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Wrapping Up Our Monthly Seasonal Strategy
Over the past year, we have shared trades based on a seasonal strategy. At the beginning of every month, we provided real time buy recommendations and we also tracked the results of the previous…
Dec 26, 2017
Timing Buys, or When to Buy
Right now, the stock market has been in an up trend for years and hasn’t suffered a pull back of 5% or more in more than a year. This seems like we could be near a significant top. And, that means…
Dec 14, 2017
Rules for Selling
Some investors seem to spend most of their time deciding what to buy. They should probably be spending an equal amount of time thinking about when they will sell. This might be uncomfortable because…
Dec 5, 2017
Seven Tech Stocks Under $7 to Buy Now
The end of year tends to be a seasonally strong period for stocks. Some analysts believe the January effect has moved into the end of year with stocks doing better in the final weeks of the year as…
Nov 23, 2017
Pattern in Profits Create Patterns in Prices
The stock market seems mysterious at first glance. Prices move up and down, seemingly based on the whims of traders. There is a sense of disorder in the price movements. Since many individuals prefer…
Nov 9, 2017
Get Ahead of Uncle Sam
When the ball drops in Times Square on midnight, January 1, 2018, the old year is over. This means your tax bill is due and there is little you can do at that point to lower the bill. You can make…
Oct 17, 2017
The Cheapest Stocks in the S&P 500
Investors are increasingly worried about a bear market. This is probably almost always true but there are more reasons than usual to worry right now. Valuations are stretched, with many fundamental…
Sep 19, 2017
When an Overbought Indicator is a Buy Signal
The stock market is overbought. That is a common theme on CNBC as analysts talk about how extended averages are. They are certainly correct that the S&P 500 and some of the other major averages…
Aug 3, 2017
The Best Trades for August, From a Strategy Up More Than 20% This Year
You may recall that we began sharing real time buy recommendations for a successful trading strategy at the beginning of the year. Each month, we provide a list of stocks that have historically…
Aug 1, 2017
Cheap Peter Lynch Stocks
Peter Lynch is one of the most successful investment managers of all time. But, he retired many years ago and many new investors are unfamiliar with him. That is unfortunate since there is much to…
Jul 20, 2017
What Short Term Trading Strategies Really Work?
In a recent blog post, we highlighted the potential benefits of using short term trading strategies. One advantage of trading frequently can be the fact that it allows a trader to rapidly compound…
Jul 18, 2017
The Best Trades for June, Following A Strategy That Is Up Almost 14% This Year
The S&P 500 has gained almost 9% since the end of last year, defying the prediction of many experts for a bear market. This is a strong market and the bulls have been well rewarded. As difficult…
Jun 8, 2017
Cheap Stocks Insiders Love
Most of us like to believe life is fair. But, in reality, very few market transactions are fair. Economists believe almost all transactions involve asymmetric information. In most transactions, one…
Jun 1, 2017
Cash Rich Stocks Trading Under $10
It is often said that cash is king. This phrase has many meanings to different people. For investors, it can mean maintain a large cash balance so they have buying power ready when they find bargains…
May 25, 2017
An Overlooked New Story Could Boost Your Wealth
In recent months, traders have seen news stories move stock markets. They have always known this. We often see stock prices make sharp moves after earnings announcements. But, in the past year we…
May 9, 2017
Cheap Stocks Analysts Believe In
We’ve all seen it happen dozens of time. A stock sells off sharply after missing analysts’ expectations. Sometimes, earnings per share (EPS) come in just a penny below expectations. But that small…
May 2, 2017
Four Warren Buffett Stocks Trading Under $5
In a recent blog post, we described how to create a screen to spot stocks using indicators that appear to be important to Warren Buffett. Our screen focused on a few fundamental indicators and…
Mar 30, 2017
Using Sentiment As a Market Timing Tool
In the never ending search for a potential market top, some analysts use sentiment analysis. This type of analysis relies on sentiment indicators which are tools that are designed to identify how…
Mar 28, 2017
Top 5 Biotech Stocks Under $5 | Cheap Biotech Stocks
Over the long run, the biotechnology sector has been a consistent winner in the stock market. The chart below shows the biggest winners among sectors over the past five years and biotech is near the…
Mar 23, 2017
Finding Stocks the Warren Buffett Way
Last week we reviewed the failed bid for Unilever that had Warren Buffett’s backing. As the world’s greatest investor, we find it useful to study not just what Buffett says but also what he does. His…
Mar 21, 2017