There’s a good reason why professional sports are so popular.  The athletes that compete at the highest level are the best in the world; they’ve beaten improbable odds to play sports for a living. In fact, according to a recent study from USA Football — the governing body for amateur American football in the United States — approximately 310,465 seniors played high school football in 2013. That same year, only 254 men were drafted into the NFL — less than one out of every thousand. This is the standard I had in mind when I set out to invent a… Read More

There’s a good reason why professional sports are so popular.  The athletes that compete at the highest level are the best in the world; they’ve beaten improbable odds to play sports for a living. In fact, according to a recent study from USA Football — the governing body for amateur American football in the United States — approximately 310,465 seniors played high school football in 2013. That same year, only 254 men were drafted into the NFL — less than one out of every thousand. This is the standard I had in mind when I set out to invent a proprietary screening system that would allow me to profit no matter what the market climate was.  I wanted it to be so picky, so elite, that it would squeeze out most of the risks associated with investing. And so far, that screen has led me and my readers to collect profits on all 60 trades it has recommended. You see, the companies that pass this rigorous screen are the most elite in the world. They’ve also beaten improbable odds. According to Bloomberg, 80% of small businesses will fail within the first 18 months. That number jumps to 90% within five… Read More

“It’s a terrible time to invest.” “Stocks are way overextended.” “The global economy is slowing. The probability of making money is low.” It might sound like I’m talking about current market conditions. But this was actually what one of my trader buddies said to me in January 2011 when I told him I was launching a wealth management firm. He wasn’t alone.  It seemed like everyone thought my idea was foolish and it was a terrible time to lead a group of investors into stocks. That bearish sentiment was apparent in the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey… Read More

“It’s a terrible time to invest.” “Stocks are way overextended.” “The global economy is slowing. The probability of making money is low.” It might sound like I’m talking about current market conditions. But this was actually what one of my trader buddies said to me in January 2011 when I told him I was launching a wealth management firm. He wasn’t alone.  It seemed like everyone thought my idea was foolish and it was a terrible time to lead a group of investors into stocks. That bearish sentiment was apparent in the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey at the time. In early 2011, bearish sentiment spiked to 34%, which was above the long-term average of 30%.  But they were all wrong. Since then, the S&P 500 has proceeded to deliver one of the best returns in history, climbing more than 55% in less than five years.  Investors who were buying in the face of pessimism have scored huge gains, but investors who sat on the sidelines and hoarded cash missed out on a narrow window to buy low. That conversation with my buddy back in early 2011 reminds me of the current market environment. The headlines are… Read More

In 2014, Forbes ranked Sergey Brin as the 18th-richest person in the world. The Google co-founder is worth an estimated $29.7 billion. In 1979, Brin’s family left the Soviet Union because of religious persecution and immigrated to the United States. Soon, he would attend Stanford University, meet Larry Page, begin working on search engine algorithms… and the rest is history. Today, in the dawn of the 21st century, it’s worth asking: will the United States be the destination for the next Sergey Brin?  #-ad_banner-#This is important. Politically stable countries have a history of attracting the best talent and the most… Read More

In 2014, Forbes ranked Sergey Brin as the 18th-richest person in the world. The Google co-founder is worth an estimated $29.7 billion. In 1979, Brin’s family left the Soviet Union because of religious persecution and immigrated to the United States. Soon, he would attend Stanford University, meet Larry Page, begin working on search engine algorithms… and the rest is history. Today, in the dawn of the 21st century, it’s worth asking: will the United States be the destination for the next Sergey Brin?  #-ad_banner-#This is important. Politically stable countries have a history of attracting the best talent and the most capital. It’s the difference between countries that lead the pack — and those that are seemingly always struggling to keep up. And for investors, politically stable countries have a demonstrated history of beating the market. The Fund for Peace is a federally-funded research institution dedicated to assessing global political risk. In 2005, it began publishing “The Fragile State Index.” The index uses 12 social, political and economic factors to rank 178 countries based on political stability. According to its 2014 update, Austria, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland are just a few of the countries that rank ahead of… Read More

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time. His net worth jumped to $65 billion in 2014, ranking him as one of the very richest people in the world, and I’m going to show you how to start investing like Warren Buffett. His average annual return of 20% in the past 55 years doesn’t just put him ahead of all peers… it means he doesn’t even have any peers. #-ad_banner-#Buffett loves a great deal. This was on full display in the financial crisis of 2008, when he lent Goldman Sachs $5… Read More

