How many times have you heard “You can’t beat the market,” or that the marginal gain you can expect will be eaten up by fees and taxes? While it is possible to make market-beating returns, as regular readers of StreetAuthority will know, I will be the… Read More

America is looking over the precipice of the fiscal cliff and it appears that a deal will not be reached before the New Year. About $600 billion in spending cuts and new taxes will begin… Read More

The “January Effect“ is a well-known market phenomenon famous for causing the stock market to rally during the month in most years. It’s considered an anomaly because it’s not driven by the market’s forces. Read More

Many companies have captured headlines recently with announcements of special dividend payments. In November alone, 173 companies announced special dividends, up 137% from the previous eight months combined. Shares of these companies have jumped as… Read More

Insider purchases — when a director or company executive buys shares — are some of the most closely followed events in the market. Who better knows whether a stock is… Read More

Billionaire investor Jim Rogers may be most famous for calling the bottom of the commodities market and buying in 1999, just before it surged 22% during the following three years while the S&P 500 lost almost 40% in the same period. But… Read More

Jim Rogers, legendary commodities investor and co-founder of the Quantum Fund along with George Soros (a legend in his own right), has been looking at the pace of money printing in the developed world. And he doesn’t like what he sees. In fact, the legendary investor was recently quoted as… Read More

After World War II, a new U.S. economy and the desire to put money away against another Great Depression drove the investing public to mutual funds. Today, more than 44% of U.S. Read More

Turn on the news anytime or read a newspaper online, and you’ll probably see at least one article talking about the pending fiscal cliff and the looming consequences on the U.S. economy. But there’s something that can have a far worse… Read More

I just finished watching the first presidential debate, and like about 50 million other Americans, I’m left a little disappointed and wanting more details about the candidates’ plans. Each candidate talked a good game and promised to turn the struggling economy around,… Read More