When trading a market as volatile as this, it is absolutely critical that you control emotion. Remove it from your trade. Toss it aside. Choose your entry points carefully, as we do in The Cheap Investor. Never allow your emotion or the herd to control when you buy and sell. Once emotion begins to dictate…
DetailsIn late August 2014, we were asked if we would go long copper. Our answer was a quick, resounding, “no.” Copper at $322 –we would note- was up too much, too soon. “It’s ready to reverse on the realization that housing isn’t as strong as hoped.” “A recent miss on home prices per the S&P…
DetailsThe “day of dread” may be seven months away, but it’s never too early to prepare… especially if you’re self-employed straddled with self-employment burdens… err, taxes. No one has ever been a big fan of taxes… It’s one of life’s certainties next to death. Unless you like dealing with tax penalties, wage garnishment, and visits…
DetailsThe top-performing mutual fund managers are hailed as geniuses. They string together two or three years at the top of the pack and investors handing over their money and their funds’ assets under management soar to three or four times over. The managers’ pay soars and, in a year or two when their run is…
DetailsThese stocks are the absolute best way to double your money in the next year. They’re not great companies. They’re not going to make the big headlines (at least not in a positive way). And your broker may even have you sign a letter that says he specifically advised you not to buy them. But…
Details“What’s the best way to trade the coming Alibaba IPO,” asks Cheap Investor reader, Russell D. “Or should we even bother trying to buy it?” We wouldn’t every try to buy it. We see the same scenario time and time again. The big boys make the big money while the little guys miss out. It…
DetailsThere’s a problem with stocks. A big problem. It’s not an “imminent crash” scenario which you’ve heard predicted every time the market drops 5%. But it is important and will be the difference between your portfolio making 2% or 20% this year. The Worst Time To Be An Investor…Ever? Ray Dalio is the founder and…
DetailsDepending on the poll, the U.S. Congress has a 13% approval rating. Individually though, about 46% of Americans approve of the job their own congressional representative is doing. The same is true for financial advisors. By and large people don’t like them. They think they are are paid too much, don’t do a very good…
DetailsLast time we got together we talked about how the S&P 500 passed 2000. And that even though it’s up 200% from 2009 lows, most of the world didn’t notice. That confirmed our multi-year thesis that stocks will go higher until the masses come back. When they do, history says there will be a euphoric,…
Details“To the folks at Cheap Investor, thank you for your advice,” notes fellow reader Barbara C. “Can I get your opinion on copper prices these days? I made good money on your last note on copper. Thank you for that, too.” In April 2014, The Cheap Investor called the bottom of copper perfectly, noting: After…
DetailsRemember the biotech bubble talk? As we mentioned in our Market News section in March 2014, there never was a bubble. Bearish fools were convinced the end was nigh for biotech names, we noted at the time. They even talked down the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) from $270 to less than $210 in no…
DetailsThis is the biggest, most important market story today. It’s probably the biggest story of the decade. It’s filled with so many clues as to where the markets are headed in the next year, two years, five years and more. As usual, no one is paying attention at all. And that’s why we’re going over…
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