Over the past few decades, we’ve seen many advances in how the stock market functions. Today, exchanges and brokerage houses exist almost entirely online, and everyone is competing for microseconds of speed. We’ve also seen the idea of “investing” evolve into something much more advanced and complicated than it was… Read More

Over the past few decades, we’ve seen many advances in how the stock market functions. Today, exchanges and brokerage houses exist almost entirely online, and everyone is competing for microseconds of speed. We’ve also seen the idea of “investing” evolve into something much more advanced and complicated than it was… Read More

A headline on Yahoo Finance Friday morning caught my eye: “Could This Be the Beginning of the End of the Social Media Mania?” The article was penned by Scott Fearon, the founder and president of Crown Capital Management hedge fund, and it started like this: “I’m kicking myself… Read More

I saw a headline last week warning that an analyst at a major Wall Street firm believes the S&P 500 is at risk of a 5%-10% decline.  I have no doubt Deutsche Bank’s (NYSE: DB) David Bianco is correct. Down moves in the stock market actually come fairly… Read More

I saw a headline last week warning that an analyst at a major Wall Street firm believes the S&P 500 is at risk of a 5%-10% decline.  I have no doubt Deutsche Bank’s (NYSE: DB) David Bianco is correct. Down moves in the stock market actually come fairly… Read More

You would be shocked to know how many accepted “facts” in the financial world are simply not true.  For example, you may have been told that asset allocation — the amount of your portfolio you dedicate to stocks, bonds, etc. — is more important to your future returns than stock… Read More

Last week, I shared some research with you that I submitted to the Market Technicians Association (MTA). My paper, “Fixing the VIX: An Indicator to Beat Fear,” earned me the 2015 Charles H. Dow Award, and I’m headed to New York City this week to accept that great honor. In… Read More

Last week, I shared some research with you that I submitted to the Market Technicians Association (MTA). My paper, “Fixing the VIX: An Indicator to Beat Fear,” earned me the 2015 Charles H. Dow Award, and I’m headed to New York City this week to accept that great honor. In… Read More

I was fortunate to have begun my career during the dot-com boom. It taught me how to successfully navigate a market during a forming bubble… and its eventual bust. The most important lessons I learned on the floor during those years were to watch closely for bubbles, be careful of… Read More

I was fortunate to have begun my career during the dot-com boom. It taught me how to successfully navigate a market during a forming bubble… and its eventual bust. The most important lessons I learned on the floor during those years were to watch closely for bubbles, be careful of… Read More

But I’ve been very successful in this low-interest-rate environment. I’ve closed 85 straight winning trades in my Income Trader newsletter since its inception in February 2013. And I’m not talking about single-digit gains either. The average trade has provided an annualized return of 53%. Before I get into how I… Read More

One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid. Outside of the military, one of the greatest minds of all time believed in the KISS philosophy, but Albert Einstein expressed the idea in more poetic terms: “Everything… Read More

One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid. Outside of the military, one of the greatest minds of all time believed in the KISS philosophy, but Albert Einstein expressed the idea in more poetic terms: “Everything… Read More

It’s one of the most impressive track records I’ve ever witnessed in my investing career. We’ve written about it multiple times at Profitable Trading. When we first began writing about her track record, she had closed 26 for 26 winning trades… then it was 52 for 52… then… Read More

It’s one of the most impressive track records I’ve ever witnessed in my investing career. We’ve written about it multiple times at Profitable Trading. When we first began writing about her track record, she had closed 26 for 26 winning trades… then it was 52 for 52… then… Read More

One of the best income strategies in the world involves a market some investors completely ignore. It allows individual investors to generate income from the best companies in the world without buying stocks most of the time. I’ve been recommending trades in this market for over a year. Read More

One of the best income strategies in the world involves a market some investors completely ignore. It allows individual investors to generate income from the best companies in the world without buying stocks most of the time. I’ve been recommending trades in this market for over a year. Read More