Today, I want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work based on everything we’ve learned about the stock market. #-ad_banner-#Yet it does. In fact, for over half a century, investors and traders have used this strategy to produce unparalleled results. And no, for those of you who may be wondering, this strategy doesn’t involve options, derivatives or any other obscure financial product. What’s more, what I’m about to show you can be used as part of any general investing strategy — regardless of whether you’re focusing on income, growth, blue chips, small caps or… Read More

Today, I want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work based on everything we’ve learned about the stock market. #-ad_banner-#Yet it does. In fact, for over half a century, investors and traders have used this strategy to produce unparalleled results. And no, for those of you who may be wondering, this strategy doesn’t involve options, derivatives or any other obscure financial product. What’s more, what I’m about to show you can be used as part of any general investing strategy — regardless of whether you’re focusing on income, growth, blue chips, small caps or even commodities. Specifically, I’m talking about relative strength investing. Relative strength investing is simply a type of momentum investing. It involves buying the best-performing stocks (relative to the market) and holding them until their momentum changes course. To most investors, especially those considered value investors, this strategy probably sounds ridiculous. After all, most people have heard the phrase “buy low, sell high.” Since relative strength investors buy stocks that are already outperforming, many view this style of investing as counterintuitive. But that’s a mistake — and it’s one many people make when they approach a stock pick. Most… Read More

Today we want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work based on everything we’ve learned about the stock market. #-ad_banner-#Yet it does. In fact, for over half a century, investors and traders have used this strategy to produce unparalleled results. And no, for those of you who may be wondering, this strategy doesn’t involve options, derivatives or any other obscure financial product. What’s more, what I’m about to show you can be used as part of any general investing strategy — regardless of whether you’re… Read More

Today we want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work based on everything we’ve learned about the stock market. #-ad_banner-#Yet it does. In fact, for over half a century, investors and traders have used this strategy to produce unparalleled results. And no, for those of you who may be wondering, this strategy doesn’t involve options, derivatives or any other obscure financial product. What’s more, what I’m about to show you can be used as part of any general investing strategy — regardless of whether you’re focusing on income, growth, blue chips, small caps or even commodities. pecifically, I’m talking about relative-strength investing. Longtime readers might already be familiar with relative-strength investing. We’ve talked about it before in previous StreetAuthority Daily issues. For those who need a refresher, here’s a brief recap. Relative strength investing is simply a type of momentum investing. It involves buying the best-performing stocks (relative to the market) and holding them until their momentum changes course. To most investors, especially those considered value investors, this strategy probably sounds ridiculous. After… Read More

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the robber barons. These affluent industrialists were considered some of the wealthiest — and most successful — businessmen of the 18th and 19th centuries. (The term originally appeared in the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.) The most famous robber barons have even become standard icons in American culture. The stories of wealth amassed by tycoons like J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie are recounted in public school history classes throughout the United States each year. I’ll show you how you can get started in modern day Rockefeller investing… #-ad_banner-#Unfortunately, to most… Read More

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the robber barons. These affluent industrialists were considered some of the wealthiest — and most successful — businessmen of the 18th and 19th centuries. (The term originally appeared in the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.) The most famous robber barons have even become standard icons in American culture. The stories of wealth amassed by tycoons like J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie are recounted in public school history classes throughout the United States each year. I’ll show you how you can get started in modern day Rockefeller investing… #-ad_banner-#Unfortunately, to most people the word robber baron is not a term of endearment. It’s generally used to contextualize a greedy Wall Street “fat cat” with an insatiable thirst for money — the kind of caricature you would expect a political cartoonist to feature in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post. But that’s not how I look at them. When I picture the robber barons, I see some of the best investors the world has ever known. Rockefeller, for example, was said to have accumulated an inflation-adjusted net worth of $360 billion by the time he died in 1937. To put that in… Read More

