Marty Bannon’s Deadly Mistake
Apr 04, 2017 | Investing Strategies
We looked at how a panicked investment decision helped propel Donald Trump to the most powerful position in the world. Today we’re going to show you exactly how that mistake was made … and what you can do to avoid making the biggest investment mistakes of your life. To briefly recap, Steve Bannon’s father, Marty Bannon, sold all his AT&T…
The Gold Bull is Gaining Steam
Mar 31, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Three weeks ago, among the gloom and doom headlines, something happened that triggered the bullish case for gold. Back then, gold was on an epic losing streak, down 8 days in a row and heading for a 9th straight decline. The headlines were decidedly negative. Will gold continue to drop? Gold forecast to continue lower versus US dollar Commodities are…
How one bad trade got Trump elected
Mar 30, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Marty Bannon, father of economic nationalist Steve Bannon, worked for AT&T for 50 years. Over his career at AT&T, Marty had accumulated a significant position in AT&T stock. It was supposed to have been an insurance policy for his large family … but he sold it all in a fit of panic while watching the news one day near the…
Turning the clock back by 6 months on U.S. stocks…
Mar 24, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Many would-be investors are feeling left behind by the U.S. stock market these days. What if, however, you could turn the clocks back on the U.S. markets by six months? That’s exactly the situation that we have with European markets today. With U.S. stock markets hitting all-time highs, money is finally moving off the sidelines and into the markets. A…
The real reason Bill Ackman lost $4 billion
Mar 21, 2017 | Investing Strategies
If Bill Ackman had been a TradeStops subscriber, he could have made almost $1 billion on his investment in Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX). Instead, he lost $4 billion. Nobody has a track record of 100% winning trades. Not Buffett, not Icahn, not Soros or Ackman. To be a good investor, you must know when the right time is to take a…
Should the Fed rate hike hold your interest?
Mar 17, 2017 | Investing Strategies
It’s finally happened. The long-awaited fed rate hike is now in our rearview mirror, even if only by a couple days. Is this the beginning of a new normal, where fluctuations in the interest-rate environment spell hard times for income investors? Not quite yet. Last year, there was some expectation of a fed rate hike, if not in November, then…
Did you beat the market in 2016?
Mar 14, 2017 | Investing Strategies
The headlines from CNBC shout, “Most Investors Didn’t Come Close to Beating the S&P 500” in 2016. Why not? According to an article on the CNBC website, individual investors underperformed the S&P 500 again in 2016. And the underperformance was huge. The S&P 500 gained almost 12% in 2016, yet individual investors gained less than half of that. Even though…
Gold’s down 8 days in a row… now what?
Mar 10, 2017 | Investing Strategies
Gold has now fallen eight days in a row. Something that’s happened only seven times since 1973. Are gold prices today a signal to get out… or buy more gold? Over the last 8 trading days, gold has dropped from a recent high of $1257 to $1202. Is it time to panic? Could this actually be a good thing? Let’s…
Pruning portfolio weeds
Mar 07, 2017 | Investing Strategies
One of our guiding investment portfolio management principles at TradeStops is to consider risk before worrying about profits. Today, we’re going to ignore that advice … and focus just on how quickly we can expect to make a profit … and when to consider throwing in the towel. We showed you that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has seen…
Has this rally gone too far?
Mar 03, 2017 | Investing Strategies
In this current stock rally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has risen an astounding 18.37% in the last three months. The talking heads in the media are telling us that the market is strongly overbought. It has to take a break. Right? Wrong. The DJIA has risen over 3000 points since the beginning of November. That’s what I call…
