When it comes to making money in the markets, it's not where you are, but rather it's where you end up.
Even if you start your investing career with very little, you can still slowly build a substantial nest egg - if you have the discipline to stick with a plan.
Slow and steady wins the race. And once you reach your goals, slow and steady will keep those gains in your pocket.
When it comes to making money in the markets, it's not where you are, but rather it's where you end up.
Even if you start your investing career with very little, you can still slowly build a substantial nest egg - if you have the discipline to stick with a plan.
Slow and steady wins the race. And once you reach your goals, slow and steady will keep those gains in your pocket.
The stock market spoiled investors last year with low volatility and outsized returns. In 2017, the Dow Jones climbed nearly 27% while the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell more than 34%.
Unfortunately, that trend has ended. Since peaking in January, the Dow has slipped 10%, while volatility has skyrocketed. The VIX is up almost 100% in 2018 alone.
That kind of volatility breeds fear in many retail investors. But it can also create a massive profit opportunity for those who know where to look.
With markets trading at or near record highs, a frequent question we hear from investors is "how do I invest now?"
We answer that question with the top three investing tips for 2017.
Today I have a recommendation for you that's nothing but positive - the best "investment" to protect your money right now.
The securities I'm about to discuss are far safer than the bank. They're extremely liquid.
The "ultimate must-have investment" is a profit play that, when executed correctly, can't fail, but not one in a million investors has thought about it, let alone knows how to play it for maximum profits.
The situation is so lopsided, in fact, that I'd venture a guess that 99.99% of all investors could quadruple their allocation to this particular must-have opportunity and still not have enough.
Which makes this an even bigger opportunity for you...
If you’re watching the headlines, you know that the Nasdaq Composite Index – the bellwether for the tech sector – has reached the 5,000 level for the first time in 15 years.
That’s prompting a few so-called “experts” to say tech stocks are in “bubble” territory.
I’m writing today to let you know just the opposite is true.
Money Morning's "unloved" stock to buy this week is memory chip maker SanDisk Corp. (Nasdaq: SNDK).
An unloved investment is one that's been beaten down - but is actually a great value.
Two Money Morning experts like SanDisk stock. Both Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald as well as Defense & Tech Specialist Michael Robinson have spoken up for SNDK stock recently despite a sudden 15% drop earlier this month. The company lowered guidance on its revenue and margins for the quarter.
Still, the sell-off of SanDisk stock is clearly overblown...
3D printing is absolutely revolutionizing the medical field.
The market research firm IDTechEx says the medical and dental market for 3D printers will grow from $141 million today to $868 million by 2025. That's a 515% jump.
Some the best investments for market-beating gains are corporate spin-offs.
In fact, research from a Lehman Bros. study found that spin-off companies beat the market by 40% on average in their first two years. A Penn State University study shows an average three-year return of 76% for spin-offs. That tops the market by 31%.
Money Morning's Tech Specialist Michael Robinson has spent decades analyzing tech stocks, and to him, spin-off companies are "easy money."
Here's the best way to play the market...
For a change of pace today I wanted to tell you a personal story.
Twenty years ago, when I was working as a business reporter in upstate New York and covering Eastman Kodak Co. for Gannett Newspapers, I decided it was time to start saving for a house.
So I concocted a plan.
I wasn't exactly getting rich as a journalist, but I was doing okay. Even so, I knew I'd need an actual plan that I could commit to if I really was going to amass the needed down payment.
My plan was simple. In the years that followed, every time my bosses gave me a raise, I started a new mutual fund.
By the time I got a job at The Baltimore Sun in 1998 - and Robin and I moved to Maryland - I had more than $25,000 set aside from this plan and some other money I'd saved. And we could start looking for our first house.
I also learned a valuable lesson: A little discipline can take you a long way.
I was thinking about this the other day when Radical Technology Profits Editor Michael Robinson and I were talking about the "one investment you should never sell."
It's a perfect investment for house down payments, college funds, retirement, a vacation house, a boat, or the cruise of a lifetime - in short, the kind of big-ticket purchases that come along a couple times during a lifetime.
At first glance two of the major trends reshaping the semiconductor industry seem like polar opposites...
On the one hand, the industry is in the midst of a major boom. On the other, it's also contracting.
For tech investors these conflicting indicators raise two questions:
First, how is this contradiction possible?
Second, and more to the point, how can we make money from it?
One of the fastest-growing emerging markets in the world today is just south of the border - Mexico. A big reason for Mexico's success is its booming automotive industry, which has nearly doubled in the past decade. But to capture some of this growth for yourself, you don't need to put your money in any foreign firms. We've found a U.S. company offers a service the Mexican automakers just can't do without,
setting it up to rake in profits for years...
