D.R. Barton, Jr.
He spent the first part of his career as a chemical engineer with DuPont. During this time, he researched and developed the trading secrets that led to his first successful research service. Thanks to the wealth he was able to create for himself and his followers, D.R. retired early to pursue his passion for investing and showing fellow investors how to build toward financial freedom.
Today, he's a financial author, lecturer, and coach. He has helped hundreds of thousands master powerful trading techniques. D.R. is also the co-founder and COO of the Directional Research and Trading hedge fund group and holds the national spotlight as a leading expert on system designs for risk reduction.
D.R. co-authored the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom, a comprehensive guide for aggressively shedding risk without derailing profits. He is a regular analyst on Fox Business, CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, and has been featured on China Central Television America, BNN, MarketWatch, Financial Advisor magazine, SmartMoney, and the Van Tharp Institute.
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What You Didn't Hear About Black Friday Could Cost You Big Profits
Thanksgiving in the Barton house is all about gratitude. We're thankful for such a wide range of blessings – time with family and friends, delicious food, and yes, even a little football.
But once Thanksgiving is over, aside from a glance or two at a smartphone or laptop, no one even considers venturing out into Black Friday.
As one of only two states east of the Mississippi that doesn't have sales tax (New Hampshire is the other), Delaware malls and stores in general get overrun on big shopping days. The Bartons avoid that fray – but thousands of others jump right in…
As do millions more all around the country.
Americans spent $4.2 billion at online sales alone on Thanksgiving Day, and another $7.4 billion on Black Friday.
That second number alone is up 19.6% from last year's Black Friday.
I certainly can't fault the retailers for putting on those sales.
For them, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the weekend after can make or break their whole year.
The five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday are the highpoint of the holiday shopping months of November and December.
And just those two months make up between 20% and 30% of annual sales for American retailers.
So with Cyber Monday now behind us, you'd think the news would tell you which retailers did well, which didn't, and most importantly, what you should do about it.
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