The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 70 points in premarket trading as uncertainty continued to linger around future trade relations between China and the United States.
While markets largely rose this week on positive trade developments from Beijing, officials have done little to clarify how or when trade tensions may be resolved.
2018 was a volatile year for silver.
In the last 12 months, silver prices have swung between a 52-week low of $13.95 to a staggering high of over $17.50.
While silver gains have cooled over the last month, there's plenty of evidence that the precious metal will climb to new heights in 2019.
Income stocks are going to be a safe haven for investors in 2019.
However, they are going to do more than just protect your money.
The Dow Jones News Today: The Dow Jones projected an 80-point decline after China and the United States concluded a three-day summit on trade.
Each nation making concessions on technology transfers, setting the stage for additional negotiations before the March 1st deadline.
by Tim Melvin
Whenever markets get like they are now, everyone loves to talk cash – cash on hand, cash coming off the sidelines, going to cash, cash, cash, cash. Watch any financial news show on cable, and it won't be long before you hear it mentioned.
This is one of the funniest discussions I think I have ever heard. That it's even up for debate is pretty ridiculous, but I guess they have to fill airtime with something.
Particularly dumb is the chin-wagging about the "low returns" on cash these days.
The return on cash is minimal, I agree, and for sure it's more comfortable to hold cash when you're collecting a nice interest payment, but earning interest is not – repeat, not – why you hold cash.
How much interest does a carpenter earn on his hammer? None, of course… but he can sure make a big pile of cash putting the hammer to work.
It works the same way with stocks. Cash is a tool – an essential tool – for investors.
Having cash means you can quickly and easily take advantage of bad markets or jump on "fallen angel" opportunities that come along from time to time. Being able to do that at will is the difference between doing okay as an investor and doing really freaking fantastic as an investor.
So that leaves us with two questions: "How much cash should I have in my portfolio, and what should I do with it?"
Those are big questions that investors have grappled with for years. I'm going to show you the answers.
Not only are they simpler than anyone realizes, but they're the key to maximum wealth...
by Stephen Mack
Harley-Davidson stock is in long-term decline, with little hope for a revival.
But one competitor has rebooted an even older American icon, with impressive results.
It's that stock – not Harley – where you want to put your money for big profits.
On Monday (Jan. 7), American and Chinese trade delegates met in Beijing to discuss the year-long trade war that has ravaged global markets over the last several months.
If you take Wall Street at its word, talks appear to be on the verge of a breakthrough.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended it longest winning streak since November on Wednesday (Jan. 9) as trade talks entered their third day.
Meanwhile, both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 have risen over 2% in just the last three days on rumors China is ready to give into U.S. trade demands.
Passive investing's champion and biggest cheerleader over the years, Jack Bogle, founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group, has changed his tune.
And it's even worse than he says.
Here's how to protect yourself...
Apple wasn't quite the first company to stage a quintessential "Super Bowl commercial," but its $1.5 million, Ridley Scott-helmed TV spot during 1984's big game is the first one everyone remembers.
I was just seven years old, but I remember it well: An athletic blonde woman in colorful track attire, chased by faceless, truncheon-wielding automatons, hurled the biggest sledgehammer anyone had ever seen into a bluish gray Big Brother-esque computer screen, with the image of a stern, bespectacled face spouting Orwellian jibber-jabber to a distinctly downtrodden crowd.
The screen shattered in a brilliant shower of sparks. There was a huge crashing sound, followed by…
"On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce MACINTOSH. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like '1984,'" read the tagline.
With that master stroke, Steve Jobs and Apple were announcing a bold pivot to a new paradigm in personal computing – one that would set Apple down the path to a $1 trillion market cap.
Everyone got it. Anyone who watched the now-classic commercial understood what Apple was about in that moment.
It's ironic, then, that in 2019… very few understand Apple, largely thanks to the merciless pounding its stock has taken over the past month or so.
But as we speak, Team Cook & Co. are planning an entirely new "profit pivot" for the year ahead – one that rivals the Macintosh in ambition.
Few investors, if any, realize that right now, and that's the key to Keith Fitz-Gerald's big recommendation in today's Fast Profits.
Keith is going to show us, essentially, how to get a deeply discounted ticket for a very profitable trip – perhaps even past Apple's all-time high of $233.47.
Judging by the completely misplaced sentiment on AAPL shares right now, we should have this boat ride more or less to ourselves.
After a rough end to 2018, investors want to know when to start buying in earnest again. Shah Gilani had just shared the signal he is looking for before he starts putting his money back into the markets.
Watch his recommendation here...
