A big part of my job as managing editor of StreetAuthority involves talking with our premium newsletter experts to get a sense of what they like in the market, where they think it’s headed and how they plan to help their followers profit. #-ad_banner-#That means I get paid to hear from some of the top investing minds in the country on a regular basis. What could be better? I want to share some… Read More

A big part of my job as managing editor of StreetAuthority involves talking with our premium newsletter experts to get a sense of what they like in the market, where they think it’s headed and how they plan to help their followers profit. #-ad_banner-#That means I get paid to hear from some of the top investing minds in the country on a regular basis. What could be better? I want to share some of that wisdom. Starting today I will feature insights and top picks from each of our experts over the next couple weeks as a way of saying thanks for being a StreetAuthority.com reader.  Today’s pick comes courtesy of Nathan Slaughter. Prior to taking over the reins at High-Yield Investing this summer, Nathan successfully managed three income portfolios at several other StreetAuthority newsletters over the past 10 years. Nathan racked up gains of 45.9% for the positions in his “… Read More

With the S&P 500 posting new highs, it’s become difficult to find stocks with decent yields as well as ones that aren’t priced for perfection. Until I found this solution… Stocks are on fire. With nearly three-quarters of the S&P 500 stocks posting new highs in the past few months, it’s become increasingly difficult to find stocks with decent yields as well as ones that aren’t priced for perfection. The solution?  By using a conservative strategy that involves selling put options contracts, you can in effect get paid to buy stocks at a… Read More

With the S&P 500 posting new highs, it’s become difficult to find stocks with decent yields as well as ones that aren’t priced for perfection. Until I found this solution… Stocks are on fire. With nearly three-quarters of the S&P 500 stocks posting new highs in the past few months, it’s become increasingly difficult to find stocks with decent yields as well as ones that aren’t priced for perfection. The solution?  By using a conservative strategy that involves selling put options contracts, you can in effect get paid to buy stocks at a discount. #-ad_banner-#Here’s how it works. Let’s say you want to add computer maker Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to your portfolio. However, the price you’re willing to pay is closer to the recent low of $23.43 a share than to the current $25.73 level. You could place a limit buy order for HPQ at $23 a share. Maybe Hewlett-Packard will drop to your buy price sometime soon, or maybe it won’t. Maybe you’ll find some place to park your cash in the meantime where it will return more than… Read More

Do you follow the 80/20 rule? During the past century this simple ratio has developed into one of the most useful concepts and tools of modern-day routine. In a moment, I’ll show you how you can use a version of the 80/20 rule to help take your portfolio to a whole other level. First, some background …#-ad_banner-# The 80/20 rule assumes that most of the results in any situation — sales, finance and even personal relationships — are determined by a… Read More

Do you follow the 80/20 rule? During the past century this simple ratio has developed into one of the most useful concepts and tools of modern-day routine. In a moment, I’ll show you how you can use a version of the 80/20 rule to help take your portfolio to a whole other level. First, some background …#-ad_banner-# The 80/20 rule assumes that most of the results in any situation — sales, finance and even personal relationships — are determined by a small number of events. The notion of the “vital few” has its origins in 1906 in Italy, where economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the wealth was controlled by 20% of the population. Pareto reportedly developed the principle after observing similar scenarios in everyday life, including the fact that 80% of the peas in his garden came from only 20% of the pea pods. Then came Joseph Juran, a quality… Read More

Do you follow the 80/20 rule? During the past century this simple ratio has developed into one of the most useful concepts and tools of modern-day routine. In a moment, I’ll show you how you can use a version of the 80/20 rule to help take your portfolio to a whole other level. First, some background …#-ad_banner-# The 80/20 rule assumes that most of the results in any situation — sales, finance and even personal relationships — are determined by a… Read More

Do you follow the 80/20 rule? During the past century this simple ratio has developed into one of the most useful concepts and tools of modern-day routine. In a moment, I’ll show you how you can use a version of the 80/20 rule to help take your portfolio to a whole other level. First, some background …#-ad_banner-# The 80/20 rule assumes that most of the results in any situation — sales, finance and even personal relationships — are determined by a small number of events. The notion of the “vital few” has its origins in 1906 in Italy, where economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the wealth was controlled by 20% of the population. Pareto reportedly developed the principle after observing similar scenarios in everyday life, including the fact that 80% of the peas in his garden came from only 20% of the pea pods. Then came Joseph Juran, a quality… Read More

In the more than 10 years StreetAuthority has been in business, we’ve never come across a trading system that’s got this much potential. In preparation for the inaugural issue of the advisory Maximum Profit, StreetAuthority’s latest investment advisory, Michael J. Carr took a close look at all the holdings in all of StreetAuthority’s newsletters — more than 130 stocks, partnerships and trusts across 10 portfolios. The mission was to discover the No. 1-ranked… Read More