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time. His net worth jumped to $65 billion in 2014, ranking him as one of the very richest people in the world, and I’m going to show you how to start investing like Warren Buffett. His average annual return of 20% in the past 55 years doesn’t just put him ahead of all peers… it means he doesn’t even have any peers. #-ad_banner-#Buffett loves a great deal. This was on full display in the financial crisis of 2008, when he lent Goldman Sachs $5 billion at the height of the panic. He landed amazing terms on the deal as the financial sector scrambled for cash, securing options to purchase 43.5 million shares of Goldman at or below $125 before October 2013. All told, Buffett netted a gain of of $2 billion in addition to lucrative dividend payments. Not long after, in 2009, Buffett and his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, went “all in on America’s future” with a $34 billion investment in rail shipper Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Once again Buffett bought at the exact right time after prices had swung lower… Read More

I’ve been getting flooded with emails and my phone has been ringing non-stop from clients wondering if now is the time to pull the plug on their portfolio and move to cash. It’s a fair concern. Nobody likes to wake up and see red across their entire portfolio. It can be a gut wrenching feeling, but selling everything now could turn out to be a huge mistake. Last month, I shared a seasonal chart of the volatility index, or VIX, with readers of my premium options service, Income Multiplier. I talked about how August… Read More

I’ve been getting flooded with emails and my phone has been ringing non-stop from clients wondering if now is the time to pull the plug on their portfolio and move to cash. It’s a fair concern. Nobody likes to wake up and see red across their entire portfolio. It can be a gut wrenching feeling, but selling everything now could turn out to be a huge mistake. Last month, I shared a seasonal chart of the volatility index, or VIX, with readers of my premium options service, Income Multiplier. I talked about how August to October has historically been the most volatile for the S&P 500. That is turning out to be true again this year.   If history is any guide, this most recent spike in volatility can be a good thing. Corrections — and even bear markets — are normal events in a healthy market. American Funds conducted a study of the market’s ups and downs from 1900 to 2014. It found that a 10% decline in the stock market occurred on average once every 13 months. What the study also found is that when the… Read More

Sometimes you need to venture off the beaten path to find the best investment ideas. As Chief Investment Strategist of StreetAuthority’s High-Yield International newsletter, I can personally attest to the truth in that statement. I spend my days in search of the best dividend payers around the world, unearthing the kinds of high-yielding investment ideas you’re not likely to hear about anywhere else. This has allowed my subscribers and me to earn double-digit yields from solid international companies, while most investors limit themselves to the paltry yields offered by U.S. stocks. Read More

Sometimes you need to venture off the beaten path to find the best investment ideas. As Chief Investment Strategist of StreetAuthority’s High-Yield International newsletter, I can personally attest to the truth in that statement. I spend my days in search of the best dividend payers around the world, unearthing the kinds of high-yielding investment ideas you’re not likely to hear about anywhere else. This has allowed my subscribers and me to earn double-digit yields from solid international companies, while most investors limit themselves to the paltry yields offered by U.S. stocks. Today, I want to share one of my latest investment ideas with you — one that I don’t think you’ll hear about anywhere else. Due to centuries of overfishing, global wild fish supplies have been depleted to crisis levels. The Census of Marine Life completed a 10-year study in 2010 and found that 90% of the world’s big fish had disappeared from the ocean. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization released a study in 2014 that found 87% of the world’s marine stocks fully fished or overfished. Read More

The year 2004 was one of the most exciting times of my life. The future looked bright. That was the year I beat out hundreds of candidates to enter an exclusive bond-trading program for a multi-billion-dollar brokerage firm. #-ad_banner-#I was going to dig deeper than ever into the market. I was going to be around market junkies all day. And most importantly, I was going to become a trading hotshot and make a few million bucks before I turned 30. Three years later, two of those things had come true, and… Read More

