Just as humankind sent men to the moon, developed instant communication and delivered clean water and energy to a world that constantly needs more of both… doctors and other researchers have once again moved the scientific ball forward. We’ve witnessed remarkable scientific advancements in the past century.  Influenza viruses can now be treated. Polio no longer keeps children inside. AIDS, while still a global pandemic, is treatable with antiretroviral drug cocktails. Smallpox and diphtheria are essentially eradicated. Many types of cancer are now considered manageable health concerns rather than deadly diseases with grim prognoses. Despite these medical advances, humanity lives… Read More

Just as humankind sent men to the moon, developed instant communication and delivered clean water and energy to a world that constantly needs more of both… doctors and other researchers have once again moved the scientific ball forward. We’ve witnessed remarkable scientific advancements in the past century.  Influenza viruses can now be treated. Polio no longer keeps children inside. AIDS, while still a global pandemic, is treatable with antiretroviral drug cocktails. Smallpox and diphtheria are essentially eradicated. Many types of cancer are now considered manageable health concerns rather than deadly diseases with grim prognoses. Despite these medical advances, humanity lives with the continual threat of serious and deadly diseases, some of which are functionally untreatable. What’s emerging as the key to combating many of these conditions is a series of novel approaches to delivering therapy. For most of the history of medicine, these therapies have relied on delivering a chemical to the bloodstream. Aspirin, Viagra, Xanax, Lipitor — these are all chemically based. But now the basic approach of cutting-edge therapeutics has shifted. The new class of medicines and vaccines don’t rely on chemicals, but on biology. They use the body’s remarkably powerful ability to respond to threats and heal… Read More

I’ve always been fascinated by the Pet Rock.  For the past four decades now, it’s become the epitome for an idea so cleverly simple, you wish you’d thought of it.  #-ad_banner-#The creator — Gary Ross Dahl — decided in the late 70’s that a rock would be the perfect pet for kids who would never have to feed or walk it. The fad only lasted about six months, but it made Dahl a millionaire.  The fact is there’s big money to be made from simple ideas. And while a lot of problems may be complex, I’ve noticed the best solutions… Read More

I’ve always been fascinated by the Pet Rock.  For the past four decades now, it’s become the epitome for an idea so cleverly simple, you wish you’d thought of it.  #-ad_banner-#The creator — Gary Ross Dahl — decided in the late 70’s that a rock would be the perfect pet for kids who would never have to feed or walk it. The fad only lasted about six months, but it made Dahl a millionaire.  The fact is there’s big money to be made from simple ideas. And while a lot of problems may be complex, I’ve noticed the best solutions are the ones you always end up wishing you’d thought of first.  Take California’s devastating drought situation… Consider these three facts:  1. California has more people than locally available hydrological resources can support.  2. The region is in the throes of a serious long-term drought.  3. The place sits next to the largest body of water on the planet. Now I don’t profess to be the sharpest hedge clipper in the potting shed. But even I can see the simply obvious solution to this massive problem… Find a way to talk the salt out of the damn seawater.  Well as… Read More

When Profitable Trading developed a new indicator based on momentum two years ago, we knew it’d be good. After all, we had spent hundreds of hours backtesting it.  So it wasn’t shocking when it was a success right out of the gate. From the day we first revealed it to a small group of traders, it has beaten the market time and again, delivering gains of: — 23% in two months — 57% in six months — 114% in eight months — 242% in 12 months And many more. Using this indicator, we’ve been able… Read More

When Profitable Trading developed a new indicator based on momentum two years ago, we knew it’d be good. After all, we had spent hundreds of hours backtesting it.  So it wasn’t shocking when it was a success right out of the gate. From the day we first revealed it to a small group of traders, it has beaten the market time and again, delivering gains of: — 23% in two months — 57% in six months — 114% in eight months — 242% in 12 months And many more. Using this indicator, we’ve been able to identify, and recommend to readers, some of 2015’s biggest winners. By March of this year, eight stocks it tagged as “buys” had already soared between 20% and 50% — while the market had gained just 2%.  Throughout 2015, it delivered winners of 47%… 55%… 60%… and 88%. What’s the secret? #-ad_banner-# Well, one thing that makes this indicator unique is that it doesn’t rely on just one technical or fundamental tool to identify potential winners. Instead, this indicator is derived by combining two of the market’s most effective “triggers” — a technical trigger and a fundamental trigger. Read More