Today, I want to show you the right way to sell put options. Whether you’re an investment veteran or just opening your first brokerage account, I urge you to listen. Chances are you need to hear this message. #-ad_banner-#Regular readers of StreetAuthority likely know that a put option is a security that gives the buyer the right — but not the obligation — to sell a stock for a certain price in the future. In return for opening the trade, the seller receives an upfront cash payment known as a premium. Done correctly, selling puts is one of the best… Read More

Today, I want to show you the right way to sell put options. Whether you’re an investment veteran or just opening your first brokerage account, I urge you to listen. Chances are you need to hear this message. #-ad_banner-#Regular readers of StreetAuthority likely know that a put option is a security that gives the buyer the right — but not the obligation — to sell a stock for a certain price in the future. In return for opening the trade, the seller receives an upfront cash payment known as a premium. Done correctly, selling puts is one of the best investment strategies available. It’s a great way to collect thousands of dollars in additional monthly income. The problem is that many investors sell puts the wrong way. When most options sellers approach a trade, they engage in something I like to call “premium chasing.” That is, they only look for trades that offer the highest premiums. They’ll sell puts on things like gold miners, tech startups or boom-and-bust companies. Because these stocks are volatile, they tend to offer higher payouts. This is without a doubt the biggest mistake an options seller can make. Selling options on high-risk stocks just because… Read More

From time to time we at StreetAuthority propose investments in “controversial” stocks that many of our readers may feel uneasy about. I’m talking about so-called “sin” stocks like tobacco, gambling and the like.  Make no mistake, these companies are often profitable for investors. Studies show that these stocks often beat the market. And it’s our job to identify the most profitable opportunities out there — no matter what they are.  #-ad_banner-#​But we always try to make it clear that if you’re not comfortable investing in these companies, that’s perfectly fine. … Read More

From time to time we at StreetAuthority propose investments in “controversial” stocks that many of our readers may feel uneasy about. I’m talking about so-called “sin” stocks like tobacco, gambling and the like.  Make no mistake, these companies are often profitable for investors. Studies show that these stocks often beat the market. And it’s our job to identify the most profitable opportunities out there — no matter what they are.  #-ad_banner-#​But we always try to make it clear that if you’re not comfortable investing in these companies, that’s perfectly fine.  Today, however, I’d like to turn that idea on its head and talk about an investment that helps fight the sin. In her May issue of Stock of The Month, Amy Calistri wrote about an unsettling trend regarding heroin use in the United States. Specifically, Amy’s research found that the number of heroin users in the U.S. is rising… and quickly.                On April 29, Fletcher Allen Health Care admitted 8 patients for heroin overdoses. In other words, it was… Read More

Marijuana needs to be legalized… At least that’s what the editorial board at the New York Times thinks. On July 27, the newspaper published an op-ed titled “Repeal Prohibition, Again.” In the piece, the board provided a laundry list of reasons the United States government should make pot… Read More

It’s that time of the year again…  Game-Changing Stocks editor Andy Obermueller has just released his annual “shocking predictions report” for 2015. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his shocking predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. #-ad_banner-#​As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down and find the market’s hottest growth opportunities — especially… Read More

It’s that time of the year again…  Game-Changing Stocks editor Andy Obermueller has just released his annual “shocking predictions report” for 2015. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his shocking predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. #-ad_banner-#​As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down and find the market’s hottest growth opportunities — especially ones that aren’t on most investors’ radars yet.  We’re talking about the kind of returns you’ve dreamed of since first learning of the stock market… Andy won’t even consider making a recommendation unless it offers “10-bagger” (i.e. 4-digit gain) potential. That’s why once a year Andy publishes his shocking predictions list. This report gives him the chance to showcase some of his unorthodox — yet most promising — growth opportunities for the coming 12 months. Over the years these predictions have proven convincingly accurate…… Read More

July marked another perfect month for Income Trader’s Amber Hestla… Amber closed two more winners in her Income Trader newsletter. The recent victories bring Amber’s perfect track record to 63 for 63. She’s yet to close an unprofitable trade since launching her premium service over 17 months ago. (You can view her first 52 winners here.) #-ad_banner-#​Some of you are probably already familiar with Amber’s Income Trader service. If you’re not, the premise is simple: by selling put options on stocks she thinks are undervalued, Amber’s… Read More

