Annuities are insurance products that pay out income. They're a popular choice for conservative investors seeking a steady income stream. Read More

Research surrounding immunotherapy is a hot scientific area, as scientists and physicians try to find a way to get the body to fight cancer by itself, eliminating the need for costly and painful techniques such as chemotherapy and radiation. In effect, immunotherapy pursues the age-old medical dream of allowing the… Read More

Sick and tired of the "doom-and-gloomers?" If investors were to implement a simple market-timing system, these Chicken Littles would go out of business in a flash. Read More

Today we’ll look at a popular investing arena: the cheapest dividend stocks in the stock market. We need to be a little bit careful when hunting for the cheapest dividend stocks, because sometimes dividend stocks are cheap for a reason. Investors are often enticed by a very high dividend yield… Read More

Let me say this now: penny stocks are for speculators only. Even the cheapest penny stocks make for the worst securities in the stock market. Penny stocks offer ownership positions in companies that have extremely low chances of success. Penny stocks also have a higher chance of being manipulated via… Read More

How would you like to earn a significant return off of a stock that drops in value or stays the same? If so, then consider the naked call strategy. A naked call, or a short call, involves selling an option when you don’t own either the option or the underlying… Read More

How would you like to earn a significant return off of a stock that increases in value or stays the same? If so, then consider the naked put strategy. A naked put, or a short put, involves selling a put option when you don’t have a short position in the… Read More

How would you like to take advantage of the long-term investment benefits offered by stocks at a reduced price tag? If so, then consider investing in LEAP options. LEAP options (or LEAPs) are option contracts that expire at least one year from the date of purchase. The acronym LEAP stands… Read More

Lemmings are small rodents that have been known to follow each other as they charge to their deaths into raging rivers or off cliffs. Of course, these poor creatures have become metaphors for the herd mentality in humans. Likewise, investors are susceptible to blindly following conventional thinking until it takes… Read More

We believe some of the best international stocks in 2019 can be found in one place – China. That’s because not all Chinese companies rely on exports to the United States for revenue. The escalating U.S.-China trade war is a two-edged sword. It will hurt Chinese manufacturers that sell goods… Read More

Oil baron John D. Rockefeller had amassed a fortune when he died in 1937 that in today’s dollars would be worth roughly $340 billion. He holds the record as the richest American ever and certainly one of recorded history’s richest persons. For generations, the Rockefeller surname has been synonymous with… Read More

The stock market has been on a roller-coaster lately, as “headline risk” grows more intense on a daily basis. I wouldn’t blame you for being nervous. But I would blame you for running for the hills. There’s still money to be made in this market, if you know where to… Read More

Canada's arrest of the CFO of China-based Huawei comes at a low point in U.S.-China relations. The market is imprisoned by trade conflict and won't get out anytime soon. Read More

In this uncertain investment climate, you should gravitate toward the stocks of companies with steady management, strong balance sheets, and brand-name products and services that are in persistent demand with consumers around the world. Does media giant Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) meet this description? Or has disruptive digital technology rendered… Read More

Today’s article explains the differences of 401Ks and stocks. This is a great article for investors who are unclear on exactly how stocks get traded, and where retirement comes into play regarding stock investing. Publicly traded companies issue ownership shares of what’s called “common stock”, and each share represents an… Read More

Today’s article examines the differences between equities vs. stocks. They are almost the same thing, so we’ll mostly be dealing with semantics. Nevertheless, having this kind of basic information is important to know as part of a comprehensive education. Equity investment means ownership in a company. You buy equity when… Read More