More often than not, a successful investment usually involves a good, basic business that sells a lot of something everybody needs. It’s a path that guys like Warren Buffett have taken time and time again to score huge long-term returns. This should also be the kind of… Read More
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.
Analyst Articles
The Final Steps to Building my Well-Rounded $100,000 Portfolio
Although it may seem that most fund managers are simply glorified stock pickers, their task is actually quite different. They don’t beat their benchmarks by simply cobbling together a set of compelling investments. They take a snapshot of the U.S. and global economies and then decide the best ways to… Read More
3 Cash-Rich Stocks Ready to Start Paying Dividends
Investors have been loading up on dividend stocks for good reason: These stocks are trouncing the puny 2% yield on Treasuries. In fact, more than 200 stocks in the S&P 500… Read More
The Emerging Markets You Can’t Afford to Ignore
The U.S. economy is seven times larger than Brazil’s economy. Yet the U.S. stock market is 12 times larger. That’s simply the result of the fact that most global investors want exposure to the United States, relatively… Read More
This Could be the World’s Best Oil Stock
There may be no better time than right now to invest in energy stocks — particularly in one of my favorites. This stock is a large and well-known oil and gas producer, and is doing markedly better than the energy sector as a whole, jumping about 18% already this year,… Read More
The Best Way to Profit From Stock Spin-Offs
When Forest Oil (NYSE: FST) announced in late 2010 that it would spin off its Canadian energy fields in a new company called Lone Pine Resources (NYSE: LPR), investors shrugged. But investors who bought the parent of the spin-off when the deal was completed on Oct. Read More
I don’t know about you, but in the first two weeks of February there is always this nagging feeling in my head that I am forgetting something. Do you get that? Then, inevitably, my wife will hand me a red envelope and it will dawn on me that once again,… Read More
The Fastest-Growing Stocks in the Market
A rising market and a still-slow economy have created a real conundrum. Should you focus on the increasingly smaller group of deep-value stocks, or should you step on the gas, searching for stocks that are set for… Read More
The 3 Best Stocks in this Mega-Investor’s Portfolio
Bill Ackman may not be a household name in the world of investing, but he should be. For starters, he became a billionaire through the successful management of hedge funds and by concentrating his bets into a small handful of opportunities he thinks will pay off big. This was the… Read More
The Best Way to Profit from Rising Oil Prices Right Now
The U.S. consumer remains in a precarious state. Wages are rising at a slow pace, keeping many workers from boosting their earning — and spending — power on an inflation-adjusted basis. In fact, consumers may start to feel that they are losing ground if gasoline prices hit $4 a gallon… Read More