomplished investor. There’s little doubt that he knew a thing or two about the consequences of being wrong and/or stubborn. —Recommended Link— THE LIST — The Only Growth Stocks You’ll Ever Need If you’re ready to start bagging triple-digit winners like it’s no big deal, then you have to see this… Last year’s picks are beating the S&P 500 3 -to-1 , and we ‘ve recommended dozens of multi-baggers to our readers over the years. THE LIST is jam packed timely picks including: Our #1 Biotech Stock, Takeover Stock, Pharmaceutical Stock, and many others. Click here to see them now. As investors, we hate being wrong. We probably hate admitting that we were wrong more than just actually being wrong. In this article, I will discuss what to do about losses. #-ad_banner-#When crafting a sell discipline strategy for losses, you must first determine how much you are comfortable losing on a percentage basis. Professionally, my threshold… Read More

After the Crash of 1929 and during the depths of the Great Depression, the federal government went about cleaning up the mess. And it was a big mess. With the popping of a decade-long stock speculation bubble came an economic downturn that shrunk the nation’s GDP by 47% and forced 25% of the American workforce into unemployment. By 1933, 11,000 of the country’s 25,000 banks had disappeared. —Recommended Link— You May Not Like Hearing This… Everyone knows that Social Security is in bad shape. But most people don’t realize just how desperate the situation is… to fix Social Security… Read More

After the Crash of 1929 and during the depths of the Great Depression, the federal government went about cleaning up the mess. And it was a big mess. With the popping of a decade-long stock speculation bubble came an economic downturn that shrunk the nation’s GDP by 47% and forced 25% of the American workforce into unemployment. By 1933, 11,000 of the country’s 25,000 banks had disappeared. —Recommended Link— You May Not Like Hearing This… Everyone knows that Social Security is in bad shape. But most people don’t realize just how desperate the situation is… to fix Social Security benefits have to be cut by 22% immediately. Or payroll taxes have to jump by 32%. So you’re facing pain whether you’re working OR retired. But there’s a way out. A program that can pay you $40,653 per year for the rest of your life. And it has nothing to do with the government. Check it out here. Deputized by FDR’s New Deal, Congress went about repairing the damage by installing regulation where, prior to the crash, there had been little to none. In 1933, the Securities Act and the Glass-Steagall Act set about to supervise financial markets and banking. Read More

Last weekend, I was driving through rural Georgia, probably faster than I should have been, listening to the Allman Brothers. It was a hot, sunny August afternoon. —Recommended Link— Create A 10%+ Income Stream For Life We’re sitting on a collection of the safest, most generous monthly payers available. And while $11,200 in dividend checks is a welcome addition to anyone’s income, investors also love racking up capital gains as high as 446%. Start generating a 10%+ income stream for life today from these consistent companies. When I entered Taylor County, I started noticing something different about the farmland. Read More

Last weekend, I was driving through rural Georgia, probably faster than I should have been, listening to the Allman Brothers. It was a hot, sunny August afternoon. —Recommended Link— Create A 10%+ Income Stream For Life We’re sitting on a collection of the safest, most generous monthly payers available. And while $11,200 in dividend checks is a welcome addition to anyone’s income, investors also love racking up capital gains as high as 446%. Start generating a 10%+ income stream for life today from these consistent companies. When I entered Taylor County, I started noticing something different about the farmland. For a significant stretch of the mostly deserted four-lane highway, the fields on either side weren’t planted with soybeans or cotton or peanuts or corn. #-ad_banner-#It was photovoltaic solar panels. And I’m not talking about a small cluster used to power some sort of sensor or county extension project. It was acres and acres of solar panels — the kind of scale capable of generating serious, civilization-powering electricity. Since I was in Georgia, there was only one company I thought of that was capable of a project that size: The Southern Company (NYSE: SO). I was right. Southern Company stock,… Read More

