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Trading Strategies

Learn to "Love the Down" and Reap Massive Stock Profits

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I haven't uncorked the champagne yet, but the mood is noticeably better here in the comfortable confines of Chez Melvin.

Why? The market, of course – what else? It's trying to sell off, but it's not quite there yet.

Over the years, I have learned to love bear markets – the bigger and badder the bear, the better. While everyone else is panicking and selling their stock, exchange-traded funds, and mutual fund positions for pennies on the dollar, I'm the one buying those positions for even fewer pennies on the dollar. When the bears are running, you'll find me paying bargain prices for great companies with wild abandon.

I've spent a lot of time studying what does and does not work in the stock market. When it comes to getting rich, the one thing that works – better than anything, pretty much guaranteed – is buying good companies when the stock market has fallen by 20% or more.

Here's how to do that in style… Full Story

Here's how to do that in style... Full Story

Trading Strategies

The 10-Year Treasury Yield May Be up to 1.69%, but That's Likely a Temporary Scenario

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Let's face it. This is not your father's fixed-income market.

Despite a recent rise, yields have been down for the most part, and those in control of such things want to keep them that way for as long as possible.

The economies of the world are still trying to gain traction, and while the United States is doing better than much of the world, it isn't exactly shooting the lights out.

There are also signs that global weakness and the ongoing trade disputes could slow things down even further.

That's not an environment that'll inspire interest rate hikes.

So we need to continue to find high-yielding opportunities outside of the mainstream, and I have just the one… Full Story

So we need to continue to find high-yielding opportunities outside of the mainstream, and I have just the one...

Bonds

Grab the 1,000% Profit Potential in "Black Swans"

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We might as well get used to it; rates are likely to stay lower for longer.

All around the world, there are around $17 trillion in assets "offering" negative yield, which is to say whatever government you're financing promises to give most of your money back at maturity.

Investors are seeking the return of their money rather than return on their money.

Here in the United States, the president is pounding the table for lower interest rates to boost the economy; the Fed is speculating openly about a global slowdown and a protracted trade war.

Same old, same old.

The only ones that even hint of something different are the "permabears" – you know, the folks who always talk about doom, gloom, and the end of the world.

So, oddly enough, I find myself asking: "Hmm... What if they're right?"...

Trading Strategies

This "Do Good, Do Well" Stock Packs Triple-Your-Money Potential

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Government finances are in a perpetually sorry state. That's not news; everywhere you turn, you'll hear all about it.

But what doesn't grab many headlines is the crisis in Americans' personal finances – problems that make the Treasury seem tightly squared away in comparison.

There's the retirement crisis, where one in five American adults have nothing socked away for retirement. You've got the cash crisis, in which nearly 40% of American adults can't meet a surprise $400 expense, like a mid-range hot water heater repair or doctor bill.

And then there's the "un-banking crisis." A stunning 7 million homes in the United States don't use a bank for anything at all; 18% have "minimal interaction" with the banking system.

It's grim, no doubt, but it's a fairly easy problem to solve; however, it won't be a traditional banker type that does the solving.

Interestingly, I think the company that actually has what it takes to fix this looks a lot more like Microsoft than Wells Fargo...

Retirement

Build a REIT Empire That Could Earn You Over 20% Annually

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When I talk to people about owning REITs, I find that there are two types of people: those who ask me where Amazon closed today to change the subject, and those who get it and already own a bunch of REITs.

In most cases, most of the second class of folks are either related to me, or have been associated with me for years.

Warren Buffett once said that when it comes to value investing – you either get it, or you don't.

When it comes to owning REITs at bargain prices, most people just plainly don't get it at all.

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Trading Strategies

How to Earn Superior Yield with Half the Risk for Life

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Of all the words of wisdom – or "Mungerisms" – by Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger, "Take a simple idea and take it seriously" is by far our Tim Melvin's favorite.

This is simply because when you apply this Mungerism to one of Tim's favorite investments, you can enjoy the kinds of returns that make Wall Streeters green with envy.

I'm going to show you how to do that now - and give you some great examples of the strategy you can (and definitely should) own today...

Trading Strategies

How to Get Rich in a "Weird" Market

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I've seen a vast spectrum of different market conditions over my three-odd decades investing, but this – right now – is one of the weirder markets and more bizarre economies I can recall ever experiencing.

Value, they tell me, is dead. I dispute that; I think uninformed, static stock-picking by large institutions is really what's "dead."

That said, it's undeniable that most value managers are sucking eggs right now.

As we've seen, normally, value and momentum trade off lead position in the "here's what's working" stakes; if one is working, the other usually isn't doing so hot, but will come into ascendance eventually.

But weirdly enough, there is no real reason to cheer in the momentum camp just now, either; most momentum managers are struggling.

I'm struggling, too. Specifically, I'm "struggling" to understand how momentum lags in a rising market, but it's there in black and white: Momentum is indeed lagging and has been all year.

But that's not even the weirdest thing...

Investing Ideas

FinTech Could Make Big Bank for These Two Stocks (and You)

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FinTech was going to make banking obsolete.

That was the consensus not all that long ago.

I remember being at a Bank Director conference several years ago out in Arizona. They hosted a Financial Technology panel talking about all the technological advancements that were coming to banking over the next several years. The FinTech company reps demonstrated some of the next big things in payments, deposit gathering, loan marketing, automatic tellers, and underwriting.

As I looked around the room, it was like seeing Baltimore Colts fans at the end of Super Bowl 3. No one could believe what they had just seen, and they had visions of their demise dancing around in their heads.

In the hall after the session, a coffee pot conversation sprung up on the topic, and several bankers expressed fears that this would be the end of banking as we know it.

I declared BS for a couple of reasons

Fast Profits

How These Two Trade Recommendations Could Each Return 4x Your Money

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We don't know what the market will do next – no one knows for sure. Guess what: We can still make money!

Because our strategy doesn't rely on guessing where stocks will go. It identifies high-probability situations that come with huge payoff potential.

To get these two new "high-payoff potential" recommendations, just go here to read more...

Investing Ideas

You Need Only 30 Minutes Every Day to Make More Money

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Compared to a full work day of 8, 10, or even 12 hours long, half an hour is really not all that much.

But thirty minutes every day could make you a healthy return of investments.

I always say that to be successful in investing, you cannot follow the "trend of the day" as everyone else fails out there.

Instead, when you find very simple strategies that you can repeat every day, you'll have much more consistent gains for your portfolio.

I've developed one habit which seems at first not just bizarre but totally unnecessary, yet it's helped put me at the top of the markets with a perfect track record.

To make extraordinary gains like that, you have to do something out of the ordinary.

It's my success routine that no one else does, but it's so simple if you can make it a daily habit.

What I do for a few minutes every day can make you money, lots of money…

What I do for a few minutes every day can make you money, lots of money...

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