By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI - • Print | Email
"Non-oil" energy investments have become incredibly attractive. Smart money is pouring in. There are two keys to a winning "non-oil" investment approach.
One has to do with technical breakthroughs, while the other revolves around increasing the efficiency of the end-usage.
Both involve impressive profit opportunities. Here's everything you need to know...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
Money Morning's oversold stock pick of the week is careers website provider Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX).
Sometimes stocks get beaten down unfairly – but they're actually a great value. Dice stock got slammed with several issues at once. The biggest was disappointing earnings guidance last month. But its energy-oriented jobs websites also came under scrutiny as oil prices plunged.
But investors have misread these problems...
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The Dow Jones today gained 154 points to close at a new record high. The S&P 500 Index also hit a new record. What fueled the surge? Greece and Eurozone officials reached an agreement to extend the country's bailout for another four months. Today's Scorecard: Dow: 18,140.44, +154.67, +0.86% S&P 500: 2,110.30, +12.85, +0.61% Nasdaq: […]
By Alex McGuire, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @AlexMcGuire92 - • Print | Email
Current crude oil prices remain below $52 a barrel. Today's slight drop comes at the end of a week that has seen a 3.8% drop so far.
But despite recent pullbacks, WTI and Brent are up 6% and 19% in the last month.
Here's where prices are headed to next - and how they'll get there...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
U.S. President Barack Obama doubled-down on his fight against cyberterrorism last week – which means he also delivered 2015's second major "buy" signal for cybersecurity stocks.
The first signal was in early February. That's when President Obama requested $14 billion in his 2016 fiscal-year budget for increased cyber defense. Roughly $5.5 billion of that is requested just for the Pentagon.
"In recent breaches, more than 100 million Americans had their personal data compromised, including, in some cases, credit card information," President Obama said.
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Tax refund fraud 2015: Americans, in total, spend 6 billion hours a year doing their taxes. They do it because it's a requirement – but also because it's a lifeline. For 70% of Americans, the tax refund is the biggest paycheck they'll receive all year.
Tax refund fraud, which has tripled in the last three years, threatens to take that lifeline away now more than ever. Currently, a little over $5 billion is lost every year to tax fraud according to Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates. From 2013 to 2014, the number of people who identified themselves as tax fraud victims jumped by 36%. Already this year, 19 states' tax authorities reported high volumes of fraudulent returns.
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
While making Apple stock predictions isn't necessarily easy, most analysts are still aiming too low.
Analysts just never seem to catch up to the reality of the Apple juggernaut. And though many have raised their Apple stock price predictions in recent weeks, they're still not as high as they should be.
In fact, 22 of the current Apple stock predictions are lower than the AAPL stock price today. Even the consensus price target is just $123.41.
By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes today did little to quell confusion over when the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.
The expectation is that the Fed will raise rates sometime in the summer. But the direction of Fed monetary policy has become more complicated than simply pegging a rate increase to what has become an arbitrary consensus estimate.
That's because there are so many potential policy directions, and Fed ambiguity makes nothing certain.
Here's how you should read today's latest round of Fed uncertainty.
By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI - • Print | Email
Crude oil prices continue to be volatile, with both Brent and WTI falling about 3% Wednesday.
But near-term volatility aside, oil prices are recovering from their recent lows. Brent has gained more than 30% since late January and is now over $60 a barrel. WTI is over $52.
While oil isn't going to surge in the short term, there are definite opportunities here. Oil won't have to hit triple digits for them to pay off, either.
Here's how to the play the rebound in energy...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
The IPO boom is exploding all around you. Problem is, most retail investors can't get anywhere near hot IPOs.
That's because there's a hefty premium to pay for the stock after it's already begun trading, and this seriously cuts into your profits.
But we know how to side-step the gluttons on Wall Street with just one lucrative play...
