By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - • Print | Email
Proper risk management is the only thing standing in between your portfolio and catastrophic loss. It's not the most exciting part of investing, but it is the most important.
There's one powerful tool that stands above all others – it boosts your profits and mitigates risk.
Here's everything you need to know...
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - • Print | Email
Reports about dropping peak growth rates are wrong. There's a secret growth "engine" the doom-and-gloomers are missing.
In fact, there's a great stock pick to go with it. One that sit squarely at the nexus of two Unstoppable Trends: Technology and Demographics.
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook played diagnostician Feb. 10 at the 2015 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco.
He voiced doctors' concerns that the average person lives too sedentary a lifestyle nowadays. That's why he is so amped about the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch (set for debut sometime early this year). "I use Apple Watch constantly in the gym to track my exercise. If I sit for too long, it will actually tap me on the wrist to remind me to get up and remove, because a lot of doctors think sitting is the new cancer."
The Apple Watch proves Cook has picked up on one of the most profitable trends in 2015: wearable tech.
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
The drama over the Keystone pipeline will rise to new heights when the Republican-controlled Congress sends its bill approving the project to President Barack Obama today (Wednesday).
But in the context of America's vast energy pipeline network, you have to wonder how the Keystone XL became an issue in the first place. The Keystone pipeline, you see, is far from unique. Even cross-border pipelines are not all that rare.
This proves the Keystone pipeline is nothing but political bluster...
By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) used to be an innovator in tech.
But now it's turned into a secondary tech consulting firm behind the scenes of an ever-growing sector.
None of this is new. IBM has dropped the ball many times. Here is what led IBM to where it is now...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
Nearly two dozen tech stocks I recommended in 2014 beat the market – demonstrating that if you pick the right stocks and manage them properly, you can beat Wall Street at its own game.
Today we're going to take a look at several stocks that made us gains of 50% or better in 2014. Even better, these five tech stocks still have plenty of upside in 2015 and beyond.
You'll want in on these companies ASAP...
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
Could a stock market crash occur in the wake of plummeting oil prices? If we continue to break certain low price barriers, it could.
All those new buyers loading up on oil, oil stocks, drillers, and explorers will dump their new bets like they were ticking bombs.
Here's everything you need to know to prepare for a potential stock market crash...
By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
In our 1998 book, Contrarian Investing: How to Buy and Sell When Others Won't and Make Money Doing It, coauthor Anthony Gallea and I made an astounding discovery:
When looking at beaten-down stocks, the single-best "Buy" signal is so-called "insider buying."
You know what I'm talking about – the "legal" insider buying when C-level officers or board members snap up shares of the company they're overseeing.
It makes sense that this would be the best "Buy" trigger on a stock that's been trashed: As insiders, these folks are privy to the most up-to-date internal financial results, marketplace trends, and forecasts. And if there's a particular issue that's been weighing heavily on the company's stock – a lawsuit, product recall, or government investigation, for example – these insiders will be the first to know about a change for the better.
As we've told you in earlier columns, studies show there's a meaningful predictive nature to corporate insider purchases.
But there's another we'd like to talk about today...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The top 10 penny stocks so far this year offer plays in several different sectors, but they all have something in common. While the major benchmarks are basically flat for the year, these penny stocks have logged meteoric gains.
A few are in the biotech sector, and several are in the oil industry. All carry some risk, but also have the potential for even bigger gains.
Here's our list of the top 10 penny stocks year to date in 2015...
By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
Financial News Today: The Greek debt talks looked promising today (Tuesday) – for a little bit.
That was before conflicting reports and a German rebuttal pulled the rug out from under positive momentum.
But Greek debt talks are just the beginning. Here's what you need to know.
