By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
We've all had "that feeling" about a stock.
That moment when you've done your fundamental and technical research, you've narrowed down your choices, your account balance is looking good, you've got capital ready…
And now you've got "that feeling," backed up by data, that the stock you've picked is going to move – up or down, bearish or bullish.
Now it's time to play that stock for the biggest, fastest profit possible. But for a lot of traders, that's easier said than done.
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Investors love REITs for their high yields and stability.
But the coronavirus has made real estate a tricky investment.
Between shopping malls and retail outlets closing and people leaving cities – and high-end apartments and condos behind them – some REITs aren't what they once were.
Fortunately, there's an opportunity here too.
You can find REITs that offer the same income, stability, and upside you're accustomed to.
You just have to know here to look.
And that's where people are moving to.
By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
Groupon Inc. made a huge splash when it debuted back in November 2008. Its timing was right on the money: It was a big, new money-saving "get coupons on the Internet" idea that hit consumers just as the worst effects of the 2008 crash were beginning to set in.
The very first deal it offered was a pizza twofer at the Motel Bar, a restaurant downstairs from the Groupon offices in Chicago.
When GRPN stock went public in November 2011 at $28 a share, it was – no kidding – the biggest Internet IPO since Google. It ended its first trading day worth a little more than $16 billion.
The stock went ballistic for a few months, up to an intraday high of around $622. The good times, as we know, didn't really last all that long.
Last week, I was talking about shopping with my wife, and she said, "Hey, remember Groupon?"
That's kind of the problem. And today, I'm going to show you how to make some money on GRPN's downtrend… Full Story
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
Our Shah Gilani calls this time "The Era of the Income-Challenged Investor."
And with good reason.
Fed policymakers just voted to keep benchmark short-term interest rates down near zero and they're likely to stay there until 2022.
In fact, the Fed's held rates so low for so long that there are no decent-yielding fixed-income investments.
And the stock market's no exception.
Thanks to the pandemic, 40 S&P 500 companies suspended dividends and another 18 cut them completely in the first five months of the year.
But that doesn't mean there aren't great dividend plays available.
Lots of companies pay fat dividends to their stockholders, earn plenty of money regularly to keep paying them, and offer a wealth-building "kicker" called appreciation.
Today, Shah's going to tell you about three of his favorites.
By Tom Gentile, America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email
The market has been in an absolute whirlwind for the past three months.
And all this volatility is creating a real wealth-building opportunity.
You see, when it comes to making money in the market, the long-term buy-and-hold method can't compare to the sheer profit speed of trading options.
But the quickest option-trading strategy of all is selling puts.
It hands you an instant cash payout the second you place the trade – and gives you the chance to own the stock at a deep discount, building permanent generational wealth.
And as a result, it requires different steps when it comes to placing your trades.
The biggest difference between selling puts and buying straight options is margin.
See, when you're buying long calls, puts, or even straight stocks, you typically need a cash account.
This means that you put up 100% of the money for the trade.
But when you're selling puts, you'll likely need a margin account.
By Money Morning Staff, Money Morning - • Print | Email
If you folks have been following along, you'll know that I've recently started offering a free new service called Profit Pregame, where every morning Monday through Friday, I've been delivering an easy-to-digest rundown of the market, answering the three simple questions:
What's happening?
Where's the money?
How can I get some?
Today, I want to aim these three questions toward the housing market's unexpected comeback. I'll break down how you can profit from this sector's surprising stability…
What's Happening?
Despite the impact of coronavirus, Americans are still ready and willing to buy a new home or fix up their current one.
To no one's surprise, the housing market experienced a sharp decline at the beginning of the pandemic…
In fact, in April, pending home sales reached their lowest point in nearly two years.
However, as restrictions begin to lift and more Americans go back to work, an influx of buyers and sellers are coming back to the market. And this rapid return is beginning to form what could be a "V-shaped" recovery.
Over the past few weeks alone, purchases have been skyrocketing. And we're seeing 13% more than at this same time last year.
Listed homes are also typically under contract within 30 days, which indicates that the market is moving fast.
That leads us to where the money is here...
By D.R. Barton, Jr., Technical Trading Specialist, Money Morning • @DRBarton_Stocks - • Print | Email
American retail sales had their biggest monthly jump ever, soaring 17.7% in May and adding some "oomph" to a rather tepid stock market rally.
The jump was mostly driven by thousands of retail stores and restaurants reopening after months under lockdown.
But the thing is, the future of retail and the entire economy is very uncertain right now. Even though, after the initial "coronavirus crash" in March, investors seemed to shrug off the pandemic and all its economic destructiveness in April and May.
Since then, states have reopened their economies and people have resumed their daily lives.
And now, we're seeing some troubling signs that COVID-19 infections are surging in places like Texas, Arizona, California, and Florida.
That's provoked a psychological 180 among investors.
They're suddenly very concerned with the pandemic's progress, so much so that they sent the big indexes tumbling by high single digits last week in the biggest losses since March.
That disconnect – the contrast between a piecemeal public approach toward virus containment measures and the markets' sudden concern over new infections after months of ignoring them – is in fact a "Reality Gap" that we can leverage for big profits this week.
Here's D.R. to show you how...
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
Just when the markets looked so promising to so many investors… reality bites. Hard.
And those hard-bitten investors are freaked out.
Here in the United States, the specter of a second wave of COVID-19 infections is looming large, particularly in states that have been "reopened" for two or three weeks now.
Not only that, but renewed lockdowns are currently underway in Beijing, China, because of a new cluster of cases linked to a seafood market there in the capital. About 90,000 people in 21 communities are shut in as the city government takes "resolute and decisive measures" in "an extraordinary period."
As unsettling as that is, that's not the biggest market-crashing threat out there right now.
It's much closer to home… Full Story
By Mike Stenger, Associate Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
If you have a smartphone right now, chances are it's running on 4G. But not for long…
We're going to show you the profit opportunities in 5 companies that make 5G chips today.
The 5G network infrastructure market nearly doubled last year, from $2.2 billion to $4.2 billion.
But this is only the beginning of the growth we're about to see as the 5G chip stocks begin to pop.
By Greg Madison, Managing Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Buy-and-hold investors are in deep, dark water right now, and there's no telling what's down there.
They've either just taken heavy losses, or they've been knocked right out of hard-won positions it may have taken years to build.
Maybe the Bull Run resumes this week… or maybe the bears take over for a while.
The thing is, it doesn't have to matter all that much.
Buy-and-hold investing has its place, particularly with must-own companies.
But trading gives you supreme flexibility in your moneymaking endeavors; whether shares are going up or down, you can nab profits.
You don't have to have a huge risk appetite, either; there are some very conservative strategies available that can be just as successful.
So today, we're giving you a chance to get familiar with some of the strategies – and some of the smartest people recommending them right now:
Our experts.
They'll show you how they make their research recommendations for their subscribers, and how profitable those can be.
You'll get the chance to join them, too.
So, let's turn this over to four of our top trading experts so you can hear from them directly...
