“Cash is king.”  This common expression is often used when analyzing business or investment decisions. When buying real estate in a hot market, cash is king. If you come to the table with cash over more traditional financing methods, your offer will likely move to the top of the pecking order. #-ad_banner-#Same goes for when looking at a stock. A company that produces a ton of cash or carries a good amount of cash in relation to debt is often seen as a “safer” investment compared with a company that’s debt-ridden. And when investors believe the market is getting too… Read More

“Cash is king.”  This common expression is often used when analyzing business or investment decisions. When buying real estate in a hot market, cash is king. If you come to the table with cash over more traditional financing methods, your offer will likely move to the top of the pecking order. #-ad_banner-#Same goes for when looking at a stock. A company that produces a ton of cash or carries a good amount of cash in relation to debt is often seen as a “safer” investment compared with a company that’s debt-ridden. And when investors believe the market is getting too hot, or expensive, they will often stockpile cash to have on hand when the next pullback hits. This way, they can pick up shares of their favorite company at a better price.  Of course, having plenty of cash is only beneficial if it isn’t dwarfed by massive amounts of debt. Taking on too much debt can be a real killer as profit is siphoned off to cover debt and interest payments. And if a company can’t keep up with those debt payments, they will have to file for bankruptcy… and even then sometimes the debts are too much to even… Read More

Two and twenty… that’s the typical fees that hedge funds charge. With this fee structure, it means that they charge a flat 2% of total assets as a management fee and an additional 20% of any profits earned. There’s a good reason that hedge funds can charge this much, and that’s because they usually earn outsized returns for their investors. Of course, that’s not always the case. Just as with us regular investors, hedge funds go through rough patches.  For instance, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings has lost money in the previous three years (he’s since turned that around and… Read More

Two and twenty… that’s the typical fees that hedge funds charge. With this fee structure, it means that they charge a flat 2% of total assets as a management fee and an additional 20% of any profits earned. There’s a good reason that hedge funds can charge this much, and that’s because they usually earn outsized returns for their investors. Of course, that’s not always the case. Just as with us regular investors, hedge funds go through rough patches.  For instance, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings has lost money in the previous three years (he’s since turned that around and is doing quite well so far this year). And David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital (Nasdaq: GLRE) has greatly underperformed over the last three years. The investing environment hasn’t been easy on hedge funds over the last couple of years. Since 2017, more than 16 hedge funds have returned money to investors and closed their doors. One such hedge funder, Whitney Tilson, who folded his fund in September 2017, talked about the biggest mistakes that lead him to close his doors.  And I was shocked by what he said… #-ad_banner-#First, you must understand that Tilson ran a long/short hedge fund, with an… Read More

David Tran arrived in Los Angles from Vietnam in 1978 with no job and broken English. Yet, he was determined to achieve the “American Dream.” And he did just that… creating a brand that is now recognizable across the United States.  More impressively, Tran accomplished this without hiring a single salesperson or spending a cent on advertising. Even today, his company doesn’t have a Twitter (Nasdaq: TWTR) handle or Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) account.  —Recommended Link— The Most Underrated Wealth-Building Move in History Wall Street pretty much ignores it. but more than 150 years of data prove that doing this… Read More

David Tran arrived in Los Angles from Vietnam in 1978 with no job and broken English. Yet, he was determined to achieve the “American Dream.” And he did just that… creating a brand that is now recognizable across the United States.  More impressively, Tran accomplished this without hiring a single salesperson or spending a cent on advertising. Even today, his company doesn’t have a Twitter (Nasdaq: TWTR) handle or Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) account.  —Recommended Link— The Most Underrated Wealth-Building Move in History Wall Street pretty much ignores it. but more than 150 years of data prove that doing this beats every other investment approach hands down. By a LOT. An investor using this trick turned $10,000 into $1,568,157. But another one who didn’t ended up with just $161,054. And they both invested in the exact same stocks. You can get started with one mouse click. Take care of it here. It only takes a minute. You might not be familiar with Tran’s company, Huy Fong Foods, but you’ve probably come across his product in the red (or rather, clear) bottle with a green cap, sporting a rooster on the front. If you’re still at a loss, I’m referring to the… Read More

There’s always a fascination with low-priced small-cap stocks. Maybe it’s the “venture capital-like” approach that it brings, or maybe it’s the dream of getting in on the ground floor of the next Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) or Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN). Whatever the case might be, there’s no denying that small-cap stocks can provide investors with astronomical returns. You’re more likely to see a small-cap stock with strong growth prospects return triple digits in a year than you are a blue-chip stock. —Recommended Link— Wall Street won’t tell you about this… but we just uncovered a bombshell… From custom coded cures… Read More

