Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to pause its rate hiking efforts to slow down inflation.Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank is not done fighting inflation yet, and that this is just a brief pause to allow the committee to observe how the rate hikes impact the economy.From where I […]
Investing Strategies
I’ve Never Lost Money in This Dividend-Paying Sector Using This Simple Trick
In my decades of investing and researching the markets, I’ve never lost money in one of the most interesting dividend-paying sectors… As long as I used a simple trick. It’s an investing strategy that’s easy to learn, easy to stick with, and it beats the market over the years, too. The trick is getting in […]
Why the AI Profit Party Has Yet to Start
We’ve been talking about pirates the last couple of issues – stock market pirates, how they make money, and how looking at what they do can be hugely profitable for us. Well, so far, the pirates are staying in port. Both private equity funds and corporate activists were very quiet in the first quarter of […]
It Doesn’t Get Better Than Stealing Investing Ideas From Pirates – Especially From This One
Today I want to continue with our pirate theme from Tuesday. While I do love the Pirates of the Caribbean – both the movies and the ride – I love the Pirates of the Financial Markets even more. I have made enormous amounts of money over the years tracking the filings and research from activist […]
Reading About Pirates Is Fun – But Investing in Pirates Is Even Better
When I was a kid, I loved pirates. I read Treasure Island multiple times and was a huge fan of pirate movies (especially if they were on late after everyone else was asleep). That carried over into adulthood. I still read Pirate Fiction and have watched all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Whenever […]
The Tech Rally Shows You Need to Buy Stocks Others Hate – Like These
After watching large-cap tech stocks zoom higher over recent months, don’t you wish you could jump in your time machine and buy these stocks last year? Or even a handful of months ago, as investors bailed out on tech stocks after values had fallen by 50%, 70%, or more. Let’s use this as a lesson […]
The First Place I Look for Profits Every Quarter
And like that, June is here and the first half of the year is almost over. That means it’s time for my most profitable activity of every quarter – taking a look at the 13F filings of private equity funds. These little-used SEC filings show what these massively successful investing firms have been buying, what […]
Fortunes are Born in Bad Markets – Now’s Your Chance
“Buy Low, Sell High.” That is the way all this works, right? Buy stocks when they are low, and no one wants them. Then, when everyone wants to buy stocks, it is a great time to sell and book your gains. One of the great truths of Wall Street is that fortunes are born in […]
Follow These SEC Filings and Your Retirement Account Will Thank You
Like millions of other investors, I anxiously awaited the 13F filing deadline on the 15th. I could not wait to dig into the databases and see what the best fund manager and investors were doing with their cash. OK, that’s not completely true. I did that because I do it every quarter – and have […]
Follow These SEC Filings and Your Retirement Account Will Thank You
Like millions of other investors, I anxiously awaited the 13F filing deadline on the 15th. I could not wait to dig into the databases and see what the best fund manager and investors were doing with their cash. OK, that’s not completely true. I did that because I do it every quarter – and have […]