In the more than 10 years StreetAuthority has been in business, we’ve never come across a trading system that’s got this much potential. In preparation for the inaugural issue of the advisory Maximum Profit, StreetAuthority’s latest investment advisory, Michael J. Carr took a close look at all the holdings in all of StreetAuthority’s newsletters — more than 130 stocks, partnerships and trusts across 10 portfolios. The mission was to discover the No. 1-ranked stock — the stock that had the most potential for capital appreciation in the current climate — from a group of fundamentally strong holdings that had already been vetted by the StreetAuthority experts. Of the dozens of choices, which single pick would rise to the top? Which stock would show the greatest momentum and value in the current environment? Which current StreetAuthority holding would rank highest in Mike’s all-important combined indicators of relative strength and cash-flow growth? It turns out the No. Read More

In the more than 10 years StreetAuthority has been in business, we’ve never come across a trading system that’s got this much potential. In preparation for the inaugural issue of the advisory Maximum Profit, StreetAuthority’s latest investment advisory, Michael J. Carr took a close look at all the holdings in all of StreetAuthority’s newsletters — more than 130 stocks, partnerships and trusts across 10 portfolios. The mission was to discover the No. 1-ranked… Read More

In the more than 10 years StreetAuthority has been in business, we’ve never come across a trading system that’s got this much potential. In preparation for the inaugural issue of the advisory Maximum Profit, StreetAuthority’s latest investment advisory, Michael J. Carr took a close look at all the holdings in all of StreetAuthority’s newsletters — more than 130 stocks, partnerships and trusts across 10 portfolios. The mission was to discover the No. 1-ranked stock — the stock that had the most potential for capital appreciation in the current climate — from a group of fundamentally strong holdings that had already been vetted by the StreetAuthority experts. Of the dozens of choices, which single pick would rise to the top? Which stock would show the greatest momentum and value in the current environment? Which current StreetAuthority holding would rank highest in Mike’s all-important combined indicators of relative strength and cash-flow growth? It turns out the No. Read More

So, what now, Mike? That’s the question I posed to the most recent addition to StreetAuthority’s stable of stock market strategists, Michael J. Carr, following a week that saw the steepest single-day drop in the stock market since November 2011. During the past month I’ve been telling you about Mike’s Maximum Profit trading system — a trading system that’s among the greatest investment strategies we’ve ever discovered. Every two weeks, Mike starts with about… Read More

So, what now, Mike? That’s the question I posed to the most recent addition to StreetAuthority’s stable of stock market strategists, Michael J. Carr, following a week that saw the steepest single-day drop in the stock market since November 2011. During the past month I’ve been telling you about Mike’s Maximum Profit trading system — a trading system that’s among the greatest investment strategies we’ve ever discovered. Every two weeks, Mike starts with about 150 individual stocks, partnerships and trusts that constitute the 10 portfolios in the premium StreetAuthority advisories — the same holdings that have already been recommended by Carla Pasternak, Elliott Gue, Amy Calistri and the rest of the StreetAuthority experts.#-ad_banner-# From there, Mike runs every pick through a test of relative strength — a measure that compares a stock’s performance of the past six months with the performance of the thousands of stocks that make up the entire market. Only those holdings that are rising faster than 70% of… Read More

Being a StreetAuthority subscriber has privileges. That includes learning firsthand about our biggest breakthroughs. I want to let you know about one such discovery. It’s likely to be one of the most groundbreaking finds in our company’s history and could completely change the way you invest. We’re still finalizing the research, but the results are promising. It’s a new method that has produced average annual gains of 21.4% during the past decade, compared with the S&P’s 7.1% a year. I’ll tell you more in just a moment,… Read More

Being a StreetAuthority subscriber has privileges. That includes learning firsthand about our biggest breakthroughs. I want to let you know about one such discovery. It’s likely to be one of the most groundbreaking finds in our company’s history and could completely change the way you invest. We’re still finalizing the research, but the results are promising. It’s a new method that has produced average annual gains of 21.4% during the past decade, compared with the S&P’s 7.1% a year. I’ll tell you more in just a moment, but first I want to reintroduce you to the man behind this research — Michael J. Carr. You may have heard from Mike recently in this article. Mike is one of our brightest experts here at StreetAuthority. He also has one of the most interesting backgrounds of any analyst on our staff. Mike holds a degree in chemistry and an MBA. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force. His service included stints in Spain, Germany, Japan, Korea, Iceland and Guam. And he’s a former investment… Read More

I’ve never made a dime buying a stock. And neither, I’d be willing to bet, have most of you. The catch? Simply this: If there’s a profit to be had from the… Read More

A year ago, oil and gas production in the United States was well into its bloom, thanks to the twin technologies of fracking and horizontal drilling. Shale regions across the country were giving up more oil and gas than ever… Read More