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The Fed’s backstopping of the bond market was an effort to save the U.S.
stock market, but it’s clear now that saying it and actually doing it are two very different things.
Our Shah Gilani’s takeaway from it is that it’s time to short the bond market.
And today he’ll show you exactly how to do that to ensure you’ll walk away with the most profits….
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The big question right now is how long can this market's seemingly endless rally keep going? According to our Shah Gilani, one indicator known as stock valuation is the key to determining where the market's going to go from here…
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We've had a pretty good idea for months now of who would be on the Democrats' and Republicans' 2020 presidential election tickets.
And now that the conventions are sewn up – or, in the case of the Republicans, soon will be – we can turn our attention to the "home stretch."
Now, I'm not here because I'm backing a candidate. While I certainly have my opinions, and you have yours, I'm not here to talk politics or handicap the election. That's a job best left to the talking heads – they're welcome to it, I say.
Rather, from where I'm sitting in the markets, the home stretch is the time when the opportunities and pitfalls of either outcome come into focus. That's what I'm excited about.
And yes, while both parties are predicting doom and destruction should the other side win, the truth is there will be plenty – tons – of moneymaking opportunities after the election.
They're going to be different opportunities, and will require different approaches and positioning, but – mark my words – they will be there. That's what I'm breaking down for you here today to make sure you'll be prepared to profit from either scenario… Full Story
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I just published a must-see video where I run down 50 stocks – what you should buy, what to sell, and, the best part, exactly how to do it with less than 500 bucks.
You can check that out here, but the retail story is so big, and so many financial media outlets have it so wrong, that I wanted to put these picks front and center today.
We're in the third quarter of 2020, and we've already seen 43 bankruptcy filings – just five fewer than in 2010, which was the Great Recession's worst year for retailers.
So, with four months left in the year, we're well on pace to see records broken. It's not unrealistic to talk about bankruptcies hitting the hundreds.
Now, turn on your television, and you'll hear all about how it's the U.S. consumer driving this – and that's not necessarily wrong, but what few realize is the problem goes deeper than that.
There's a problem with the way retail "works" right now that could blindside a lot of folks. So I want to tell you what's really going on and where I think the best bets are… Full Story
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You got $5?
What if I told you that was enough to get you started with stocks like Amazon ($3,160), Alphabet/Google ($1,527), Apple ($460), Nvidia ($460), or Microsoft ($210)?
The fact is, that's not only possible – it's actually easy to do.
Welcome to the "Fractional Shares Revolution."
It's a Brave New World in the stock market – one that's leveling the playing field like never before.
It's the bridge across the moat.
It's the passkey to the gilded penthouse.
It's the map that will guide you to a life of financial security and meaningful wealth.
And it's a journey you can begin with pocket change.
Mutual funds, ETFs, and other "easy access" investing vehicles are great.
But if you want to retire rich, individual stocks are the way you want to go.
There's no longer any excuse for not being in the stock market, for not staking your claim to some of the riches to be mined there. The barriers to entry have all been dismantled, though it took a long time.
Invest in stocks to retire rich.
Here today, I'll give you the full lowdown on this "revolution" – one that's been revved up by Robinhood Trading Inc.
I'll show you how to use it to your advantage, to empower yourself.
And I'll spotlight some stocks to start with… Full Story
And I'll spotlight some stocks to start with... Full Story
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Markets, equity markets in particular, are at a vulnerable place, today and the rest of this week. That's because the Mega-Cap Tech Darlings that have led the market higher are all at a similar inflection point – live or die, up or down.
What happens, which we'll find out before Friday's close, could delight or devastate markets.
Yesterday, the CEOs of Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook, and Google – whose companies are all under federal scrutiny – testified before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee.
That the pandemic meant the whole thing was done via videoconference is just a footnote. Whether our antitrust laws, which were mostly passed or amended between 1890 and 1976, are adequate to address these 21st century questions and practices, is a story for another day.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, as The Washington Post noted, hadn't appeared before Congress before, though Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai of Facebook, Apple, and Google are old hat at this by now.
What was said isn't necessarily important – or anything we haven't heard before in one form or another.
It's what happens next – today – that could get interesting… Full Story
It's what happens next - today - that could get interesting...
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
The NASDAQ Composite is on fire – just off its all-time highs, but heading back in that direction in a hurry.
Whenever this happens – and it never fails – out come the skeptical analysts and professional bears to make gloomy claims about how it's "too late" to buy into the mighty FAANGs: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google/Alphabet, and, for good measure, Microsoft.
First, let me say, no, it's most definitely not too late to own these stocks. There's a reason the bears come out when the NASDAQ hits a high – and I'll tell you why today, so you know what to do next time the "experts" tell you these stocks have run their course.
I'm also going to show you the best FAANG-buying strategy I know of, so you can get in without paying full price… Full Story
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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.
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Three weeks ago, Hertz declared bankruptcy due to a COVID-19-driven demand collapse for travel and car rentals and about a $24 billion debt. Now as a trade, there could be some possibilities with HTZ shares if you like risk, but as a "buy" proposition, this is not a stock you want to get close to. Yet over the past few weeks, investors sensing a bargain chased it from $0.56 to a high of $5.53 – more than 887% – despite it being a zombie stock. Sometimes speculators can make money moving in and out of zombie stocks, but it's very dicey, and someone has to lose out. The New York Stock Exchange served Hertz with a de-listing notice, which the company is appealing, and until something decisive happens, speculators will do what speculators do. But there's a very unusual idea being floated that's not only likely to slaughter folks searching for some kind of value that HTZ simply doesn't have, but that could fundamentally alter the way American businesses enter and exit bankruptcy…
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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
