I hope you were able to join me earlier this week on my telephone interview with StreetAuthority Stock Market Strategist Elliott Gue and a few thousand of his closest friends. During the hour-long conference… Read More

After more than three decades in this business, I sometimes feel as if I’ve seen it all. I never expected Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) to drop 43.1% from its high last September. But neither have I forgotten about the equally surprising 65.3% fall from grace five years ago… Read More

The New York Times called it a “moment of reckoning.” Widely followed commodities trader Dennis Gartman in a note to his clients wrote that he’s “never…ever…EVER” seen anything quite like it. The references, of course, are to March 15’s collapse in… Read More

When a pullback happens, you need to be prepared. That statement might ring hollow considering the fact that the market is bumping up against all-time highs, but I can assure you, it could happen quicker than you think. When it does, you’ll want… Read More

When a pullback happens, you need to be prepared. That statement might ring hollow considering the fact that the market is bumping up against all-time highs, but I can assure you, it could happen quicker than you think. When it does, you’ll want… Read More

Almost a year ago, it was all over the headlines. You couldn’t turn on CNBC or open an issue of The Wall Street Journal without hearing about it.  Then, May 18, 2012 came around — the day Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) went public.  It was the biggest Internet IPO in history — even bigger than Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), with a peak market capitalization of more than $104 billion. But as soon… Read More

Almost a year ago, it was all over the headlines. You couldn’t turn on CNBC or open an issue of The Wall Street Journal without hearing about it.  Then, May 18, 2012 came around — the day Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) went public.  It was the biggest Internet IPO in history — even bigger than Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), with a peak market capitalization of more than $104 billion. But as soon as the stock went public, it became clear that the party was over.  Thanks to a malfunction in the way Nasdaq‘s computers handled millions of dollars in trades, as well as allegations that the company and its underwriters were involved in everything from inflating share prices, issuing too many shares and even overstating earnings, the stock eventually went into a tailspin.  All told, Facebook shares lost more than a quarter of their IPO value in less… Read More

As the markets were hitting new highs last week, poker player and investor Amy Calistri was contemplating the odds and plotting her course of action. Her main questions were: “What are the chances these gains will reverse… Read More

Last Thursday shares of Gulfport Energy (Nasdaq: GPOR) established a 52-week high of $47.19 a share, having risen 198.9% since late June. That’s more than 10 times the advance in the S&P 500 during the same period. Read More

Get ready to meet one of the best CEOs you never heard of. In the past six months I’ve told you about a number of business leaders, past and present, whose companies benefited — or stood to benefit — in a big way from their special knowledge and expertise. And… Read More

If you follow the popular investing media, then you’ve likely heard a lot about the benefits of diversification in a stock portfolio. Read More