Rummaging through the portfolios of billionaire investors can be a useful strategy for finding investment ideas. With a universe of thousands of stocks to choose from, narrowing down the list to a more manageable…
Daniel Loeb is the quintessential activist investor. His Third Point Capital hedge fund is known for launching activist campaigns against companies and their boards to shake them out of their lethargy. He also seeks…
Michael Burry is best-known as the billionaire investor who correctly predicted the housing market crash in 2007 that was detailed in the book, The Big Short. It was subsequently made into a movie of…
“Let your winners run.” Most investors have heard that sage advice even if it is easier said than done. The temptation to take profits off the table is often too great to ignore. Many…
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn gained his reputation as a hard-nosed corporate raider in the 1980s. He was known for engaging in hostile takeovers of companies using leverage buyouts (LBOs) and then stripping the businesses…
Jim Cramer is probably the closest thing we have to stock market superstar influencer. The host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” show is entertaining and popular with a broad swath of investors who like his…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the world’s biggest philanthropic organizations. Once the world’s richest man, Bill Gates has fallen to seventh on the list with a net worth of $135.7…
Famed value investor Bruce Berkowitz is the founder and chief investment officer of Fairholme Capital Management. He was once named by Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN | MORN Price Prediction) as the stock fund manager of the…
The Federal Reserve will be holding its next meeting in just one week. The market is anticipating the central bank will cut interest rates for the first time in over a year. But while…
Dividend investing has proved to be a reliable source of income for investors while allowing for long-term generational wealth accumulation. Historically, dividend-paying stocks have generated far greater returns than non-payers, and done so with…
Watching the stocks billionaires are buying isn’t a bad investment strategy. These people have spent years honing their craft, and though not always correct, they have a fairly consistent track record of beating the…
September tends to be the worst month to buy stocks. There is even a name for the phenomenon: the “September Effect.” Dow Jones Market Data shows that going all the way back to 1928,…
The technology sector has gone from setting the world on fire to cooling its heels in the corner. The Nasdaq 100 gained more than 80% between November 2022 and this past July but since…
If a stock’s earnings ultimately determine its stock price, then buying stocks that promise massive earnings growth should lead to dramatic share price gains. It is why long-term investors should focus on the business…
The cruise industry was arguably the worst-hit during the pandemic. Forced to remain in port for months after virtually every other business was allowed to reopen, cruise operators had to take on enormous amounts…
With a universe of thousands of stocks to choose from, finding stocks to buy should be easy. But while you could fill up your portfolio with dozens or even hundreds of stocks, at that…
Biotech investing is a thrill-a-minute ride. Biotech stocks can take investors soaring to new heights and fabulous wealth opportunities or send them into the pits of despair. The drug discovery process is fraught with…
Warren Buffett has obliterated the market’s returns since becoming CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) in the mid-1960s. While the S&P 500 has a cumulative return of about 33,000% since then,…
The release of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022 unleashed a frenzy of investor interest in artificial intelligence that propelled Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) to the forefront of the industry. The chipmakers…
It’s been a bad week for oil stocks. Even though OPEC+ nations delayed their production cuts scheduled to begin in October, global demand for oil weakened considerably. China, in particular, which is the world’s…
