A Great Short for Choppy Markets
Insiders have been dumping stock. This short play targets 50% gain in three months.
View ArticleKey Rare Earth Play Could Double This Summer
If you follow "tech" investing, big names like Google, Twitter and Facebook sold down hard in the past few weeks. Then again, there's tech and there's tech. Why is this tech company unlike Twitter,...
View Article“We Can Put It On Our Credit Card!”
Income up, but spending up more: Where’s Amy Poehler when we need her? Plus: The more they say, the less they know: The 5 pulls apart the latest Fed “policy statement”
View ArticleNo, It’s Not 2006 Again
Income up, but spending up more: Where’s Amy Poehler when we need her? Plus: The more they say, the less they know: The 5 pulls apart the latest Fed “policy statement”
View ArticleStrange Investment Strategies That Actually Work
Every time this year, pundits toss around the old investing adage: "Sell in May and go away". But does this strategy actually work? Or is it just another tired maxim fed to you by the mainstream...
View ArticleGold Miners Improve Margins; Need Higher Prices
I was in Toronto this week, where I had the chance to speak with one of Canada's most successful, small-cap resource investors. In good times and bad, the guy seems to know how to find great companies...
View ArticleThree Earnings Updates… And Two Raised Buy Prices
I’m working on your next issue and should have it to you by early next week. It’s full of ideas, including an easy way to sidestep high U.S. tax rates on your investments. In the meantime, I have the...
View ArticleNext Generation Tech Debuts
I was in Toronto on Monday, for a talk by Prof. Geoff Taylor of the University of Connecticut, before the prestigious Empire Club of Canada. Dr. Taylor has developed a novel form of computer processing...
View ArticleSix Weak Earnings Reports Confirm: It’s Not Just the Weather
The weakest seasonal period for the market includes May and June. That’s why it’s worth holding short positions… and these earnings missed!
View ArticleAlert: Another Options Hotline Multiplier
Our bond market play on falling Treasury yields has reached multiplier status. Though this one is reaching my original objective, conditions warrant keeping this position open to let it run.
View ArticleThe Glass Is Really Half Full
Neil tackles the gloom-and-doom behind some recent headlines – showing that the news isn’t necessarily bad, and actually great for some income investments.
View ArticleA Late-Stage Drug Fails, but There’s Still Opportunity in This Cancer Innovator
A lot can change in a month, especially with biotech stocks. Back in mid-March, one of our stock’s shares were in the midteens. Then, a European regulatory committee recommended approval for our...
View ArticleThe Diabolical “Operation Chokepoint”
How the feds are strangling scores of legal businesses and leaving no fingerprints. Plus: Awesome jobs numbers, Wall Street rallies… for less than 60 seconds
View ArticleThe War on Money Laundering Spins out of Control
How the feds are strangling scores of legal businesses and leaving no fingerprints. Plus: Awesome jobs numbers, Wall Street rallies… for less than 60 seconds
View ArticleWhat the Fed Is Really Doing to Your Money
Think you understand the Fed's stimulus program? Think again... Of the many effects of the Fed's "quantitative easing" program, one that's often overlooked is its indirect support of gold prices by...
View ArticleMarket Wrap-Up: Greetings from Omaha
Warren Buffett isn't exactly a technical trading guy. Or is he? Here are a handful of trading lessons from the Oracle of Omaha.
View ArticleMarket Wrap-Up: Greetings from Omaha
Warren Buffett isn't exactly a technical trading guy. Or is he? Here are a handful of trading lessons from the Oracle of Omaha.
View ArticleAnother Samurai Strike, Another Multiplier — The Superleverage Power Of My...
On Friday, jobs data came in better than economists expected. Conventional thinking would have the bond market falling (rates rising) on such news. That was the initial market reaction. But bonds...
View ArticleA Secret Housing Rebound Play
Analysts have blamed this year's relatively poor economic data on the unusually cold winter. And though it might sound lame, but the weather excuse actually makes sense for one sector. Greg Guenthner...
View ArticleRockets, Russians and Profits
The last 10 days have rocked and shocked the space business, and our investment is caught in the thick of it. First, on April 24, Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) emailed...
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