A year ago, I published My 5 Predictions for 2018. Now that we have the benefit of hindsight, let’s see how I did. The price of oil will rise above $70 a barrel. Most energy analysts are pegging $60 – $65/bbl as the likely range for oil prices next… Read More

Recent headlines hint to a thaw in the U.S. and China trade war. Here's how little-noticed tariff exemptions might help some companies deliver better-than-expected profits. Read More

If you’re following traditional retirement advice that made sense 50 years ago, you may be missing out on the most effective retirement strategy today. Financial Planners hate it. But there’s no denying that thousands of Americans are retiring decades early using a novel 6-step retirement approach. According to Money Magazine,… Read More

The Washington Post recently reported, “An early retirement is doable. Here’s how.” One 56-year-old Larry T., who took the challenge, claims, “I woke up one day and said that was it.” Thousands of Americans are taking The 1-Minute Retirement Challenge and discovering they can retire more than a decade early. Read More

Verizon is one of those stocks that won't excite many people. Yet for conservative investors, the stock is as steady as they come. Read More

Whether for recreational or medicinal purposes, marijuana is one of the hottest areas of biotechnology research. Pot is quickly losing its pariah status to become a massive, mainstream business. Marijuana, once a counter-cultural act of rebellion, is attracting eager investors and venture capitalists. Woodstock, say hello to Wall Street. However,… Read More

Brick-and-mortar retail chains are the Rodney Dangerfields of Wall Street. They get no respect. The common assumption is that all “Big Box” stores are doomed and dying, as e-commerce increasingly dominates the shopping experience. Because of this preconception, some retailing stocks with superb growth prospects are trading at bargain valuations. Read More

Radio has come a long way since Guglielmo Marconi invented radiotelegraphy in the late 1800s. The radio represents one of the key “disruptive” technologies in human history, but today traditional broadcast radio is giving way to another disruptive force: satellite radio. Over the past five years, the terrestrial radio broadcasting… Read More

In our pursuit of investment riches, let's not forget that our goal is happiness. Here are proven ways to achieve that often elusive state of mind. Read More

Options contracts tend to decrease in value as they get closer to expiration. That’s called time-decay. Simply put: you can lose money with options even if you make the right call about the underlying security but ignore time-decay. On the other hand, you can also let time-decay work in your… Read More