Legendary stock picker Peter Lynch used to salivate over what he called 10-baggers — stocks that increased 1,000%. Admittedly, that’s incredible performance, but nothing compared to the track record of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), one of the largest online travel booking websites. Over the past 10 years, this dot-com gem has rallied more than 9,000%. That’s a 90-bagger!  Shares have skyrocketed, from split-adjusted lows near $10 in 2003 to their current multi-year high above $914. While the biggest… Read More

Legendary stock picker Peter Lynch used to salivate over what he called 10-baggers — stocks that increased 1,000%. Admittedly, that’s incredible performance, but nothing compared to the track record of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), one of the largest online travel booking websites. Over the past 10 years, this dot-com gem has rallied more than 9,000%. That’s a 90-bagger!  Shares have skyrocketed, from split-adjusted lows near $10 in 2003 to their current multi-year high above $914. While the biggest gains may or may not be behind it, short-term traders can still profit. According to Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), there’s still plenty of upside potential. In fact, shares could be the first dot-com to surpass the $1,000 mark — a feat not even Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has achieved.#-ad_banner-# Because of a growing appetite for travel based on the improving economy, Morgan Stanley has set a price target of $1,010. Technically the stock… Read More

Legendary stock picker Peter Lynch used to salivate over what he called 10-baggers — stocks that increased 1,000%. Admittedly, that’s incredible performance, but nothing compared to the track record of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), one of the largest online travel booking websites. Over the past 10 years, this dot-com gem has rallied more than 9,000%. That’s a 90-bagger!  Shares have skyrocketed, from split-adjusted lows near $10 in 2003 to their current multi-year high above $914. While the biggest… Read More

Legendary stock picker Peter Lynch used to salivate over what he called 10-baggers — stocks that increased 1,000%. Admittedly, that’s incredible performance, but nothing compared to the track record of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), one of the largest online travel booking websites. Over the past 10 years, this dot-com gem has rallied more than 9,000%. That’s a 90-bagger!  Shares have skyrocketed, from split-adjusted lows near $10 in 2003 to their current multi-year high above $914. While the biggest gains may or may not be behind it, short-term traders can still profit. According to Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), there’s still plenty of upside potential. In fact, shares could be the first dot-com to surpass the $1,000 mark — a feat not even Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has achieved.#-ad_banner-# Because of a growing appetite for travel based on the improving economy, Morgan Stanley has set a price target of $1,010. Technically the stock… Read More

Do you want to become a millionaire? That’s obviously a rhetorical question… the majority of us would love it. But what’s your plan for achieving that goal?  If your plan is to make that sort of wealth in the stock market, then what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or do you want to watch your “daily paychecks,” as my colleague Amy… Read More

Do you want to become a millionaire? That’s obviously a rhetorical question… the majority of us would love it. But what’s your plan for achieving that goal?  If your plan is to make that sort of wealth in the stock market, then what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or do you want to watch your “daily paychecks,” as my colleague Amy Calistri would say, roll in by the truck load?  All of these strategies are great. There’s nothing wrong with them and they’ll probably make you money in the long run. But while investing in just steady-eddy, mature companies may keep the income flowing in, it isn’t going to make you a millionaire anytime soon. They’re not going to give you those “knocked-out-of-the-park” returns that you’ve heard about since you first learned of the stock… Read More

It took awhile, but the IPO market is heating up.  Recent deals have performed so well that investment bankers are hustling the next crop up to the starting gate at a rapid pace. You can’t blame them. A shift in the markets can shut the IPO market down, so these firms and their bankers are looking to strike while the iron is hot. Of course, investors only have access to these deals if they have a brokerage account with one of… Read More

It took awhile, but the IPO market is heating up.  Recent deals have performed so well that investment bankers are hustling the next crop up to the starting gate at a rapid pace. You can’t blame them. A shift in the markets can shut the IPO market down, so these firms and their bankers are looking to strike while the iron is hot. Of course, investors only have access to these deals if they have a brokerage account with one of the company’s underwriters. If you have accounts with any investment banks, it pays to give your broker a call and see what deals the firm is underwriting. #-ad_banner-#Expecting triple-digit gains (sometimes in a matter of weeks) — as these IPOs have generated — is unrealistic. But as long as the stock market stays aloft, many coming IPOs could easily tack on 20% to 40% in… Read More

Do you want to become a millionaire? That’s obviously a rhetorical question… the majority of us would love it. But what’s your plan for achieving that goal?  If your plan is to make that sort of wealth in the stock market, then what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or do you want to watch your “daily paychecks,” as my colleague Amy… Read More

Do you want to become a millionaire? That’s obviously a rhetorical question… the majority of us would love it. But what’s your plan for achieving that goal?  If your plan is to make that sort of wealth in the stock market, then what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or do you want to watch your “daily paychecks,” as my colleague Amy Calistri would say, roll in by the truck load?  All of these strategies are great. There’s nothing wrong with them and they’ll probably make you money in the long run. But while investing in just steady-eddy, mature companies may keep the income flowing in, it isn’t going to make you a millionaire anytime soon. They’re not going to give you those “knocked-out-of-the-park” returns that you’ve heard about since you first learned of the stock… Read More

