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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
Five Retailers on Sale for Under $10
Finding winners in the retail sector can be challenging. Target (NYSE: TGT) demonstrated this recently. The stock plunged more than 12% after the company reported sales and earnings that missed Wall…
Mar 9, 2017
Here’s What Hedge Funds Are Buying and Selling
Hedge funds appear to be a secretive world and, to some degree, they are. Only high net worth individuals who meet the requirements defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and large…
Feb 28, 2017
The Charts Will Tell Us When To Sell
In recent days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index have all hit all-time highs for at least five consecutive days. This was the first time a…
Feb 23, 2017
Investment Lessons from the President and the Supreme Court
Politics is one of those topics many of us avoid discussing at family meals. We know it can lead to disagreements and ruin a perfectly enjoyable evening. Another topic usually avoided in polite…
Feb 16, 2017
The Best Trades for February
Last month, we applied a simple seasonal strategy to find potential buys for January. Now, we can review the results of this strategy. Of the 8 stocks, six moved up, a win rate of 75%. Half of the…
Jan 31, 2017
How to Find Stocks Ready to Breakout, and What This Indicator Says Now
Value investors are familiar with a problem most experienced investors have faced. Identifying value stocks to buy is relatively easy to do but the problem is that stocks can remain undervalued for…
Jan 19, 2017
Another Look at the Cheapest Stocks in the Dow
In a recent article, we looked at the traditional approach to a trading strategy known as the Dogs of the Dow. Several readers have questioned how a simple strategy like the Dogs can work. In this…
Jan 10, 2017
Cheap Stocks That Could Beat the Market Next Year
It’s finally January and now could be the time for traders to take positions intended to benefit from the January Effect. Investment managers and the academic community have long recognized that…
Jan 5, 2017