There’s always a fascination with low-priced small-cap stocks. Maybe it’s the “venture capital-like” approach that it brings, or maybe it’s the dream of getting in on the ground floor of the next Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) or Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN). Whatever the case might be, there’s no denying that small-cap stocks can provide investors with astronomical returns. You’re more likely to see a small-cap stock with strong growth prospects return triple digits in a year than you are a blue-chip stock. —Recommended Link— Wall Street won’t tell you about this… but we just uncovered a bombshell… From custom coded cures to blood cell-sized “nanobots” one company is paving the way towards ending disease as we know it… We’ve got the company and the ticker that could make you millions. ​Click here for the full details. That’s why I decided it would be fun to fire up my Maximum Profit system and scan the market for small-cap stocks (market cap under $2 billion) with share prices under $10. I also wanted to make sure we weren’t getting thinly-traded stocks, or those with low volume, so I made sure that at least 75,000 shares change hands on average daily. Using a… Read More

You know you’ve stumbled across something good when other financial publishing outlets begin using it.  It is a bit of a catch-22, however, because on the one hand it’s an idea that we here at StreetAuthority developed and made popular, but don’t get credit for… On the other hand, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To be sure, it’s not as if we developed an iPhone model that every other competitor began mimicking, or some other ground-breaking technology. We simply came up with giving a sound, time-tested way of investing, a couple of catchy phrases. They aren’t proprietary, trademarked… Read More

You know you’ve stumbled across something good when other financial publishing outlets begin using it.  It is a bit of a catch-22, however, because on the one hand it’s an idea that we here at StreetAuthority developed and made popular, but don’t get credit for… On the other hand, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To be sure, it’s not as if we developed an iPhone model that every other competitor began mimicking, or some other ground-breaking technology. We simply came up with giving a sound, time-tested way of investing, a couple of catchy phrases. They aren’t proprietary, trademarked or patented. Nor should they be. But now, whenever I come across them on the Web, I simply smile and know that the history behind these popular headlines and marketing commentary all started here. You see, we’ve published thousands of in-depth research reports. Everything from high-dividend payers, game-changing innovations, top tech stocks, best plays in emerging markets — you name it, we’ve told you how to profit from it. But there are two pieces of research that have spread like wildfire since we first began publishing them over a decade ago. In fact, I hardly even mention or use the… Read More

I can’t think of a stock that’s more hated. We’ve written about this company several times before. And just about every time we mention it, we end up receiving nasty emails admonishing the fact that we would cover — let alone recommend — investors own shares of this company. In fact, it happens so often that whenever we cover this stock, I instruct our staff to put in a mention that this investment isn’t for everyone. If you don’t want to invest in this stock, I can certainly understand. But if you have an open mind toward this black sheep,… Read More

I can’t think of a stock that’s more hated. We’ve written about this company several times before. And just about every time we mention it, we end up receiving nasty emails admonishing the fact that we would cover — let alone recommend — investors own shares of this company. In fact, it happens so often that whenever we cover this stock, I instruct our staff to put in a mention that this investment isn’t for everyone. If you don’t want to invest in this stock, I can certainly understand. But if you have an open mind toward this black sheep, you’re likely to appreciate what it can do for you. —Recommended Link— Larry Claims He Makes $213,000 A Year Using This System On average, a handful of investors quietly make $1,543 a month with this simple, 3-step system. Some, like Larry from Washington, will bank 6-figures this year. To find out what you’re missing, click here NOW… Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) is the world’s second-largest tobacco company, behind only China National Tobacco. And it might take the title for Most Hated Company on the Planet, if I were to guess (although a few others could certainly give it… Read More

Here at StreetAuthority, we spend a great deal of our research efforts digging through hundreds of investment ideas, SEC filings, earnings reports and analyst reports so we can identify what we believe are the best investment opportunities for our subscribers. We wouldn’t continually waste our efforts if it didn’t prove fruitful. Over the years our hard work has delivered some incredible gains for our premium readers. And perhaps no single piece of research we do has been more profitable for more people than our annual Top 10 Stocks report for the coming year. —Recommended Link— How I hacked the stock… Read More

Here at StreetAuthority, we spend a great deal of our research efforts digging through hundreds of investment ideas, SEC filings, earnings reports and analyst reports so we can identify what we believe are the best investment opportunities for our subscribers. We wouldn’t continually waste our efforts if it didn’t prove fruitful. Over the years our hard work has delivered some incredible gains for our premium readers. And perhaps no single piece of research we do has been more profitable for more people than our annual Top 10 Stocks report for the coming year. —Recommended Link— How I hacked the stock market and got away with $37,000 One of my readers told me “[He] had zero experience but made approximately $40,000 in 2 years.” Click here for the easy (and legal) secret…… This report, which is produced by the Top Stock Advisor research team, has proven to be one the most anticipated pieces of research we produce each year. When we first started this ambitious project in 2003, our stocks beat the market by twelve percentage points. Then in 2004… 2005… 2006… 2007… we trounced the market. In the market crash of 2008, we saw losses like everyone else… Read More

