Being prepared for a bear market takes many forms. In some cases, it can become an obsession. Some... Read More

Being prepared for a bear market takes many forms. In some cases, it can become an obsession. Some investors always seem to be looking for a market top and forecasting a major decline only days away.... Read More

The head-and-shoulders (H&S) top is one of the best-known patterns in technical analysis. This... Read More

The head-and-shoulders (H&S) top is one of the best-known patterns in technical analysis. This pattern was first written about in 1930 by a financial editor at Forbes magazine who described how... Read More

For 41 weeks in a row, the options trades I’ve recommended to my Income Trader readers have... Read More

For 41 weeks in a row, the options trades I’ve recommended to my Income Trader readers have been profitable. And on average, my readers are collecting 7.5% in “Instant Income” every... Read More

While prices are rising, investors need to maximize their gains. When prices turn down, investors... Read More

While prices are rising, investors need to maximize their gains. When prices turn down, investors need to minimize their losses. The problem many investors face is worrying about a bear market during... Read More

If you missed the news last week, U.S. GDP rose a reported 2.8% in the third quarter instead of the... Read More

If you missed the news last week, U.S. GDP rose a reported 2.8% in the third quarter instead of the 2% economists expected. This was framed as bad news in many news stories because the jump resulted... Read More

Income investors often set a minimum dividend yield as a requirement for their buy decisions. That... Read More

Income investors often set a minimum dividend yield as a requirement for their buy decisions. That eliminates a number of stocks from consideration. This requirement could also increase market risk... Read More

Muddy Waters Research is an investment research firm that specializes in uncovering companies whose... Read More

Muddy Waters Research is an investment research firm that specializes in uncovering companies whose financial statements are inflated by questionable accounting practices. The firm was in the news... Read More

Derivatives are simply investments that trade based on the price of something else. In other words,... Read More

Derivatives are simply investments that trade based on the price of something else. In other words, the price of a derivative is “derived” from something else. #-ad_banner-# Often that... Read More

Over the long term, value stocks tend to be winners. There are a number of ways to define... Read More

Over the long term, value stocks tend to be winners. There are a number of ways to define value.  My preferred approach is to use the PEG ratio, which compares the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio... Read More

Eugene Fama was a name many investors never heard before the University of Chicago professor won... Read More

Eugene Fama was a name many investors never heard before the University of Chicago professor won this year’s Nobel Prize in economics. Yet Fama has had a tremendous impact on the investment... Read More