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Trading Strategies

How to Invest (and Trade) Through a Christmas "Crash"

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The S&P500 has tacked on a remarkable 25.16% so far this year, yet many investors are acting as if the "other" shoe is going to drop just like it did last year right around this time.

Honestly, that's a fair concern.

The markets have been a one-way train higher since January 2019. The S&P 500, for example, has put in over 15 new record highs over the past 12 months.

The known risks – political instability, Chinese trade, regulatory changes, signs of a global slowdown – are all well understood. It's the unknown that'll get you every time.

Wall Street would have you believe that the most effective way to hedge against unknown market risk is to diversify your portfolio.

The theory is pretty elegant – or at least it's supposed to be.

Spread your money around, it says, and, in doing so, you'll reduce your risk, because "everything can't possibly go down at once."

Problem is… that's a load of self-serving hooey.

Today's markets are more correlated than they've ever been, thanks to a witches' brew of computerized trading, exchange-traded funds – ETF's for short – and leverage.

You've got to do something different if you want to get ahead...

Options

Why Listening to the Bears This Holiday Season Could Cost You

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Some Wall Street analysts make a career out of being bearish.

These "Chicken Littles" of the investment world are always worried about something.

Politics, economics, China trade, an aging bull market, the weather – you name it, they always have something bad to say.

But we're entering December, what could be the most profitable month of the year.

And there are options trading strategies you can use to take advantage of that.

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IPOs

2020 IPOs: The 10 Most Exciting Public Offerings to Watch

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2020 is almost here.

And it's lineup of IPOs could make it the biggest year yet for initial public offerings.

In fact, there are at least 10 firms poised to go public in 2020.

And almost all of them have valuations over $1 billion in industries ranging from financial services, mattresses, and even travel and lodging.

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Trading Strategies

The Best Stocks to Trade in December

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It seems like I just took down my Christmas tree from last year, and now the holidays are upon us once again – which means some great profit opportunities are here, as well.

A lot of investors will hunt for trades in retail and transportation. The holiday season is traditionally good for those sectors. But that's not the full story of where you can get the biggest opportunities.

When you look closer at how stocks actually trade in December, you'll see the most consistent performers during the holidays are not always what you'd expect.

That's why I use stocks' historical patterns to uncover the best potential winners. History tends to repeat, particularly when it produces the same result consistently over longer periods. It's your best guide to predicting the future movement of stocks.

Today, I'll show you seven stocks with 100% historical accuracy.

That means that if history repeats yet again, these trades can drop profits into your pockets for the holidays...

Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Today Will Be Carried by Earnings Wins

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The Dow Jones today will hit a new all-time record with the latest round of earnings reports. Read on to see who's delivering this week.

In addition, investors saw good news in the housing market. Housing starts increased by nearly 4% last month, while single-family home starts increased for the fifth straight month.

Permits jumped to their highest level in more than 12 years.

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Global Markets

This Trio Is Deceiving You out of Making Money, So Here's What to Do About It

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Enough is enough. I've reached my tipping point on the insanity that's going on in the media. And on Wall Street. And on Madison Avenue, for that matter.

These three groups are dedicated to treating the rest of the world like mushrooms – keeping us in the dark and feeding us manure.

I want to do exactly the opposite. I'm making it my mission to shine a bright light on the messages that are being sold to us. Messages meant to misdirect you and me. To mislead us. Or to cover up what's really going on.

Take last Thursday, for example, when a key bit of global economic data came out. Something that could make or break your investments for the rest of the year…

You see, Germany is the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. It's an industrial powerhouse that for decades has been driven by exports – sending cars, machinery, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals all across the globe.

The country's export focus makes Germany a key bellwether for how consumers across the world are doing. Strong consumer spending tends to mean high demand for imports, which bodes well for Germany. So when Germany's manufacturing industry shrunk for three quarters running this year, it put traders on high alert.

Not that you saw much about this on the news, of course. No, they had more "interesting and political" things to talk about both on TV and online. Like who said what about Ukraine and this and that about the "impeachment," as if it's going to change anything. Well, it's not.

But the fourth largest economy in the world shedding factory jobs at the fastest rate in almost 10 years – that can change everything. It's a key sign that the global economy might not be doing so well.

Meanwhile, here's the news that really matters – and how you can profit from it… Full Story

Meanwhile, here's the news that really matters - and how you can profit from it...