After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance… Read More

After the calm of the past two years, the volatility of the months of October and November can be especially hard to handle. Stocks are down quite uniformly, but the technology sector — which is the sector that was outperforming during the market rally — is also leading on the downside. There are always lessons in studying the past. So, let’s start today with a detailed look at how the main market sectors performed over a few trailing time periods ended November 20, 2018 (the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased all the gains for the year). Sector Performance As you can see in the table below, some sectors have been holding up better than others, most notably the utilities and consumer staples, reflecting — no surprise here — a flight to safety this quarter. #-ad_banner-#What might come as a surprise, though, is how different the long-term performance of the sectors has been. If there is a discernable trend here, it’s that growth has been strongly rewarded over the past decade. We can clearly see that the sectors that have, because of their structural nature, benefited from the productivity growth and other changes brought on by 21st century… Read More

Today, I’m going to show you exactly what I’m looking for to see if this is simply a market correction or a sign of more ominous things to come. While there are numerous charts, graphs and statistics that one can watch, the one I’ll be keeping my eye on is the Advance-Decline Line (AD Line). It’s pretty simple. The AD Line is a breadth indicator based on Net Advances, or the number of rising stocks less the number of declining stocks. Net advances is positive when the number of advancing stocks exceed declines — and negative when declines outpace advances. Read More

Today, I’m going to show you exactly what I’m looking for to see if this is simply a market correction or a sign of more ominous things to come. While there are numerous charts, graphs and statistics that one can watch, the one I’ll be keeping my eye on is the Advance-Decline Line (AD Line). It’s pretty simple. The AD Line is a breadth indicator based on Net Advances, or the number of rising stocks less the number of declining stocks. Net advances is positive when the number of advancing stocks exceed declines — and negative when declines outpace advances. The AD Line is a cumulative measure of net advances. It rises when net advances are positive and falls when it’s negative. I like to think of this breadth indicator as a telling sign of what’s going on beneath the surface. For instance, if the S&P 500 is hitting new highs, you would look at this indicator to make sure it, too, was advancing and hitting new highs. This would show strong participation in the market and confirm the bullish trend. However, if the AD Line fails to keep pace with the underlying index, this is a sign of weakness… Read More

Shares of retailers are approaching a bear market with the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) off 15.5% from its August peak. The group plunged more than 3% last Tuesday on disappointing earnings from Target and a lower-than-expected outlook from Kohl’s. —Recommended Link— This Changes The Game For Income Investors Since 2013, one income investment has been knocking it out of the park. In fact, it has banked 191 winners out of 211 trades. If collecting instant cash and winning 90% of the time sounds good to you, then grab the… Read More

Shares of retailers are approaching a bear market with the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) off 15.5% from its August peak. The group plunged more than 3% last Tuesday on disappointing earnings from Target and a lower-than-expected outlook from Kohl’s. —Recommended Link— This Changes The Game For Income Investors Since 2013, one income investment has been knocking it out of the park. In fact, it has banked 191 winners out of 211 trades. If collecting instant cash and winning 90% of the time sounds good to you, then grab the details on how you can pocket your first instant cash this Wednesday. Investors are getting nervous around the potential for new tariffs to be placed on Chinese goods in January. That’s the date tariffs increase from 10% to 25% on $200 billion in goods, the president announced in September. Investors are also worried about general economic weakness with rising rates and slowing growth threatening to end the historic bull market. #-ad_banner-#But is the market focusing on wrong indicators for retail. Worries about trade and interest rates may not be the most relevant factors. In fact, taking a closer look at… Read More

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and George Soros. I would guess that there are at least one or two names on this list that the average Joe would recognize. These moguls are fixtures in the investment world. And for good reason, these notorious investors have amassed a tremendous amount of wealth through investing. —Recommended Link— Your Best Shot At Triple-Digit Winners In One Comprehensive Report If you ever want a shot at retiring with millions in your account, then you need BIG winners. That’s why THE LIST is our most anticipated report. It’s jam -packed with timely growth… Read More