In 1851, Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones founded the New-York Daily Times. The paper sold for a penny. By 1857, the company changed its name to The New-York Times. It wasn’t until 1896 that it dropped the hyphen. Finally, in 1969, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) became a publicly traded company. Contrary to what you may have heard a certain U.S. President claim, the New York Times is hardly failing. In fact, I think it may be one of the next big winners we have over at my premium service, Maximum Profit.  Here’s why… The Case For NYT… Read More

In 1851, Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones founded the New-York Daily Times. The paper sold for a penny. By 1857, the company changed its name to The New-York Times. It wasn’t until 1896 that it dropped the hyphen. Finally, in 1969, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) became a publicly traded company. Contrary to what you may have heard a certain U.S. President claim, the New York Times is hardly failing. In fact, I think it may be one of the next big winners we have over at my premium service, Maximum Profit.  Here’s why… The Case For NYT The news organization is the third most widely-distributed circulated paper in the United States, behind USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. It’s been awarded 125 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. The New York Times has thrived in a world where it’s seen many of its peers fail.  For example, The Tribune Company, which owns the Chicago Tribune and, until recently, the Los Angeles Times, filed for bankruptcy in 2008. And it’s not alone: Newsroom employment has dropped by more than 20,000 in the past 15 years, and newspaper circulation is at its lowest level since… Read More

It’s no secret that Warren Buffett is an incredible investor. Arguably the greatest of all-time. His track record speaks for itself — 20.5% compound annual gains from 1965 through 2018. That’s more than double S&P 500’s 9.7% annual return over the same time frame. But I’m not here to talk about Buffett’s successes, or his recent shareholder letter (which you can read here.) Instead, I want to talk about one of Buffett’s biggest failures  — and how we can take those lessons and profit. It’s the largest investment loss, in dollar terms, of his entire career. Read More

It’s no secret that Warren Buffett is an incredible investor. Arguably the greatest of all-time. His track record speaks for itself — 20.5% compound annual gains from 1965 through 2018. That’s more than double S&P 500’s 9.7% annual return over the same time frame. But I’m not here to talk about Buffett’s successes, or his recent shareholder letter (which you can read here.) Instead, I want to talk about one of Buffett’s biggest failures  — and how we can take those lessons and profit. It’s the largest investment loss, in dollar terms, of his entire career. —Recommended Link— Listen to our MiracleBlood Podcast It’s a new type of blood cell that can kill 12 types of cancer… eradicate heart disease… diabetes… arthritis… Alzheimer’s… and extend your life by another 50 vibrant years. ​Click here to listen now. Here’s the story of how Warren Buffett lost billions in the oil business…  It starts in 2007 when the Oracle of Omaha began purchasing shares of ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP). By the end of 2007, Buffett had spent just over $1 billion. The following year, shares of ConocoPhillips continued to climb, and Buffett continued investing. By the end… Read More

If you asked for investment advice from the world’s greatest investors, the message would be the same… Sure, their investment philosophies would differ, but their guiding principles on what it takes to be successful wouldn’t. Every one of them would cite one single thing as the key ingredient to building wealth. And that’s risk management. #-ad_banner-#Hedge Fund founder Paul Tudor Jones has a trading manifesto with 21 rules. The majority of them deal with risk management. For example, Rule No. 3 is “If I have positions going against me, I get out; if they are going for me, I keep… Read More

If you asked for investment advice from the world’s greatest investors, the message would be the same… Sure, their investment philosophies would differ, but their guiding principles on what it takes to be successful wouldn’t. Every one of them would cite one single thing as the key ingredient to building wealth. And that’s risk management. #-ad_banner-#Hedge Fund founder Paul Tudor Jones has a trading manifesto with 21 rules. The majority of them deal with risk management. For example, Rule No. 3 is “If I have positions going against me, I get out; if they are going for me, I keep them.” In other words, he cuts his losers short and lets his winners ride. Rule No. 5: “Don’t ever average losers.” Said another way, don’t throw good money after bad. Rule No. 10: “The most important rule of trading is to play great defense, not offense.” In other words, protect and preserve the capital you’ve made. Rule No. 17: “Don’t focus on making money; focus on protecting what you have.” American financier Bernard Baruch, whom after success in business devoted his time to advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote in his 10 Rules of Investing, “Learn… Read More