Despite the two nice rally days to bring October to a close, October was a brutal month for investors. For the month, the S&P 500 lost 6.9%, and the VIX - the CBOE volatility index - is up more than 72% since Oct. 1.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq shed 9.2% last month as some of the favorite momentum winners got crushed.
Despite the two nice rally days to bring October to a close, October was a brutal month for investors. For the month, the S&P 500 lost 6.9%, and the VIX - the CBOE volatility index - is up more than 72% since Oct. 1.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq shed 9.2% last month as some of the favorite momentum winners got crushed.
The bond market is selling off hard, but our expert says that presents one of the market's best profit opportunities right now.
Here's how to profit on this massive sell-off...
Investors focused on events in the U.S. markets are missing an opportunity with huge profit potential over in Japan.
The last time we set this trade up, it led to a 150% gain...
Markets sell-off after events like Brexit, but savvy investors know chaos is an opportunity for profits.
And this order type is the perfect way to capitalize on any knee-jerk sell-offs...
If you're worried about the market crashing, you're definitely not alone.
On the other hand, if you're worried about the market making new highs while you're on the sidelines... Well, you're not alone, either.
These concerns are well-founded; the markets really are at a precarious juncture. They could go either way.
But that doesn't mean you can't make money if they do something you don't expect.
Here's the thing: As volatile as global markets are right now, you can still get into position to make yourself a lot of money no matter which way these dicey markets go.
So let me show you just what to look (and listen) for...
With more than $1 trillion in loans outstanding, the auto loan market is booming. Experian estimates that subprime loans represent $205 billion and $388 billion of that total.
We've been able to make energy profits during the oil bear because I'm tracking opportunities outside of petroleum. One of my favorite alternative "oil-killer" energy plays, for instance, is up 45% since I recommended it. The global energy balance is simply shifting to favor these alternative energy sources.
But oil is still vitally important, and I'm pleased to report that it's going to be a bigger source of profits moving forward...
You see, towards the end of February, we saw signs that oil is about to turn the corner, with oil prices shooting up 8.5% in a single week.
While they later fell a bit, showing that volatility is still the name of the game, make no mistake...
A sustained rise in oil prices is coming.
To prepare for this trend, I've put together a plan for us to profit.
I'm tracking several companies across four different categories, but this one strategy will get you perfectly positioned to capture the biggest possible profits from the coming end of oil's decline.
In a moment, you'll see exactly how this plan will work.
But first, here's what's changed to allow for this turnaround in oil prices...
Convinced that the bull market is over, many investors are selling out and heading for the sidelines using even the slightest market drop as justification for their actions.
I can't think of a worse mistake. No investor need fear a bear market - there are all kinds of ways to run flat or down markets to your advantage if you are properly prepared.
I want to show you how to buy more stock without spending more money.
All of the bad debt that helped trigger the financial crisis was never written off, and there are now convincing signs that deflation, and not the Fed’s sought-after inflation – could break out soon.
It's tough to be an investor today. This is perhaps the most challenging market since the meltdown in 2008.
The sobering headlines, full of dire predictions and uncertainty about the commodities collapse and the "slowdown" in China, certainly aren't helping.
At the same time, investors need to be in the market to have any hope of growing their wealth.
But here's the thing... No one needs to consign themselves to unnecessary risk and subpar returns.
To learn about how best to stay invested and in the black, I sat down to talk with D.R. Barton, Jr., author of the upcoming book "The Ten Minute Millionaire" and editor of the Stealth Profits Trader research and advisory service.
He told me the specific stocks to look at right now, and just as important, how to buy them. D.R. normally shares these stocks and strategies with his paid-up subscribers, but the market is so dicey right now that we feel everyone would benefit from this.
There's are a lot to be concerned about, given the market sell-off, but there's an even bigger concern coming right from those who deem themselves to be financial experts.
This particular advice could be catastrophic in 2016. The truth is, there are moneymaking trades when the markets are up... AND down.
Here's what you need to know...
It's very rare that D.C. policy decisions benefit both the oil and renewable energy sectors - traditionally, a benefit to one sector means a net harm for the other. That's because they're thought of as competitors for the same energy dollar.
But this deal is different: moves to shore up oil's decline have been the primary catalyst in a nice run up for renewables.
One of the first important investing events of the year is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas.
CES is a dream world for tech fanatics. For investors and traders, it's a quick way to find growth in public companies.
More than 30,000 diplomats have converged on Paris, France, for what is being called "one of the most important international conferences in history."
"Tackling climate change is a shared mission for mankind," said Chinese President Xi Jinping, the head of the world's largest carbon emitter. "All eyes are now on Paris."
"If we act here, if we act now," President Obama added, "if we place our short-term interests behind the air our young people will breathe... then we won't be too late for them."
"Here in Paris," French President Hollande declared, "we will decide on the very future of the planet."
Perhaps I'm too skeptical for my own good, but that's very similar to what world leaders said in 1997 just before the Kyoto Accords. And those have proven to be little more than lip service.
Even if 100% of the Kyoto requirements are followed by 100% of the 192 countries that signed them, they will deliver less than 0.02° Celsius in cooling by 2050 despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars.
Is that worth it?
I have no idea - I'm not a scientific expert.
But I do know beyond any shadow of a doubt that trillions of dollars are going to get set in motion no matter what happens in La Ville Lumière.
Here's what that means for your money and how you can cash in...
Like tens of millions of Americans, I was shopping this weekend - out there in "brick and mortar" stores, no less. You know - the same retailers that are said to be heading the way of the dinosaur while they drag down the wider stock market at this time of year.
Well, while I did see a genius driving with one hand on the wheel and another desperately clutching the new 65" flat-screen television he was holding to the roof of his car, I didn't see much to convince me that real-world stores were going to mount much of a comeback challenge to the increasing dominance of online "e-tailers."
But... my trip did bring to light a significant disconnect between Wall Street's perception of retail and what actually happens in the real world.
