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How Corporate America Cheats Investors Every Day

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An underwhelming earnings season is winding down while stocks struggle. The sell-siders are, bluntly, panicking.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find many of you have heard from your advisors over the past few days – advisors with a vested interest in keeping you long the markets (and ensnared in their asset-based fee models).

I'd also bet you're being told "not to worry." I bet you're hearing a lot about companies "flush with cash" and "beating their earnings expectations."

I bet you're being told, despite the obvious signs all around us, that this market is "uniquely solid" and that "the numbers confirm it."

Have I pretty much nailed it word for word?

That's because I'm a hedge fund guy. I know the legal tricks and accounting stunts that keep CEOs and, well, hedge fund guys "well-remunerated."

I'll let you in on another secret: They're lying to you. The market is lying to you, and it's costing you plenty...

Three Natural Gas Stocks to Buy Before a Price Rebound

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Natural gas prices have collapsed over the last few months. The combination of geopolitical tensions, economic woes, and technical breakdowns continue to keep natural gas prices low.

The cooler temperatures in recent days and the lack of tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico haven’t supported prices either.

Investors in natural gas stocks have taken a hit since Memorial Day weekend.

But if you’re a contrarian investor, you have an opportunity to buy into rock-bottom natural gas stocks ahead of the fall and winter months…

How to Maximize Profit Opportunity in a World Turned Upside-Down

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"How do I keep my money safe?"

It's a question on the minds of many investors – and rightly so, given last week's hijinks. First there was China, then politics, then rates… a trifecta of sorts.

The ugly truth, as we saw perfectly illustrated last week, is that too many people wait until a major market move is already in progress before they start thinking about how to protect their portfolio.

These folks are starting from five steps back. For many investors – especially those who have just worked up the courage to get back in, having gotten shellacked in the global financial crisis a decade ago – this couldn't have happened at a worse time. They're scared and frustrated.

But if you take the approach I'm going to talk about today, you'll find market dips are just a speed bump in the path to profits...

Here's What's Really Happening with Aphria's Stellar Earnings Report

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Aphria reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings last week, and the company exceeded all expectations.

And it beat those estimates from underneath a cloud of short sellers' spurious innuendo, to boot.

After a quarter of overall decline in Canadian cannabis revenue, Aphria saw an increase of 85% – that's 85% sequentially and not year over year. The company also turned earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) positive – albeit after adjustments and with help from a European pharmaceutical distribution business the company owns.

And to top it off, management's optimistic about the future.

So any investor could look at Aphria's reporting and conclude it had a great quarter. And they'd be dead on.

What might not be so obvious at first glance is that this company just showed investors how it was going to take the cannabis sector to the next level.

There’s much more here than meets the eye…