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This Trade Setup Could Show You a Quick 100% by Thanksgiving

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

Many investors look for specific catalysts when it comes to the stocks they buy, and that's a practice I encourage – especially when there's a regime change at the very top.

Why?

Because a change of leadership can be extraordinarily profitable.

Today we're going to talk about what's happening at The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., along with a trade that could set you up for some pretty juicy profits by Thanksgiving...

This Sector's Been Outperforming the S&P 500 for the Past Four Months

By , Quantitative Specialist, Money Morning -

Our Quantitative Specialist and his Best in Breed system are bringing you a hot new sector that's outperforming the S&P 500.

In fact, the two stock recommendations in this space are poised to bring you plenty of profit in the coming months...

This Blue-Chip Firm Is Showing Us the "Fast Lane" to Cannabis Billions

By , Director of Cannabis Investing Research, Money Morning -

The cannabis market is starting to soar.

The United States is a huge market opportunity, with market projections growing from an estimated $8.5 billion last year to $23.4 billion in 2022, if only a few additional states legalize recreational use. And we're talking about as much as $50 billion if most states follow the trend.

But the biggest opportunity of all could come in a form people hadn't been talking about as much...

It's an opportunity that runs counter to the recreational market trend and the obsession with the cannabinoid THC - the one that causes users to get "high." 

I'm talking about some of the other highly prized cannabinoids present in marijuana - one in particular that one of the world's biggest, most well-known companies has taken a sudden interest in...

Why 398% Profits Are Just the Start for This "World-Beating" Pot Stock

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

There are many recipes for a soaring stock price.

Here's one I like a lot...

1. A company that taps into previously prohibited yet well-established markets

2. Excellent leadership skills

3. A killer execution strategy

And that's precisely what we've been seeing with a firm I mentioned most recently back in mid-July.

At that time, I told you how this company became the world's first seed-to-sale cannabis outfit ever to make its initial public offering on a major U.S. stock exchange.

During its IPO, the company raised about $164 million, which it's plowing directly into building out its cannabis cultivation and processing capacity, among other projects.

And it just secured an important new "gig" that sent its shares soaring as high as 32% yesterday...

What "Other People's Money" Can Tell Us About Ours

By , Technical Trading Specialist, Money Morning • @DRBarton_Stocks -

No matter how bullish they may be, every investor must come to terms with the fact that this bull market, the longest in postwar history, is well over nine and a half years old now.

For that reason alone, it's important that we continue to look objectively at potential signals out there that might indicate the market becoming overextended to the upside.

Now, if you've been with us a while, it won't surprise you at all to learn that I look at thousands of charts each week. So, when a graphic hits my screen that I think is particularly useful, I like to pass it on.

I've found some charts that give us a top-down, "30,000-foot" view of the margin debt in play on the U.S. stock markets.

Margin debt is just money that is borrowed to buy stocks; most retail accounts can borrow 100% of their account balance to buy additional stock - at fairly low interest rates, too.

So why are we peeking at other people's money?

Well, analysts use margin debt as one measure of market participants' risk appetite. That "zest" for risk - or aversion to it, as the case may be - is a pretty good indicator of how much buying or selling you can reasonably expect in the short term.

Because it's important, margin levels are a never-ending grist for the article mill. In fact, you may have read some articles worrying about the fact that margin debt is at all-time absolute highs.

They're right about one thing: Margin is at all-time absolute highs, so let's dive in and look at what the charts have to show us...

Wall Street's Missing Out Here, but We Won't

By , Quantitative Specialist, Money Morning -

Today, our Quantitative Specialist is picking up where he left off last week to bring you some of the best stocks in the highly profitable and underappreciated transportation sector...

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Cash Runs to Quality in This Growing $1.5 Billion Cannabis Niche

By , Director of Cannabis Investing Research, Money Morning -

Every investor should understand how the market for cannabis is developing - now and over the coming weeks, months, and years.

Choosing the companies best positioned to profit in the emerging market helps you gain an edge over those who simply "throw darts at a list of stocks" and pick cannabis companies without regard to industry realities.

But as legalization becomes more widespread throughout the United States and across the whole of Canada, investors still face questions about what the realities of a mature cannabis market might be.

For some answers, we can look at Colorado - the first U.S. state to make recreational cannabis easily available.

That made some realities evident.

We know, for example, that in places where vaporizing (aka "vaping") cannabis concentrate is legal, that form quickly takes over a significant part of the market.

Vaporizable concentrates are a value-added product, but they're also fairly commoditized, meaning customers shop by product attributes, such as how rigorously it's been tested, say, or the ratio of THC to CBD, as opposed to shopping by brand.

The traditional marijuana bud, or "flower," market, which in Canada is worth about $1.5 billion today, is still fragmented. Customers there are still experimenting with different strains, different growers and brands, and different cannabinoids and THC to CBD ratios. In other words, there are a lot of questions.

One big question facing the market - both in Colorado and worldwide - is whether consumers are willing to pay up for "super-premium" cannabis. That is, cannabis that is more expensive to produce... but that generates a better smoking experience.

