Brad Briggs

Brad Briggs is the Editorial Director of StreetAuthority. A veteran of the financial publishing industry, Brad manages the team of writers and editors responsible for our premium newsletters, free newsletters, and website. He formerly co-wrote our Maximum Profit premium newsletter, and is also the managing editor for StreetAuthority's premium subscribers-only newsletter, StreetAuthority Insider.

Brad bought his first stock in high school and has been hooked ever since. After graduating early from college, success in the market enabled him to pay off his student loans and buy his first house. Brad believes that successful investing doesn't have to be complicated, and that anyone can achieve financial independence no matter their background. Case in point: One of his proudest investing accomplishments is buying and holding on to Apple since 2014.

As Editorial Director, Brad makes it his mission to demystify the world of investing for a wide audience. His writing has been featured in outlets like Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.com, and MSN Money, among others. 

When he's not following the market, Brad spends his time powerlifting and tending to cattle near his home in Texas.

Analyst Articles

Last week, news outlets reported the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in January. We all know that when the Fed meets, it’s usually big news. Since the financial crisis, the central bank has been ever-so-gradually raising interest rates, from zero, to where they now sit, in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. But ever since equities markets fell sharply to end 2018, the Fed has been sending mixed signals. I won’t bore you with the details, but the short version is that Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed committed to gradual increases… until things… Read More

Last week, news outlets reported the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in January. We all know that when the Fed meets, it’s usually big news. Since the financial crisis, the central bank has been ever-so-gradually raising interest rates, from zero, to where they now sit, in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. But ever since equities markets fell sharply to end 2018, the Fed has been sending mixed signals. I won’t bore you with the details, but the short version is that Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed committed to gradual increases… until things got a little ugly. So the question became whether the Fed would continue raising rates gradually or take an even softer stance going forward. So here’s what we learned from the official notes from the meeting… #-ad_banner-#As it stands, the central bank still holds about $3.8 trillion in Treasury bonds on its balance sheet. The “balance sheet reduction” program, where the Fed was holding U.S. government bonds to maturity without making any new repurchases, will likely conclude at the end of the year. (Remember QE, or quantitative easing? Well, this was quantitative “tightening,” if you will.) Still with me? Good,… Read More

I recently finished remaking one of the rooms at my house into a personal office. After rearranging and unpacking boxes, I found myself thumbing through an old copy of “Beating the Street,” by Peter Lynch. It had been a while since I’ve read it, and I can faithfully report that most of what Lynch writes about still holds up in today’s market. I’m sure you’re familiar with Lynch, but his track record bears repeating. While at the helm of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity, Lynch delivered a 29.2% average annual return from 1977 to 1990. Probably the greatest mutual fund… Read More

I recently finished remaking one of the rooms at my house into a personal office. After rearranging and unpacking boxes, I found myself thumbing through an old copy of “Beating the Street,” by Peter Lynch. It had been a while since I’ve read it, and I can faithfully report that most of what Lynch writes about still holds up in today’s market. I’m sure you’re familiar with Lynch, but his track record bears repeating. While at the helm of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity, Lynch delivered a 29.2% average annual return from 1977 to 1990. Probably the greatest mutual fund manager of all time, we have Lynch to thank for popular investing phrases like “invest in what you know,” “10-bagger” (a stock that gains 1,000%), “GARP” (growth at a reasonable price), and more. But what you might not know about Lynch is the story behind his exit from the Magellan Fund… —Recommended Link— The Single Best Group of Stocks to Buy NOW Since 1926, one collection of stocks has accounted for HALF of the S&P’s return — through every market environment imaginable. If you don’t have these picks in your own portfolio, you could be missing out on the… Read More

It’s perhaps the most hotly-anticipated, controversial, thought-provoking thing we do as a company. It could also be the most profitable thing you read all year. —Recommended Link— How Jim Cashed $13,784 In Daily Paychecks Experimenting With This Wildly Successful System Jim took a cool $13,784… Annie grabbed $2,194 in one month… and Curtis cashes $4,200 in daily payments every month. It’s all perfectly legal. Their fortunes have been documented. See for yourself how easy it will be for YOU to start collecting paychecks each and every day… I’m talking about our annual predictions report. Each year, the research team… Read More

It’s perhaps the most hotly-anticipated, controversial, thought-provoking thing we do as a company. It could also be the most profitable thing you read all year. —Recommended Link— How Jim Cashed $13,784 In Daily Paychecks Experimenting With This Wildly Successful System Jim took a cool $13,784… Annie grabbed $2,194 in one month… and Curtis cashes $4,200 in daily payments every month. It’s all perfectly legal. Their fortunes have been documented. See for yourself how easy it will be for YOU to start collecting paychecks each and every day… I’m talking about our annual predictions report. Each year, the research team behind our Game-Changing Stocks newsletter releases a set of investment predictions for the coming year. And because they challenge conventional wisdom so strongly, these annual forecasts are invariably the most talked-about market calls we publish all year. #-ad_banner-#I’m talking about the kinds of bold predictions and investing ideas you won’t find anywhere else. That’s because, to put it quite frankly, by the time you hear about these ideas in the mainstream financial media, it’ll be too late. The big gains will have already been made. And while we don’t pretend to have a crystal ball, readers who have followed our… Read More