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and George Soros. I would guess that there are at least one or two names on this list that the average Joe would recognize. These moguls are fixtures in the investment world. And for good reason, these notorious investors have amassed a tremendous amount of wealth through investing. —Recommended Link— Your Best Shot At Triple-Digit Winners In One Comprehensive Report If you ever want a shot at retiring with millions in your account, then you need BIG winners. That’s why THE LIST is our most anticipated report. It’s jam -packed with timely growth picks that likely have huge gains just on the horizon. Click here to see THE LIST now. However, keep in mind that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of folks who have made their mark in the investment world. And while some of these under-the-radar investors may not have the name recognition as Warren Buffett or George Soros, their contributions to the field are just as important. #-ad_banner-#Take Joesph Piotroski, for example. He earned an MBA in Finance from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan. He’s an accounting professor at Stanford University, holds a… Read More

While pundits argue about where we are in the economic cycle, there’s no denying that a recession will come eventually. Bull markets don’t die of old age but many tell-tale signs of a recession are there. From rising rates to a tight labor market, the question in the market isn’t “if” but “when” will the next market crash occur. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college… Read More

While pundits argue about where we are in the economic cycle, there’s no denying that a recession will come eventually. Bull markets don’t die of old age but many tell-tale signs of a recession are there. From rising rates to a tight labor market, the question in the market isn’t “if” but “when” will the next market crash occur. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids–it’s up to you. Get your share here… But how many have been proven wrong on their calls for an end to the historic bull charge? How many analysts and pundits have called for the next crash over the last decade…and how many have been right? #-ad_banner-#As it turns out, the smarter strategy might not be trying to time the next recession but instead looking for companies that could benefit from the next downturn. In contrast to the herd mentality of rushing to safety sectors, some of these companies positioned as leaders in cyclical sectors may be… Read More

A couple weeks ago, I outlined a simple screen that filtered out stocks that were not only trading at low price-to-sales metrics but also had raised earnings guidance within the prior four weeks. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids — it’s up to you. Get your share here… When we ran the screen, United Continental Holdings (Nasdaq: UAL) rose to the… Read More

A couple weeks ago, I outlined a simple screen that filtered out stocks that were not only trading at low price-to-sales metrics but also had raised earnings guidance within the prior four weeks. —Recommended Link— What Would YOU Do With An Extra $3,080 Every Month For The Rest Of Your Life? Never worry about cash again. Be free to live how YOU want… go on a lavish vacation… or build up a college fund for the grandkids — it’s up to you. Get your share here… When we ran the screen, United Continental Holdings (Nasdaq: UAL) rose to the top of the list. If you took advantage of that call, you soon found out just how powerful a scan that was. Shares of UAL traded up about 16% over the month. This time around, I have a scan to share with you that is even more powerful. (As always, I shared it with my Extreme Tech Profits members first, of course.) In a recent five-year backtest of the system, using a one-week rebalance period, and testing from October 18, 2013, to October 19, 2018, the system produced the following results (our system is the green line, the red line… Read More

Growing up during the anti-drug hysteria of the Reagan era, the “Just Say No” mantra was firmly planted in my psych. It wasn’t just the hard drugs that were vilified, but even the mild counter-cultural favorite of cannabis was believed to be destructive. Thought of as a “gateway drug” to life-ruining addiction, severe prison penalties were imposed for its use, possession, and sale. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how… Read More

Growing up during the anti-drug hysteria of the Reagan era, the “Just Say No” mantra was firmly planted in my psych. It wasn’t just the hard drugs that were vilified, but even the mild counter-cultural favorite of cannabis was believed to be destructive. Thought of as a “gateway drug” to life-ruining addiction, severe prison penalties were imposed for its use, possession, and sale. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to cash in HERE, starting at $3,080 per month. Despite the aggressive anti-drug publicity campaign, William Buckley, the voice of noted conservatives, and others cried out for decriminalization of most recreational drugs. Even though I am not a recreational weed smoker, their rhetoric made sense to me. I started to see through the draconian national drug policy thus understanding the need for decriminalization. As it turns out, Buckley and the rest of the early decriminalization advocates were way ahead of the curve. Today, the once evil substance of cannabis is legal in about a dozen states and decriminalized in more. Not… Read More