I learned something recently that scared the pants off me. It began with an extremely esoteric element of U.S. government rules. Specifically, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 601, Subsections 40-46. The rules in this subsection give truly extraordinary power to a few individuals. You didn’t vote for a single one of them. But they’ve been entrusted with this power because of their expertise and experience. You’d think that something of this magnitude would have been on the news. If I were a network news director, I’d have run the story at the top of the telecast. Read More

I learned something recently that scared the pants off me. It began with an extremely esoteric element of U.S. government rules. Specifically, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 601, Subsections 40-46. The rules in this subsection give truly extraordinary power to a few individuals. You didn’t vote for a single one of them. But they’ve been entrusted with this power because of their expertise and experience. You’d think that something of this magnitude would have been on the news. If I were a network news director, I’d have run the story at the top of the telecast. But get this: no major news outlet reported a word of it. One of two extraordinary things must’ve happened. Either the watchdogs at news organizations like The New York Times missed the story outright… … or they were ordered to stand down. Now, let me just warn you. I don’t do hysterics. I don’t overdramatize. The watchword of my premium newsletter, Game-Changing Stocks, is hyper-rationality.  I’m going to tell you what happened, though. And let me say right now that it has nothing to do with partisan politics. But I think you’ll still feel like your government sucker-punched you square… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities —… Read More

Google’s multi-million dollar real estate gambit… The solution to the water crisis in California… a “nightmare pandemic” and the one company that holds the key to preventing it… These are some of the latest “shocking” predictions Game-Changing Stocks analyst Andy Obermueller is making for 2016. If you aren’t familiar with Andy or his annual predictions report, then you’re missing out on one of the most controversial (yet insightful) pieces of research that our company regularly publishes. As StreetAuthority’s resident expert in what he calls “the next big thing,” it’s Andy’s job to track down the market’s hottest growth opportunities — especially ones that aren’t on most investors’ radars yet.  We’re talking about the kinds of returns you’ve always dreamed about… In fact, Andy won’t even consider making a recommendation unless it offers at least “double-bagger” potential. Longtime StreetAuthority readers are probably familiar with Andy by now. I’ve known Andy personally for the past seven years, and he is without a doubt one of the most well-read, curious minds you’ll ever come across. He’s not afraid to put himself out there with big, bold proclamations on what he thinks hold the most potential for investors to make life-changing gains in the… Read More

If you’ve been paying attention to the weather lately, you’ve probably heard something about the El Nino effect. El Nino is the name given to the global weather pattern occurring generally once ever five years where warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific causes a shift in wind patterns and atmospheric pressure.  #-ad_banner-#The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts the odds at 95% that the El Nino weather phenomenon will continue through the rest of 2015 and into the spring of next year. In fact, some meteorologists are starting to see close similarities to the weather pattern that hit back… Read More

If you’ve been paying attention to the weather lately, you’ve probably heard something about the El Nino effect. El Nino is the name given to the global weather pattern occurring generally once ever five years where warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific causes a shift in wind patterns and atmospheric pressure.  #-ad_banner-#The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) puts the odds at 95% that the El Nino weather phenomenon will continue through the rest of 2015 and into the spring of next year. In fact, some meteorologists are starting to see close similarities to the weather pattern that hit back in 1997, dubbed “Super El Nino”. While making investment decision based on weather phenomenon is not a guaranteed trade, history shows some clear patterns of which you can take advantage this year. Within the data, winners and losers start to emerge from Mother Nature’s wrath. How El Nino Affects The Weather — And Stock Prices The latest data from the NOAA shows strong similarities between this year’s El Nino and the super patterns experienced globally in 1982 and 1987. Average surface sea temperatures were 1.5 degrees Celsius above normal from July to September, the third highest average on record… Read More

Successful investing isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it. But some tried and true principles give disciplined, patient investors an edge. One such principle is identifying immutable long-term trends and finding companies likely to benefit. #-ad_banner-#The most powerful, enduring long-term trend in American life right now is the aging population. No government policy, new technology or unforeseen circumstance will change the fact that the Baby Boom population is moving into its senior years, working its way through America’s demographic body like a meal through a python. That bulge in population means some parts of our economy will grow… Read More

