| 57 votes

When people want to buy a car, a new article of clothing, or some other good or service, they usually wait for a sale to occur. For example, say that you really wanted a new coat.  The price of the coat was $1,000, but you knew that there would be a 30% off sale in two weeks. Would you buy…
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| 31 votes

Originally published Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Last week's article on the US/Chinese trade deficit sparked a number of questions and comments from several of our readers, and I wanted to answer some of them for you today. Stan W writes: "Today, Teeka gave us some commentary on China and the effect they have on our economy. How about a little…
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| 22 votes

So the talk of the tape last week was obviously Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). The Mountain View search giant has been on a downward spiral since the end of last year and shows no signs of letting up now. In fact, the stock is down over 33% in 2 months alone - that's over $70 billion dollars in shareholder value completely…
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| 44 votes

I have received many requests from readers begging for some guidance in this "confusing market". That's what I'll deliver today. But first, I'd like to acknowledge an error in last week's article.  I said, “I took 8 additional bearish positions at The Trend Rider".  CORRECTION: I took 8 additional BULLISH positions at The Trend Rider. Let's review the recent market…
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| 28 votes

I HAVE TO ADMIT - YOU ALL REALLY IMPRESSED THE HECK OUT OF ME THIS WEEK. In last week’s Tycoon Report article, I mentioned I was starting a new series about how to invest in private companies. I also mentioned that in today's article I'd share with you the 3 main questions I ask before investing in any private company…
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| 15 votes

A great question appeared on TickerHound the other day that really caught my eye. One of our members asked: “Is Hershey going to be the biggest value play of the year? This has to be something Buffett would be licking his chops over - and not just because the chocolate is good - Hershey looks like Coke did back in…
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| 25 votes

This is an important week on the economic front. The Federal Reserve is in a pickle. Its goal is to grow the economy and to keep inflation in check. I give it a “D” grade on both of these fronts. I give it a “D” because the economy is doing poorly, mostly because of the lack of oversight on the…
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| 50 votes

Happy days are here again, or so it feels. After a bitter market winter, stocks are looking like they are finally finding some traction. Of course “sods law” applies (“Murphy’s law” for anyone not from the UK), because by time you read this, the market will probably be down 200 points! With the level of rampant pessimism and general feeling…
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| 12 votes

WOW!  Is it February 25th already?  If you read my February 5th article titled "Why this is an HISTORIC Buying Opportunity in the Stock Market for You" you probably thought I was crazy.  So did I, but that's why I listen to my indicators instead of my emotions. I've been following the sentiment indicators lately, and they’ve been telling me…
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| 125 votes

Ed. Note: This article was originally published December 6, 2007.  The put option contract gives you the right to sell your stock at a designated price.  But most of the time, people don't actually use the put option contract to sell stock at the designated price.  Instead, they typically sell the put option contract to someone else without any stock…
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