What a violent October we had in the market. And if that weren’t enough, we had the election to contend with to kick off November. —Recommended Link— “It’s like getting 26 paychecks advanced to you in ONE LUMP SUM!” Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. Now that it’s all behind us, I hope neither of those things distracted you from what matters at least as much (perhaps more) — which is taking the… Read More

What a violent October we had in the market. And if that weren’t enough, we had the election to contend with to kick off November. —Recommended Link— “It’s like getting 26 paychecks advanced to you in ONE LUMP SUM!” Executive Dividends are one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets, paying out a small fortune in unannounced cash seemingly at random–and today, Nathan Slaughter shows you where to find them. Read more here. Now that it’s all behind us, I hope neither of those things distracted you from what matters at least as much (perhaps more) — which is taking the long view on your portfolio. For my Fast-Track Millionaire subscribers and myself, that means doing the hard work of watching developments in the market’s fastest growing sectors and digging deeper to find ideas that can dramatically alter the trajectory of our portfolio. Take biotech for instance. This is an area that would have been easy to completely ignore during all the chaos and volatility of the past six weeks or so. But not us. Risk vs. Reward Biotechnology is risky, and so is investing in it. #-ad_banner-#These risks can be managed, but they can also be compounded. An example… Read More

Fear. Anxiety. Excitement. Relief. Then fear… This gambit of emotions is likely what you’ve gone through the last few weeks if you’ve been keeping close tabs on your portfolio. Concerns over the mid-term elections, the trade war with China, ideas that the Federal Reserve will keep increasing interest rates, and slower growth prospects this earnings season… these have all shaken investor confidence. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to… Read More

Fear. Anxiety. Excitement. Relief. Then fear… This gambit of emotions is likely what you’ve gone through the last few weeks if you’ve been keeping close tabs on your portfolio. Concerns over the mid-term elections, the trade war with China, ideas that the Federal Reserve will keep increasing interest rates, and slower growth prospects this earnings season… these have all shaken investor confidence. —Recommended Link— New Retirement Solution: ‘Executive Dividends’ Issued by some of the biggest corporations in America but unreported by the press, these “Executive Dividends” can be worth a fortune–if you know where to look… See how to cash in HERE, starting at $3,080 per month. The market’s volatility has definitely had an effect on our portfolio here at Maximum Profit — the system has given us a secondary sell signal (a trailing 15% stop-loss) on a handful of positions. #-ad_banner-#On October 8, I sent Maximum Profit subscribers an alert letting them know that two of our stocks had hit their trailing stop-losses. The first was cybersecurity firm Okta, Inc. (Nasdaq: OKTA), which we closed out of with a 21% return. The other stock was Atlassian Corporation (Nasdaq: TEAM), which we cut short for a small 6% loss… Read More

Stock screens are a powerful tool. While they won’t serve as a substitute for full-fledged stock research, often they can provide a promising idea or two for a watch list. And many of those watch-list ideas can, in turn, become full-fledged recommendations. —Recommended Link— U.S. Army Invests In Real-Life Spiderman Suit (Not Kidding) It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a… Read More

Stock screens are a powerful tool. While they won’t serve as a substitute for full-fledged stock research, often they can provide a promising idea or two for a watch list. And many of those watch-list ideas can, in turn, become full-fledged recommendations. —Recommended Link— U.S. Army Invests In Real-Life Spiderman Suit (Not Kidding) It’s like something straight out of science-fiction… According to our research, the U.S. Army has invested in a small biotech company with a breakthrough technology using the DNA of spiders. We’re not kidding. Not only could it change the future of warfare — it has a host of unique properties that could lead to a range of applications, allowing early investors to strike it rich. To get all the fascinating details, go here. The stock screen that follows seems to have generated at least a couple of such promising ideas. But let’s start at the beginning. To accommodate the mission of Fast-Track Millionaire — that is, finding stocks that can greatly outperform the market — I started this screen with the S&P 400 Mid-Cap index. Here’s How I Set Up This Screen As the name implies, the S&P 400 index was created specifically with mid-sized… Read More