As August heats up, so does our pilgrimage back to the classroom. Whether we’re sitting in the little desks at the lower school or trying to spruce up a dorm room that looks like a Soviet-era mental institution, parents are spending. I can verify this as I prepare to pack a rental truck and ship my oldest son off to his freshman year of college. —Recommended Link— On August 15 — Everything Changes… Are You Ready? For the first time, legendary tech investor Dr. Thomas Carr unveils his secret for amassing 1,000%+ gains and an… Read More

As August heats up, so does our pilgrimage back to the classroom. Whether we’re sitting in the little desks at the lower school or trying to spruce up a dorm room that looks like a Soviet-era mental institution, parents are spending. I can verify this as I prepare to pack a rental truck and ship my oldest son off to his freshman year of college. —Recommended Link— On August 15 — Everything Changes… Are You Ready? For the first time, legendary tech investor Dr. Thomas Carr unveils his secret for amassing 1,000%+ gains and an impressive win rate… live on camera. Dr. Carr has 23 triple-digit tech winners under his belt, with gains reaching as high as 2,653%. If you’ve ever wondered how elite investors pick the right tech stocks that shoot up 500%-then don’t miss this event. Reserve your free spot now. It’s not cheap. According to the National Retail Federation, 2018 consumer spending for back to school and college is expected to reach $82.8 billion, down ever so slightly from last year’s $83.6 billion. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of crayons, glue and No. 2… Read More

Ten years ago, individual investors could throw money at any mutual fund or ETF with the words “commodity” or “hard asset” in its name and collect outsized returns. That was then. This is now. —Recommended Link— Add $380,000 To Your Family’s Legacy… 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children.  Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold… Read More

Ten years ago, individual investors could throw money at any mutual fund or ETF with the words “commodity” or “hard asset” in its name and collect outsized returns. That was then. This is now. —Recommended Link— Add $380,000 To Your Family’s Legacy… 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children.  Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold them for the rest of their life… one that’s returned 45% gains to shareholders the past two years and turned every 100k into a HALF-MILLION dollars in the last decade. Click here to access your 7 “Set & Forget” Legacy Assets NOW. With the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, commodities entered a brutal deflationary spiral and subsequent decade-long bear market. And from the looks of it, that bear will continue to stumble around for a while. Investors hoping to make a buck on actually trading commodities — or seeing recovery in the blown-up assets they’re clinging to… Read More

While the trend towards individual investors managing their own portfolios continues to expand thanks to low-cost methods such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs),”robo-advisors”, and discount online trading, there is still value in using a financial advisor. —Recommended Link— Have You Heard About ‘Social Security Insurance’? The average Social Security benefit is $1,236 per month. But this Social Security Insurance averages $3,628 per month. Two thousand bucks MORE. There’s no easier way to earn $40,653 a year on the side. And you can start tomorrow. Check it out here. A study commissioned by mutual fund manager Vanguard, the 9-million-pound gorilla of… Read More

While the trend towards individual investors managing their own portfolios continues to expand thanks to low-cost methods such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs),”robo-advisors”, and discount online trading, there is still value in using a financial advisor. —Recommended Link— Have You Heard About ‘Social Security Insurance’? The average Social Security benefit is $1,236 per month. But this Social Security Insurance averages $3,628 per month. Two thousand bucks MORE. There’s no easier way to earn $40,653 a year on the side. And you can start tomorrow. Check it out here. A study commissioned by mutual fund manager Vanguard, the 9-million-pound gorilla of low-cost investing, determined that investors who used a financial advisor typically outperformed their DIY peers by about 3% over a seven-year period. #-ad_banner-#Is this a gigantic margin? No. But it’s significant enough to notice and discuss.  While my discussion of the merits of using an advisor is blatantly biased (I’ve been in the trenches as an financial advisor for over 20 years), I would venture a guess that I am qualified to talk about relevant questions to ask during an initial meeting. I could list a thousand. However, for time’s sake, let’s stick with five solid ones. ​1. How long… Read More