About four years ago, our publisher introduced me to a man who knows more about options trading than anyone I’ve ever met. This man is something of a wunderkind. He began trading options at age 16 and quickly found himself making upward of $600,000 a year. Nowadays, you might find him as a regularly featured guest on financial news programs over at CNBC or Fox Business. If you’ve been a regular reader of StreetAuthority Insider, then you probably know who I’m talking about: Jared Levy, Chief Investment Strategist of Profit Amplifier. Now, those of you who have followed… Read More

About four years ago, our publisher introduced me to a man who knows more about options trading than anyone I’ve ever met. This man is something of a wunderkind. He began trading options at age 16 and quickly found himself making upward of $600,000 a year. Nowadays, you might find him as a regularly featured guest on financial news programs over at CNBC or Fox Business. If you’ve been a regular reader of StreetAuthority Insider, then you probably know who I’m talking about: Jared Levy, Chief Investment Strategist of Profit Amplifier. Now, those of you who have followed Jared over the years know that his read on the market is nearly impeccable. That’s thanks to years of experience in the trenches of the high-stakes trading pits in Philadelphia and New York, as well as his sophisticated-yet-simple method of trading. But when Jared came to us with a “crazy hunch” nearly a year ago… we thought he was kidding, or absolutely bonkers. “Is Jared OK?” This question, raised by one of our younger employees around the StreetAuthority offices, was a fair one. He just simply had the stones, or was naïve enough, to ask it out loud. But those… Read More

In the late ’90s, my father worked for a rising tech software company started by two MIT graduates in 1989. By the time the tech bubble was in full swing, it was poised to take over the world. —Recommended Link— Can You Live On $1,400 A Month? You Might Have To That’s the average monthly benefit that most retirees see when they cash their Social Security check. To put that in perspective, the average living expenses of a retiree can be as much as twice that amount. But one group of investors is adding another $1,916 to that monthly… Read More

In the late ’90s, my father worked for a rising tech software company started by two MIT graduates in 1989. By the time the tech bubble was in full swing, it was poised to take over the world. —Recommended Link— Can You Live On $1,400 A Month? You Might Have To That’s the average monthly benefit that most retirees see when they cash their Social Security check. To put that in perspective, the average living expenses of a retiree can be as much as twice that amount. But one group of investors is adding another $1,916 to that monthly payout. They’re not using a scheme or accounting trick. It’s a simple, powerful trading strategy known as The Dividend Trifecta. Click here to see how they are padding their retirement accounts while Social Security sinks further and further underwater. The financial media lavished praise on this firm, calling it “the next Oracle.” Likewise, the CEO who was in his early 30s, was featured newspapers, financial magazines, and interviews on television. Dad was crushing it at work. He travelled nearly every week on business, Monday through Friday. He learned new programming languages, worked long hours… but it was all worth it. Read More

Last week, I told readers about the newest release of our annual report called “THE LIST” that identifies seven game-changing stocks for this year and beyond. This annual report is easily one of the most profitable (and popular) pieces of research we publish — and this new edition promises to deliver more of the same. Today, I’d like to tell you about one of our stock picks — and how it could deliver early investors a killing for their portfolio… I’m talking about the “Marijuana Revolution.”   —Sponsored Link— Urgent: 5 Stock Buy Alert There… Read More

Last week, I told readers about the newest release of our annual report called “THE LIST” that identifies seven game-changing stocks for this year and beyond. This annual report is easily one of the most profitable (and popular) pieces of research we publish — and this new edition promises to deliver more of the same. Today, I’d like to tell you about one of our stock picks — and how it could deliver early investors a killing for their portfolio… I’m talking about the “Marijuana Revolution.”   —Sponsored Link— Urgent: 5 Stock Buy Alert There are 5 stocks set to go parabolic in 2018, and you need to know about them RIGHT NOW. Stock #1: For less than $4, you can get in on a company that’s become a kingpin in the $100 billion mobile gaming space. Stock #4: With a recent FDA approval and ballooning revenue figures, this biotech company is poised for an easy 100% gain. Click here to get all 5 ticker symbols.   No matter where you stand on the matter politically, nobody can deny the profits that this once prohibited commodity has generated… Read More

Each year, StreetAuthority releases our highly anticipated annual report of profitable forecasts and stock picks. Of course, we never claim to have a crystal ball, so we can’t guarantee that each investment will play out exactly as expected, but many of our picks have delivered incredible wealth-building opportunities to readers. —Sponsored Link— “$859.13… $494.54… $708.71…” Imagine walking out to your mailbox and seeing a string of checks like these. These are real amounts that Judith M. of McHenry, Illinois, has been cashing. She doesn’t work an extra job for them. In fact, she only puts in about 10 minutes… Read More