It took awhile, but the IPO market is heating up.  Recent deals have performed so well that investment bankers are hustling the next crop up to the starting gate at a rapid pace. You can’t blame them. A shift in the markets can shut the IPO market down, so these firms and their bankers are looking to strike while the iron is hot. Of course, investors only have access to these deals if they have a brokerage account with one of… Read More

It took awhile, but the IPO market is heating up.  Recent deals have performed so well that investment bankers are hustling the next crop up to the starting gate at a rapid pace. You can’t blame them. A shift in the markets can shut the IPO market down, so these firms and their bankers are looking to strike while the iron is hot. Of course, investors only have access to these deals if they have a brokerage account with one of the company’s underwriters. If you have accounts with any investment banks, it pays to give your broker a call and see what deals the firm is underwriting. #-ad_banner-#Expecting triple-digit gains (sometimes in a matter of weeks) — as these IPOs have generated — is unrealistic. But as long as the stock market stays aloft, many coming IPOs could easily tack on 20% to 40% in… Read More

Every intelligent investor’s portfolio must devote assets to aggressive growth. No exceptions. Because finding a winning aggressive growth stock isn’t easy, I want to share with you how I do it…#-ad_banner-# I look for companies with products, technologies or other innovations that materially change… Read More

Whenever I need inspiration for a new stock idea, I think about Levi Strauss. Yes, Levi Strauss — the man who invented blue jeans. As a scrappy European immigrant to the land of opportunity, Strauss went West during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s seeking his fortune. But he didn’t go as a prospector. Instead, Strauss made his first fortune selling pickaxes, shovels and other supplies to 49ers in search of gold. His second and much larger fortune was made when he decided to make pants out of tent canvas, dye them blue… Read More

Whenever I need inspiration for a new stock idea, I think about Levi Strauss. Yes, Levi Strauss — the man who invented blue jeans. As a scrappy European immigrant to the land of opportunity, Strauss went West during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s seeking his fortune. But he didn’t go as a prospector. Instead, Strauss made his first fortune selling pickaxes, shovels and other supplies to 49ers in search of gold. His second and much larger fortune was made when he decided to make pants out of tent canvas, dye them blue with indigo and sell the durable outerwear to would-be gold miners. Simply put, Strauss was an expert in finding trends and profiting from them. This kind of savvy reminds me of a company I’ve followed for more than a decade now. I’m talking about Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH), a real estate investment trust (REIT). And I like this company particularly now, because it’s seizing a huge opportunity to make a lot of… Read More

Let’s be realistic. You’re NOT going to get rich in a hurry by investing in mainstream blue-chip stocks. The S&P 500 is a handy benchmark and a good proxy for the U.S. economy, but it’s not going to make anyone rich unless you have decades to invest. If you want to truly soar above the market, you have to dedicate… Read More

Let’s be realistic. You’re NOT going to get rich in a hurry by investing in mainstream blue-chip stocks. The S&P 500 is a handy benchmark and a good proxy for the U.S. economy, but it’s not going to make anyone rich unless you have decades to invest. If you want to truly soar above the market, you have to dedicate at least part of your portfolio to serious big-game hunting. With that in mind, my team and I just released a report on my boldest predictions for 2014. (On Wednesday, I told you about one prediction.) These are ideas that you won’t hear about in the mainstream financial press until it’s too late. In the past, my previous predictions have returned thousands of dollars to subscribers of my newsletter Game-Changing Stocks. Here’s a brief look at a few of the triple-digit winners…   But my ideas for 2014 are some of the most exciting to date. In fact, I had… Read More

Whenever I need inspiration for a new stock idea, I think about Levi Strauss. Yes, Levi Strauss — the man who invented blue jeans. As a scrappy European immigrant to the land of opportunity, Strauss went West during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s seeking his fortune. But he didn’t go as a prospector. Instead, Strauss made his first fortune selling pickaxes, shovels and other supplies to 49ers in search of gold. His second and much larger fortune was made when he decided to make pants out of tent canvas, dye them blue… Read More

Whenever I need inspiration for a new stock idea, I think about Levi Strauss. Yes, Levi Strauss — the man who invented blue jeans. As a scrappy European immigrant to the land of opportunity, Strauss went West during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s seeking his fortune. But he didn’t go as a prospector. Instead, Strauss made his first fortune selling pickaxes, shovels and other supplies to 49ers in search of gold. His second and much larger fortune was made when he decided to make pants out of tent canvas, dye them blue with indigo and sell the durable outerwear to would-be gold miners. Simply put, Strauss was an expert in finding trends and profiting from them. This kind of savvy reminds me of a company I’ve followed for more than a decade now. I’m talking about Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH), a real estate investment trust (REIT). And I like this company particularly now, because it’s seizing a huge opportunity to make a lot of… Read More