Successful investing isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it. But some tried and true principles give disciplined, patient investors an edge. One such principle is identifying immutable long-term trends and finding companies likely to benefit. #-ad_banner-#The most powerful, enduring long-term trend in American life right now is the aging population. No government policy, new technology or unforeseen circumstance will change the fact that the Baby Boom population is moving into its senior years, working its way through America’s demographic body like a meal through a python. That bulge in population means some parts of our economy will grow at a faster rate than others for many years to come. About 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. By 2030, more than 20% of the population will be over 65 years old and more than a third will be over 50. By 2050, the population aged 65 or older will be an estimated 84 million, vs. 43.1 million in 2012; the population of Americans 85 or older will be an estimated 18 million, vs. 5.9 million in 2012. That means a rapidly expanding market for companies that sell products or services to older Americans. Its commonplace to read… Read More

Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.  He was also a brilliant inventor — creating bifocals, the lightning rod and the odometer. But his greatest invention has been shrouded in mystery for more than 250 years… It involves controlling one of the most important resources known to man: energy. #-ad_banner-#In 1749, through a revolutionary experiment, Franklin created a device that could capture and harness energy. Then, 150 years later, Thomas Edison picked up where Franklin left off. Since then, many others have carried forward this work.  But a few months ago, a band… Read More

Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.  He was also a brilliant inventor — creating bifocals, the lightning rod and the odometer. But his greatest invention has been shrouded in mystery for more than 250 years… It involves controlling one of the most important resources known to man: energy. #-ad_banner-#In 1749, through a revolutionary experiment, Franklin created a device that could capture and harness energy. Then, 150 years later, Thomas Edison picked up where Franklin left off. Since then, many others have carried forward this work.  But a few months ago, a band of scientists — backed by an eccentric billionaire — took Franklin’s dream to new heights.  They finally broke through — and now it has the potential to make early investors a fortune.  From Franklin, Tesla, Edison — And Now Musk We’ve all heard the first part of the folk tale… Ben Franklin was convinced that lightning bolts contain energy, and he wanted to prove it. So during a thunderstorm, he flew a kite with a metal key attached, hoping the kite would get hit. And it worked. The kite was struck by lightning, and the key produced a shock. 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, what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or are you an income investor who wants to watch their dividend “paychecks” (as my colleague Amy Calistri would say) roll in by the truckload? All of those strategies are great. There’s nothing wrong with them, and they’ll probably make you money in the long run. But I doubt they’ll make you… 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, what’s your strategy? Blue-chip stocks, index funds, or are you an income investor who wants to watch their dividend “paychecks” (as my colleague Amy Calistri would say) roll in by the truckload? All of those strategies are great. There’s nothing wrong with them, and they’ll probably make you money in the long run. But I doubt they’ll make you a millionaire… at least in time for you to enjoy it. 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 market. No, I’m convinced that if your goal is to reach a seven-figure bank account, you need to follow something I like to call the “20% solution.” The idea behind it is simple. If your goal is to become a millionaire in the market, then you need to dedicate a portion of your portfolio to swing for the fences. Let me explain… My daughter is… Read More

The Wall Street Journal calls it “world-changing.” Both the Financial Times and CNBC say it’s a “game-changer.” And Business Insider calls it the “next trillion dollar industry.” #-ad_banner-#Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Longtime readers know I’ve written a lot about ground-breaking companies, trends and products that end up attracting this kind of copy from the financial press. But as I’ve said before, it’s often not the large, well-known company getting all the headlines that makes the outsized gains for investors. After all, when the mainstream press gets a hold of the kinds of ideas I regularly discuss in… Read More

The Wall Street Journal calls it “world-changing.” Both the Financial Times and CNBC say it’s a “game-changer.” And Business Insider calls it the “next trillion dollar industry.” #-ad_banner-#Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Longtime readers know I’ve written a lot about ground-breaking companies, trends and products that end up attracting this kind of copy from the financial press. But as I’ve said before, it’s often not the large, well-known company getting all the headlines that makes the outsized gains for investors. After all, when the mainstream press gets a hold of the kinds of ideas I regularly discuss in my newsletter, it’s often too late.  Instead, it’s the smaller, lesser-known companies behind the innovation that savvy investors should put their money into — and it’s important to get in on the early stages before things really kick off. That’s where the real money is made. For example, up until recently I’ve dedicated a lot of time to telling readers of my Game-Changing Stocks newsletter about the revolutionary advances being made by Apple with its payment technology — Apple Pay — and how investors can profit from the companies working behind the scenes to make it happen. This has led… Read More