How We Beat the Billionaires… by 47%!
Aug 29, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Great investing ideas are everywhere. But even the savviest investors can miss big opportunities hiding right in front of them. For instance, TradeStops Billionaires’ portfolios allow Lifetime subscribers to piggyback on the research and stock-picking strategies of over a dozen of the world’s most accomplished investing minds. Yet, using TradeStops tools – and a simple strategy anyone can duplicate –…
Brazilian Coffee Buzz
Aug 25, 2017 | Investing Strategies
We’ve been bullish on emerging markets – Brazil in particular – all year long. Now we’ve got another reason to love Brazil – the coffee. We first started writing about Brazil back in December of 2016 when EWZ, the iShares ETF for Brazil, had just bounced out of the Stock State Indicator (SSI) Yellow Zone at around $33 per share….
Buffett’s Big Moves. Warren Buffett’s second quarter SEC filings
Aug 22, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Buffett’s Big Moves Last week, we got our first glimpse of the second quarter SEC filings for Warren Buffett and other big investors. Based on the second quarter filings of Berkshire Hathaway, it sure looks as if Warren Buffett has been following TradeStops. About 45 days after the close of each quarter, institutional investment managers with over $100 million in…
Gold Forecast: We’ve been right about gold… and still see more upside.
Aug 18, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Gold Outlook: We’ve been right about gold… and still see more upside. Our gold outlook since March of this year has been shockingly accurate. We called a local bottom about a month ago and gold prices have moved steadily higher ever since. We still see more upside ahead. Here’s why… The Value of Gold Gold entered the SSI Green Zone…
How Many Stocks Should You Own?
Aug 15, 2017 | Investing Strategies
How Many Stocks Should You Own? It’s probably one of the more controversial aspects of my research… but I’ve been a big advocate of individual investors having more concentrated portfolios. I hear from subscribers all the time who tell me that they have a hundred or more stocks in their portfolio. If you’ve got that many stocks in your portfolio…
Is this the End of the Bull?
Aug 11, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Last week we looked at the case for the end of the 9–year bull market. We pointed out several reasons why investors should be concerned that the end of the bull may well be at hand. The Dow Transports have not confirmed the recent highs of the Dow Industrials. The VIX is trading at the same lows where it traded…
Is My New Quant Tool a Bust?
Aug 08, 2017 | Investing Strategies
A good friend and colleague (and Tradestops power-user) recently wrote in to let me know that he was using my new Pure Quant tool to track his rate of return. But it wasn’t delivering the results he was expecting. In fact, he was pretty disappointed. Here’s what he had to say: I’ve been using the Quant tool for the past…
Is the Bear About to Pounce?
Aug 04, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Two months ago, we showed you the warning signs that were in place for the end of the 9-year bull market. The evidence continues to accumulate. Is now the time to get out? The most visible bearish warning sign continues to come courtesy of the famed Dow Theory. The Dow Theory states that the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA) must…
The Apple of Buffett’s Eye
Aug 01, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Warren Buffett significantly added to his position in Apple (AAPL) during the first quarter of 2017… and his timing looks suspiciously like he’s been following our work here at TradeStops. I’m referring in particular to the Doubling Up on Your Winners strategy that we introduced last year. In this strategy we add to our winners by buying more when they…
It’s Still Tough Being An Oil Bull
Jul 28, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Almost 4 months ago, I told you that we’re still bullish on oil. It hasn’t been an easy ride being an oil bull… but I’m as bullish as ever and thrilled with how our indicators have helped to see the situation clearly. Crude oil triggered a new Stock State Entry (SSI) Entry signal in late October 2016. It moved higher…
