Don't Bother Me Until Lunch
If you're asking the question "Is it time to sell?" you probably haven't done the work you should... because if you did, you would already know the answer based on what's right for your individual situation.
Corey McLaughlin
Writer and editor in Baltimore, Md.
The World Is Still Hooked on 'Old' Money and Oil
Some of the most 'hated' stocks have had the highest returns this year... There are a bunch we could talk about, but here are three to drive home the point... Shares of investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS) are up more than 40% in 2021... JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is up around 20%... and oil company Chevron (CVX) is up 23%...
'Revenge Spending' Won't Stop the Retail Apocalypse
While the retail-traffic numbers so far in 2021 seem strong compared with 2020, when you go back to 2019 – prior to the pandemic – they're still declining...
Answering Your Big Retirement Questions
Few people like to hear this piece of advice, and even fewer successfully put it into action... But eating your veggies – or any kind of healthy food consistently – can do a lot of good for your well-being in the long run.
The same thing is true with your finances...
The 'Bad News' About Bitcoin Is Actually Good
It appears to us that an entirely new set of bitcoin owners have gotten spooked... especially the millions involved in China who don't want to face consequences of partaking in cryptos anymore.
The No. 1 Concern for Retirees Today
The big problem is that inflation reduces the purchasing power of your existing money... We've referred to inflation before as a "hidden tax" that is always there – like a crocodile lurking in a body of water. The more dollars government creates, the less valuable each dollar becomes.
A Winter Storm Is Already Brewing... Make Sure You See It
The prices of sleepy old bonds are going higher at nearly the same rate as stock prices. This doesn't happen very often – and when it does, you want to pay attention...
It Only Took a Pandemic to Bring (Some) Supply Chains Home
Last week, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) announced it has begun building a factory in Arizona...
The Great Weight-Loss Fight Is Just Beginning
According to Stansberry Venture Technology editor Dave Lashmet, in trials, Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug helped obese people increase their daily activity levels as they lost weight...
What the Crypto Crash Could Mean for Tech Stocks
How do stocks and crypto correlate?... Take a look back at 2018... What the crypto crash could mean for tech stocks... How $3 billion in silver went missing... Mailbag: A literal 'sign of the top'...
This 'More Inflation, Please' Sector Is Worth Your Time Today
Follow the research... A 'sector checkup'... What Wall Street is betting on... This 'more inflation, please' sector is worth your time today... One company positioned to profit from an oil boom...
A Trip Around Inflation Nation
We're clearly in overkill stimulus territory now – where it looks like the only result of more short-term stimulus is the failure to solve long-running, deep-seated economic problems rather than jump-starting an efficient economy.
The Tool You Need to Finally Get an Edge on Wall Street
Marc Chaikin built his "Power Gauge" system using everything he learned during his career on Wall Street. And in today's Masters Series, he shows Corey several examples of his indicators at work... including how they can give everyday investors insight into thousands of stocks that most folks simply never have the chance to see.
What I Learned From Looking Over Wall Street's Shoulders
In the first part of a wide-ranging conversation with Digest editor Corey McLaughlin, Marc Chaikin describes what he learned early in his 30-year Wall Street career... explains how he developed his well-known tools... and talks about why he left his "early" retirement 10 years ago to help everyday individual investors on Main Street.
Must-Read Advice on the Crypto Dip
The price of the world's most popular crypto has dropped another 10% since we published yesterday's Digest... And Ethereum, the No. 2 crypto, is down more than 20% in the same time frame.
A New Reason Why You Should Own Age-Old Gold
The bitcoin-gold debate is heating up again... Thanks, Elon... An inverse correlation... A new reason why you should own age-old gold... Bitcoin might be 'digital gold'... But gold is not 'physical bitcoin'...
We're Running Out of Gas, But Not Job Openings
None of what's happening today makes business easier... Not supply-chain worries... folks staying at home rather than working... wacky supply and demand dynamics depending on the sector... and a central bank that thinks this too shall pass.
What You Must Know About Today's 'Inflection Point'
We don't expect to see the value of the things that people actually need and want (and that are in scarce supply) going away, as much as the government tries to make almost everything more expensive every day.
The 'Evil Twin' Behind the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack
In the wake of the Colonial attack, it has become crystal clear to many observers that an evil twin to the SaaS business model exists... It operates in the exact same way for nefarious purposes: Ransomware as a Service ("RaaS").
Yellen Goes Rogue... Something or Nothing?
For a few hours yesterday, it looked like U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had some financial soap-opera-style "beef."
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