The year 2004 was one of the most exciting times of my life. The future looked bright. That was the year I beat out hundreds of candidates to enter an exclusive bond-trading program for a multi-billion-dollar brokerage firm. #-ad_banner-#I was going to dig deeper than ever into the market. I was going to be around market junkies all day. And most importantly, I was going to become a trading hotshot and make a few million bucks before I turned 30. Three years later, two of those things had come true, and one had not… After spending years fully entrenched in the markets and learning from the sharpest minds in the business, I learned a valuable lesson: trading is no quick path to riches. The cumulative effect of making a few hundred trades a day for years left me emotionally and financially spent. I found myself at a crossroads. I had loved the market ever since joining the stock market club in sixth grade. I wasn’t ready to walk away from it completely, but it was clear that my relationship with the market needed to evolve. Read More

Over the next few decades, the world’s population will be older on average than it’s ever been before. Brazil’s senior population is expected to grow to 30% of the total population in 2030 from just 10% in 2014. A quarter of Europe’s population will be above 65 by 2030, and Japan’s 65-plus population will climb to 38% in 2055. #-ad_banner-#In 15 years, China will have an estimated 340 million people over the age of 60. That’s nearly four times larger than the United States’ projected 92 million senior citizens. People all… Read More

Over the next few decades, the world’s population will be older on average than it’s ever been before. Brazil’s senior population is expected to grow to 30% of the total population in 2030 from just 10% in 2014. A quarter of Europe’s population will be above 65 by 2030, and Japan’s 65-plus population will climb to 38% in 2055. #-ad_banner-#In 15 years, China will have an estimated 340 million people over the age of 60. That’s nearly four times larger than the United States’ projected 92 million senior citizens. People all over the world are living longer than they did 50 years ago, and the growing global senior population is driving a steady wave of demand for drugs and medicine. Pharmaceutical industry research firm EvaluatePharma recently projected global pharma sales at $1.107 trillion in 2020, up from $750 billion in 2014. The best-selling drugs will treat chronic illnesses and diseases more prevalent in the elderly such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia and Alzheimer’s. U.S. drug companies, like Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), will benefit from this trend, but I expect foreign-based companies to benefit… Read More

Warning: Major Correction Could Begin July 8th ​One of our colleagues just showed us an urgent video warning of a major market correction. It features a millionaire trading prodigy who predicted and profited from the dot-com bubble and the 2008 crash, and he says hundreds of the most popular stocks could be in danger of plunging 10%-30%… overnight. To watch this free short video, click here. Sincerely, Brad Briggs Executive Editor, StreetAuthority Last… Read More

Warning: Major Correction Could Begin July 8th ​One of our colleagues just showed us an urgent video warning of a major market correction. It features a millionaire trading prodigy who predicted and profited from the dot-com bubble and the 2008 crash, and he says hundreds of the most popular stocks could be in danger of plunging 10%-30%… overnight. To watch this free short video, click here. Sincerely, Brad Briggs Executive Editor, StreetAuthority Last month I wrote about an industry that has not only outperformed all others since 1900, but also offered some of the best yields in the United States. And while I don’t advocate smoking, history shows that investing in tobacco companies is hugely profitable for investors looking for both capital gains and outsized dividends. #-ad_banner-#Today I’d like to share with you an even better way to play the industry… with an investment many tend to overlook. To reiterate how powerful tobacco stocks are, consider this: One dollar invested in… Read More

WARNING: A Major Correction Could Begin This Week A trading prodigy is predicting the biggest stock market correction since 2008.  In short, an important market event will take place on Wednesday that could trigger a freefall in stocks.  He’s been tracking this situation for months. I urge you to take a few seconds to listen to what he has to say. If he’s right, the information he’s going to share could help you save your portfolio and even make money in the coming correction. Click here to find out how to prepare yourself… Read More

WARNING: A Major Correction Could Begin This Week A trading prodigy is predicting the biggest stock market correction since 2008.  In short, an important market event will take place on Wednesday that could trigger a freefall in stocks.  He’s been tracking this situation for months. I urge you to take a few seconds to listen to what he has to say. If he’s right, the information he’s going to share could help you save your portfolio and even make money in the coming correction. Click here to find out how to prepare yourself now.  Sincerely,  Frank Bermea Publisher, Profitable Trading  For many of the world’s migrants, the United States is the ideal destination. Since its founding, the country has been dubbed “The Land of Opportunity.” Thousands flocked to the continent to settle the West, avoid famine and oppression or merely chase “The American Dream.” This openness has led to one of the wealthiest, most successful (and diverse) civilizations in history. But while people the world over try to move here, lately U.S. companies have… Read More