Prostate cancer seems like the forgotten cancer at times. There were about 205,000 new breast cancer diagnoses this year. There were about 220,000 diagnoses of prostate cancer this year. But breast cancer gets all the attention. Every October it seems the whole world turns pink to promote breast cancer awareness. The NFL promotes it heavily…
DetailsThe odds are stacked against you as an investor. You have a job. You have a life. You just don’t have time to investigate opportunities like a professional analyst who covers 10 stocks, visits the companies, talks to management regularly, and pores over word of quarterly earnings conference call. Professional investors have so many advantages…
Details[Biotech stocks] are beginning to dangerously resemble the dotcom mania of the 90s. That’s the warning from the Telegraph last week. The timing of the warning isn’t surprising. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index fell 10% last week. It is only it’s fourth 10% or greater decline in the past five years. Naturally, with the stocks already…
DetailsLong time readers know we don’t worship Warren Buffett. He’s done extremely well. He has earned much of the respect and adulation he receives too. But we realize he’s also benefited greatly from leveraging up (investing front end cash flows from insurance premiums) throughout a 50-year bull market and has taken advantage of numerous crony…
DetailsThis is the next big tech sector boom. It’s going to be big. Real big. And if history is any guide, there are going to more than a few 53,000%+ winners. The Best Buy and Hold Investment For the Next Five Years One of the best investments of the last decade has been the cloud…
DetailsThe soaring dollar has made a lot things cheaper. The rise of the dollar has added to the depth oil’s collapse. Some of my friends are currently scouting out trips to Ireland and Kiev with the Euro down to $1.08 and the Ukrainian Hryvnia down 50%. The soaring dollar has made gold cheaper too. Much…
DetailsIs there a “colossal financial event” ahead for the markets? Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) certainly do. They have put together a chart that shows exactly why something big (and bad) is brewing right now. It’s causing a lot of consternation among investors. But here’s the truth about it and a chart…
DetailsIf you caught the financial headlines, you know it was one of those days the Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate policies. For years now, the Fed’s announcements have been as close to nothing as you can get. Each time they keep interest rates at zero in the hope that cheap rates will entice…
DetailsOPEC is getting desperate. When oil bounced 20% from $45 lows in February, one prominent OPEC insider called for a potential return to $200 a barrel. At the time we warned: OPEC can say what it will. But there’s no clear indication of a bottom [in oil] just yet. And traders and investors who are…
DetailsPandora is out of the box. The 50-year feud between the United States and Cuba is coming to an end. Decades after Eisenhower cut off all trade and diplomatic relations with Cuba, President Obama’s relaxation on trade has sparked quite a bit of excitement in the investment world. With a GDP per capita of $6,000,…
DetailsWe’ve hit a lot of topics recently. From deep value fundamentals your editor focuses on to the nuanced technical analysis from our new editor, Stephen Oakes. It’s a lot to take in. I know. But since it’s the weekend, I’d like to reset a bit.
DetailsWant to know one the biggest secrets of the world’s best investors? You can have it. Aside from the obvious of managing emotions and always making a plan. The most important part of being a great investor is thinking one or two steps beyond everyone else. It seems simple, I know. But so few do…
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