The Secret Training of a Legendary Bond Investor
Feb 13, 2019 | Investing Strategies
One of the best things that ever happened to Bill Gross was a horrific car crash. That sounds crazy, but you’ll soon see why. As he slowly recovered in a hospital bed, the 22-year-old Gross read a book cover to cover. That book wound up changing his life, putting him on the path of legendary investment success that followed. Fast…
Gold Stocks Look Great with Multiple Ways to Win in 2019
Feb 08, 2019 | Investing Strategies
Gold stocks look great right now. They are winning on multiple fronts. And gold itself is capturing bullish headlines via central buying at the highest levels in 50 years. It’s a very attractive setup for gold stocks heading into 2019. So, what makes gold stocks look great? They are showing strong signs of turning a corner and trending higher. Their…
How You Can Develop Expert-Level Intuition as an Investor
Feb 06, 2019 | Investing Strategies
What does it mean to have good intuition, or even expert-level intuition? And is it possible to develop this with investing? The answer is yes. You can develop an intuitive sense of investing — what some would call “a gut feeling” — where your gut is trained to do the right thing, and the proper move to make simply “feels”…
Venezuelan Regime Change Would Be Bullish For Refiners
Feb 01, 2019 | Investing Strategies
Venezuela has been in a downward spiral for years, gripped by hyperinflation, severe food and medicine shortages, and a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Now Venezuela’s crisis has reached a new and critical stage, with impacts that could spill onto the world stage in a major way. The worst-case scenario, which has a low likelihood but remains possible, is a U.S.-led military…
Moravec’s Paradox and the Limits of Artificial Intelligence
Jan 30, 2019 | Investing Strategies
If you’re worried about robots replacing humans, you can relax. It’s going to take a while, and there’s a fair chance it will never happen at all. This is not just our view, but the view of Rodney Brooks, one of the world’s leading roboticists: “We don’t have anything anywhere near as good as an insect, so I’m not afraid…
Europe’s Silver Lining in the Brexit Chaos
Jan 25, 2019 | Investing Strategies
Britain is mired in chaos by the looming prospect of a “No Deal” Brexit. All of the options at this point are bad. British society is being torn asunder, and Britain’s governing political party is at risk of tearing itself apart. The overall picture, no matter how you slice it, is awful. But there is a silver lining for Europe…
Standing on the Shoulders of a Small Investor Giant
Jan 23, 2019 | Investing Strategies
Jack Bogle, who passed away this month at age 89, arguably did more for small investors than any man in history. If there were a Mount Rushmore of investing, Bogle would be on it. He had a major impact not just for investors in the Vanguard family of funds — who save tens of billions a year in fee costs…
The Bull-or-Bear Outlook for 2019 Could Hinge on China
Jan 18, 2019 | Investing Strategies
There are at least three broad possibilities for markets this year. The first possibility, one that many investors fear, is that we see a global downturn, a U.S. recession (the first in more than a decade), and a bear market for stocks in 2019. The second possibility is that markets already saw their worst in the fourth quarter of 2018…
Groundbreaking New Study Shows Why Wall Street Pros Need TradeStops
Jan 16, 2019 | Investing Strategies
For years, we have tracked the performance of a “Billionaire’s Club” of the world’s best investors. Through quarterly filings, we are able to see when these investors buy and sell and compare their results to how they might fare using TradeStops. What we have found is that, in most cases, the performance of these top investors could be improved, sometimes…
The End of an Era for Apple
Jan 11, 2019 | Investing Strategies
As of the Jan. 10 close, shares of Apple (AAPL) were down roughly 33% from their October 2018 highs. This is a painful development for one of the world’s best investors, Warren Buffett, who has seen nearly $20 billion dollars evaporate from his Apple position. (Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway had 252 million AAPL shares, and possibly more, as of its last…