Value investors get a bad rap. Sometimes, value investing is referred to as “cigar butt” investing, in that picking up cheap, undervalued stocks is equivalent to picking up mostly smoked cigars off of the sidewalk. A good friend and colleague of mine used to call me a “dumpster diver”. Guilty. —Recommended Link— Nest Egg Cracked? Patch It With Our New Legacy Portfolio 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on… Read More

Value investors get a bad rap. Sometimes, value investing is referred to as “cigar butt” investing, in that picking up cheap, undervalued stocks is equivalent to picking up mostly smoked cigars off of the sidewalk. A good friend and colleague of mine used to call me a “dumpster diver”. Guilty. —Recommended Link— Nest Egg Cracked? Patch It With Our New Legacy Portfolio 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children.  Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold them for the rest of their life… one that’s returned 45% gains to shareholders the past two years and turned every 100k into a HALF-MILLION dollars in the last decade. Click here to access your 7 “Set & Forget” Legacy Assets NOW. Why value? Personally, I hate overpaying. The old Wall Street maxim “buy low, sell high” is in direct conflict with “buy high, sell higher”. Typically, value stocks are less volatile than growth stocks. That doesn’t mean they’re less… Read More

Honestly, with the seemingly infinite universe of accessible video entertainment available, every now and then I kind of miss the days of three or four channels from a television that was made to look like furniture. Then again, if that were still the case, we’d probably complain about nothing being on TV. There’s absolutely NO excuse for that complaint today. —Recommended Link— Just Released… THE LIST: Top 7 Growth Stocks To Buy Now Our annual research has produced winners of 310%, 452%, and even 569% in years past. Last year’s picks are beating the S&P 500 3-to-1. And this… Read More

Honestly, with the seemingly infinite universe of accessible video entertainment available, every now and then I kind of miss the days of three or four channels from a television that was made to look like furniture. Then again, if that were still the case, we’d probably complain about nothing being on TV. There’s absolutely NO excuse for that complaint today. —Recommended Link— Just Released… THE LIST: Top 7 Growth Stocks To Buy Now Our annual research has produced winners of 310%, 452%, and even 569% in years past. Last year’s picks are beating the S&P 500 3-to-1. And this year’s report could be the most profitable yet… If you’re tired of paltry gains, then this could be the most important thing you read all year. Click here to see it. Of course, the fastest growing segment for video content delivery is streaming delivery with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) — the perceived 800-pound gorilla in that category. After all, they are the “N” in the FAANG stocks. It’s a crowded field where at times the competition resembles a Viking bar fight. But I’ve found one company that’s quietly gaining momentum, and the market has yet to notice it. Dish Network Corp. Read More

After a couple of decades, it would seem that the idea of free trade or cooperative trade would be an accepted global practice. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. To fulfill campaign promises and appease his base, Trump is promising “fair trade” and “better deals” for American industry and workers. This will involve upending the global status quo on everything from NAFTA to intellectual property. The chilling effects of trade tensions were felt publicly when badass American icon Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG) announced that it would be offshoring international manufacturing for foreign markets due to… Read More

After a couple of decades, it would seem that the idea of free trade or cooperative trade would be an accepted global practice. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. To fulfill campaign promises and appease his base, Trump is promising “fair trade” and “better deals” for American industry and workers. This will involve upending the global status quo on everything from NAFTA to intellectual property. The chilling effects of trade tensions were felt publicly when badass American icon Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG) announced that it would be offshoring international manufacturing for foreign markets due to the threat. The concerns have also helped equity markets erase all gains for the year. #-ad_banner-#Full disclosure, I am a free trader. I firmly believe that, in the long run, free trade can and does benefit the global society by fostering peace and prosperity, which is always a better alternative to war and poverty. That being said, fate has currently dealt us a different hand, so we must adapt. Many professional investors have once again turned their focus toward emerging markets (EM)… and their higher growth rates. However, pure play EM investing can be tricky. Most large, multinational corporations —… Read More