The media is full of reports of investors acting out of FOMO — “fear of missing out.” Many investors suffering from FOMO are making a classic mistake. I describe a better way in this article. The large response I received adds to the anecdotal evidence that many investors are making
Apple is the first big tech company to hand President Trump a win. Apple AAPL, in a press release Wednesday, said it will pay $38 billion in repatriation taxes, spend $30 billion in capital expenditures over the next five years and help create 20,000 new jobs inside and outside the
Mom and pop are making a classic mistake in investing at this time. The purpose of this article is to show the average investor that there is a better way. The mistake is being made as Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, marches to 30,000 and bitcoin BTCUSD, falls to $10,000
Investor insanity about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain is in full bloom. Those with trading experience have two choices: complain about the insanity or take advantage of the insanity to make money. Those choosing to make money ought to make sure they have a proven methodology in place to control risk.
Stock bulls might want to be on alert if new allegations against President Trump turn out to be true. Special Counsel Robert Mueller already is investigating Russian collusion, which is a big overhang over the Trump administration. And, now, Michael Wolff’s new book (released Jan. 5), “Fire and Fury,” makes
President Trump routinely makes authoritative statements about the stock market, as he takes credit for its rise. No other president in history has ever spoken so much about the U.S. stock market. Now Trump has preordered “Dow 30,000,” though not literally. Given his track record of making statements about the
Meltdown and Spectre are the names given to two computer processor security flaws. The names sound gloomy and haunting. Stories published since Wednesday are saying processors dating back 10 years may have those flaws. Shares of Intel INTC, the subject of the flaws, have been battered, while main rival AMD
The January Effect tends to offer an opportunity to potentially make about 30% in three months — equivalent to a 120% annualized return. It is a phenomenon that makes prices of certain stocks rise more in January than the market averages. Over the past 30 years, we have made money
The bitcoin frenzy continues. After my post “Ride the bitcoin wave with these 11 cryptocurrency-related stocks,” I continue to receive requests for more bitcoin BTCUSD, and bitcoin-related stocks. The reason is that some of the stocks mentioned have done extremely well. For example, Riot Blockchain RIOT, gained 216% since the article
Tax reform is causing cross-currents in the stock market. There are five likely moves ahead that are of special note. The best way to know if buyers or sellers are winning as a result of those five moves is to look at money flows. So let’s look at money flows