Each year, StreetAuthority releases our highly anticipated annual report of profitable forecasts and stock picks. Of course, we never claim to have a crystal ball, so we can’t guarantee that each investment will play out exactly as expected, but many of our picks have delivered incredible wealth-building opportunities to readers. —Sponsored Link— “$859.13… $494.54… $708.71…” Imagine walking out to your mailbox and seeing a string of checks like these. These are real amounts that Judith M. of McHenry, Illinois, has been cashing. She doesn’t work an extra job for them. In fact, she only puts in about 10 minutes a month. And these checks keep rolling in, month after month, year after year. Once you start, you’ll see the checks starting to fill your own mailbox. Click here to learn how. For example, one of our first reports told readers about “an opportunity of enormous proportions” in the nanotech industry. The game-changing stock we pinpointed in that report shot up 293%. #-ad_banner-#The next year, we said “the best sci-fi speculation of the year” would be a powerful new technology called “RFID” and told readers about three key companies to watch. Within a year, our recommended picks had soared 42%…… Read More

I recently sat down with Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Fast-Track Millionaire, for an exclusive interview about a wide range of topics. Below is the exchange that followed StreetAuthority Daily: Let’s start off with some fun… You recently advised your readers to sell their stake in ripple. Did Buffett make you break up with cryptocurrencies? Andy: I see what you did there. I suppose you’re referring to Buffett’s comments at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting… —Sponsored Link— Capture A Life-Changing Fortune From The Most Profitable Event Of 2018 In 2017, the North American… Read More

I recently sat down with Andy Obermueller, Chief Investment Strategist of Fast-Track Millionaire, for an exclusive interview about a wide range of topics. Below is the exchange that followed StreetAuthority Daily: Let’s start off with some fun… You recently advised your readers to sell their stake in ripple. Did Buffett make you break up with cryptocurrencies? Andy: I see what you did there. I suppose you’re referring to Buffett’s comments at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting… —Sponsored Link— Capture A Life-Changing Fortune From The Most Profitable Event Of 2018 In 2017, the North American market for legal weed was just under $9 billion. But this year, with recreational weed legal in California and about to become legal in Canada, the legal marijuana industry is set to EXPLODE. It could double in the next 6 months alone… And, according to Ackrell Capital, it could soon grow to $100 billion, causing the stock of many small legal marijuana companies to skyrocket! If you’re invested in the right companies, you stand to make an absolute fortune. And we’ve identified three tiny pot stocks that are expected to hand you the biggest gains. Click… Read More

Back in November of last year, I told readers about the release of our flagship investment report: Top Stocks For 2018. This is probably the most important piece of research we put out all year. One of the reasons is that we’re brutally honest with our readers in this report. It tells investors what they NEED to hear, not necessarily what they want to hear. I think our readers appreciate this kind of frankness — it’s what keeps them coming back year after year. They know that the principles undergirding this report stand the test of time. Because the truth… Read More

Back in November of last year, I told readers about the release of our flagship investment report: Top Stocks For 2018. This is probably the most important piece of research we put out all year. One of the reasons is that we’re brutally honest with our readers in this report. It tells investors what they NEED to hear, not necessarily what they want to hear. I think our readers appreciate this kind of frankness — it’s what keeps them coming back year after year. They know that the principles undergirding this report stand the test of time. Because the truth is, successful investing doesn’t have to be overly complicated. Think about it… #-ad_banner-#What do companies like Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Campbell’s Soup (NYSE: CPB) and Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) all have in common? You might think not much. But think for a moment about some of the absolute chaos that has happened in the 20th century, not to mention this nascent 21st. There was World War I, World War II, Vietnam, etc. You had the Great Depression, the Oil embargo, the tech bubble, the global financial crisis… There were pandemics, assassinations, terror attacks… the list goes on.  Yet somehow, every… Read More

I’d like to start off today’s issue by asking you a simple question… If you discovered the key to making a fortune trading stocks, would you share it with the world? —Sponsored Link— The 10 Best Dividend Paying Stocks Right Now Want market-beating yield in today’s zero-interest world? The right dividend stocks could boost your returns 345%. Our latest investor briefing gives you 10 of the very best. PLUS — a simple trick for adding to monthly income. Click here now to get your instant FREE copy. If history is any… Read More

I’d like to start off today’s issue by asking you a simple question… If you discovered the key to making a fortune trading stocks, would you share it with the world? —Sponsored Link— The 10 Best Dividend Paying Stocks Right Now Want market-beating yield in today’s zero-interest world? The right dividend stocks could boost your returns 345%. Our latest investor briefing gives you 10 of the very best. PLUS — a simple trick for adding to monthly income. Click here now to get your instant FREE copy. If history is any guide, you’d be a fool if you did. That’s because studies have shown the more well-known a market-beating strategy becomes, the less it becomes a market-beating strategy. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Why So-Called Market “Edges” Soon Disappear Back in 1981, an academic named Rolf Banz published a paper on something called the “small-firm effect.” It showed that buying small-cap stocks generated “abnormal returns,” even when adjusted for risk. #-ad_banner-#At around the same time, researchers uncovered the “value effect,” which showed that buying stocks with low P/E ratios earned market-beating returns. But when these two market-beating effects were widely… Read More