There are many producers claiming to grow such cannabis - that's why it's such a big question. After all, no one is going to advertise that they make the lowest-end cannabis on the market any more than Busch admits that its beer is lower-end than a craft brewer's.

So how can an investor tell when a company is really producing super-premium cannabis... or merely claiming to grow it?

That's a very important question because, naturally, the investment case for the genuine super-premium product tends to be much stronger than it might be for the pretenders.

One company last week gave us the answer, loud and clear...

Bigger Gains Ahead for Our "Single-Stock Wealth Machine"

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief -

should I buy Alibaba stock

Our Bill Patalon is giving you all the details on the major changes ahead for the China e-commerce giant Alibaba, and contrary to what many may think, these changes are a good thing.

What's more, they spell out profits for savvy investors...

There's Plenty of Profit in the Second Half of the Year's Hottest Off-the-Radar Sector

By , Quantitative Specialist, Money Morning -

Our Chris Johnson's Best in Breed system has just discovered the second half's hottest off-the radar sector with plenty of profit in store...

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How to Pick the Best Dividend Stocks (and Use Options to Juice Your Returns)

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

September and October are notoriously known for being the roughest two months for the market...

But that doesn't mean you have to press pause on your profits.

You see, you could try to sort through defense stocks, utilities, or even bonds – but there's only one corner of the market that can deliver the kind of profits you're looking for.

And here's exactly what you need to know...

Canada Weed Insider: "Craft Cannabis" Is the Next Investor Cash Crop

By , Director of Cannabis Investing Research, Money Morning -

Our Greg Miller is back and looking hard at cannabis' craft and organic market - and he's liking what he sees.

In fact, he's got his eye on Canadian company that raised more money than any IPO in Canadian cannabis industry history...

How You Can Crush the Market's 130% 10-Year Return

By , Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning -

There was a nice piece on - you guessed it - CNBC earlier this week, about how an investor who bought the S&P 500 the day before they shut the doors for good at Lehman and held on 'til today would now be up more than 130% on the position, while earning about 11% a year on their stake.

CNBC also points out that it was a scary trip up the mountain as the markets continued to decline for another six months after Lehman Bros tanked - call it "L-Day."

Factually, they're not wrong: Those returns are what they appear to be. And the volatility was insane, with sharp countertrend rallies being crushed in short order by waves of selling. You could reasonably call a lot of that return "combat pay" for those brave enough to hang on.

130% over 10 years isn't bad... but it's still not really enough for all the risk that you took along the way.

In fact, indexing rarely gives you enough return to compensate for the risks you take when investing in stocks.

I know a way you could make four or five times what the S&P 500 would - with far less stress, too...

Here's the All-Important Difference Between a "Cheap Stock" and an Undervalued One

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

Millions of investors are focused, very myopically, on short-term trading at the moment. That's perfectly understandable, but it's a huge mistake in a mid-term election year.

Why?

Because the single biggest risk facing investors today is not that the numbers driving our economy - earnings, jobs, interest rates - collapse, but rather that they're better than "everyone" expects.

Too much "short-termism" results in too many losses, especially at this time of year, when traders are looking to do two things: a) clean house on their portfolios, and b) get in line for big year-end bonuses.

To be sure, the business cycle is long in the tooth; so is the bull market rally. But nowhere is it written in stone that either of those things must come to an end.

What is written, however, are the things that tend to produce huge profits time and again for savvy investors - in any market, to boot...

How to Profit from a Falling American Icon

By , Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth -

The most dependable and consistent way to generate huge profits is to latch on to the world's best companies when they're "going up."

And if they're not?

You do the exact same thing... in reverse.

I know what you're thinking – that can't be possible.

Well, it is.

What's more, you're missing out on half the market's financial potential if you're not profiting from stocks moving in both directions – up AND down.

Let me explain.

The world's best companies – those we profile all the time – have the world's best profit potential. Over time, that translates from higher revenues to higher profits and, in turn, to higher share prices.

Buy "right" and you'll laugh all the way to the bank.

But there's a hard truth to this as well...

Why Bears Will Enjoy "Best in Breed" Profits This Month

By , Quantitative Specialist, Money Morning -

bear market

The "September slide" this past week has been excellent for my paid-up subscribers - even some positions that had been sluggish moved higher - because we were well prepared for stocks to gap lower.

We closed out two more winners in Western Digital Corp. puts, and on the "other side" of the market, DSW Inc. calls for a nice 174% and 78% in gains.

Those results certainly show how our proven "Best in Breed" (BIB) stock-picking methodology works hand in hand with portfolio balance. A mix of calls, puts, bullishness, and bearishness has helped us capitalize on the market's recent swings.

Right now, BIB is showing retailers as an area of strength for the next couple of months, which is why I've been so bullish on them here in Money Morning recently - just look at our DSW position. 

Meanwhile, BIB bull's-eyed the technology sector as a laggard, and sure enough, it's no longer leading the market higher. Puts in WDC yielded a huge profit. And our other bearish plays in the sector are bouncing back in our favor.

Now let's take a look at what the market's showing us for the next four weeks or so...

Today's Markets
DJIA 86.52 (0.32%) 26,743.50
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