Everybody loves a lottery ticket. People will weekly put down their hard-earned money for a... Read More

Everybody loves a lottery ticket. People will weekly put down their hard-earned money for a 1-in-175 million chance of being rich.#-ad_banner-# And that is the kind of fervor that has driven shares... Read More

Ever wonder how the super-rich manage their investments and retire on that private island with... Read More

Ever wonder how the super-rich manage their investments and retire on that private island with afternoon mojitos? A big part of it is investing in the assets not available to regular people like you... Read More

There is little doubt that Hollywood loves 3-D. According to the website BoxOfficeQuant, 3-D movies... Read More

There is little doubt that Hollywood loves 3-D. According to the website BoxOfficeQuant, 3-D movies make an average of $3.69 at the box office for every dollar of production costs. That is almost 50%... Read More

I’ve heard you need to be something of an egomaniac to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.  Sure, the pay is great, but to compensate for the grueling hours and the ultimate stress of being the scapegoat for any corporate failure, you have to take no small amount… Read More

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published Aug. 22, 2013. At StreetAuthority, we often look at where Washington’s most powerful men are putting their money. Recently, we learned what not to do from Barack Obama’s portfolio, picked up some tips on diversification from Mitt Romney… Read More

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published Aug. 22, 2013. At... Read More

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published Aug. 22, 2013. At StreetAuthority, we often look at where Washington’s most powerful men are putting their money.... Read More

Orphan drugs, those treating rare conditions for small segments of the population, do not normally get much attention compared with the likes of a $12.9 billion Lipitor — but their approval by regulators can still mean huge gains at small biopharmaceutical companies. One company in particular has… Read More

Making a profit in the restaurant business is tough. Of the 153 companies listed in the industry on Yahoo Finance, only 90 are profitable.  Even the success stories have to contend with razor-thin margins and net profits averaging just a dime for every dollar of sales. If you can build… Read More

Even after the tech-craze and bubble of the ’90s, technological leaps still change our lives drastically and offer the most compelling cases for amazing profits.#-ad_banner-# After researching stocks for my recent series on the “Graying of America,” I… Read More

Warren Buffett once summed up his approach to investing as “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” Great advice, but with bonds plunging on higher… Read More