July marked another perfect month for Income Trader’s Amber Hestla… Amber closed two more winners in her Income Trader newsletter. The recent victories bring Amber’s perfect track record to 63 for 63. She’s yet to close an unprofitable trade since launching her premium service over 17 months ago. (You can view her first 52 winners here.) #-ad_banner-#​Some of you are probably already familiar with Amber’s Income Trader service. If you’re not, the premise is simple: by selling put options on stocks she thinks are undervalued, Amber’s subscribers collect “Instant Income” checks that can range from $50 to $5,000. The value of the check depends on how many put contracts the investor wants to sell. These trades can yield some big annual returns, too. For example, Amber’s recommendations that expired worthless in July paid an average annualized return of 57%. The crazy thing about this story is that she’s done this in today’s calm, low-volatility environment. This is a big deal, because for options sellers like Amber, volatility is crucial… If you’ve got a… Read More

Editor’s Note: This article is one of our favorite “hall of fame” articles, originally published January 13, 2014. In this piece, Austin Hatley explains how Profitable Trading’s Amber Hestla uses a unique strategy to safely boost her income stream every month from blue-chip stocks like Microsoft. Due to timing differences, some of the original numbers listed in this article have changed, but you should still be able to get the gist of her strategy nonetheless. Right now you can earn big, double-digit “Instant Yields” from some of the safest stocks in the world. #-ad_banner-#For example, we’ve found yields as high… Read More

Editor’s Note: This article is one of our favorite “hall of fame” articles, originally published January 13, 2014. In this piece, Austin Hatley explains how Profitable Trading’s Amber Hestla uses a unique strategy to safely boost her income stream every month from blue-chip stocks like Microsoft. Due to timing differences, some of the original numbers listed in this article have changed, but you should still be able to get the gist of her strategy nonetheless. Right now you can earn big, double-digit “Instant Yields” from some of the safest stocks in the world. #-ad_banner-#For example, we’ve found yields as high as 9.9% from Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO)… 12.4% from AT&T (NYSE: T)… and even as much as 24.2% from software giant Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT). This isn’t some investment gimmick, either. The payouts I’m talking about are settled in cash. That is, every time you get one of these payments, the money is added to your brokerage account immediately. Take a gander at the incredible yields we’re finding from some of the market’s best-known stocks… At first glance, these payouts may seem impossible. After all, a quick look at Yahoo Finance tells us that all of the stocks listed above… Read More

1982 was a great year to become a U.S. bond investor. At the time, energy prices were high and the economy was in shambles. To make matters worse, the U.S. adopted a tight monetary policy due to high inflation in the 1970s. #-ad_banner-#The outlook for bonds was bleak. Yields were at all-time highs and prices were at historic lows. At one point the 10-year treasury yielded north of 14%. While no one realized it at the time, this was the starting point for the biggest bull market in bonds the world has ever known… Thanks to easing monetary policy, over… Read More

1982 was a great year to become a U.S. bond investor. At the time, energy prices were high and the economy was in shambles. To make matters worse, the U.S. adopted a tight monetary policy due to high inflation in the 1970s. #-ad_banner-#The outlook for bonds was bleak. Yields were at all-time highs and prices were at historic lows. At one point the 10-year treasury yielded north of 14%. While no one realized it at the time, this was the starting point for the biggest bull market in bonds the world has ever known… Thanks to easing monetary policy, over the next 30 years U.S. treasuries would go on to return 246% in capital gains. Add in the 14% yield that investors would have received over that time, and the total return for government bonds from 1982 to 2012 was 667%. That translates to an annual return of 22%… and that’s from boring, safe bonds, mind you. To give you an idea of how incredible that is, hedge funds generally target a return of 11-12% a year. Unfortunately, as we told in you a previous StreetAuthority Daily issue, the opportunity in U.S. debt has long since evaporated. The… Read More