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From $10 Billion To Worthless In 8 Months: Solar Hype Financial Engineering At Its Finest

From $10 Billion To Worthless In 8 Months: Solar Hype Financial Engineering At Its Finest

In one of the largest financial collapses in recent years, SunEdison (SUNE), valued at $10 billion in July, now prepares for bankruptcy. How do you do that? Cheap money (thank the Fed) and financial engineering (thanks to company wizards who no doubt saw this coming and cashed out long ago). The Wall Street Journal notes […]
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                        The Portfolio That Will Double In Three Years

E The Portfolio That Will Double In Three Years

Below, I have listed a portfolio of ten stocks that will almost certainly double in three years. If I am wrong, it will gain 100% in only two years. But there is a catch. This basket of stocks may have to drop 20%-30% first. It is a cardinal rule of investment that if you want […]
Guggenheim Investments Announces April 2016 Closed-End Fund Distributions

Guggenheim Investments Announces April 2016 Closed-End Fund Distributions

NEW YORK, April 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guggenheim Investments today announced that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each closed-end fund (collectively, the “Funds” and each, a “Fund”). The following dates apply to the distributions: Record Date                  April 15, 2016 Ex-Dividend Date          April 13, 2016 Payable […]
4 REITs To Crush The Market This Quarter

4 REITs To Crush The Market This Quarter

The first two months of 2016 were murky for the real estate investment trust (REIT) industry, with soft economic data, weakening corporate earnings outlook, global macroeconomic headwinds and Fed-centric anxieties. Then the madness of March essentially lifted investors’ spirits and ushered in good news for the industry. The benchmark rate was kept steady by the […]
Precious Metals Report – April 1, 2016

Precious Metals Report – April 1, 2016

Ira Epstein leads us through the day’s precious metal highlights. (Video length 00:07:26)
S&P 500 Snapshot: Happy April Fools’ Day

S&P 500 Snapshot: Happy April Fools’ Day

April Fools’ Day was a interesting day for the US equity market. Asian markets had a bad day with Japan’s Nikkei plunging 3.55%. The Euro STOXX 50 index fell 1.72%. With an unusually heavy day of economic updates in the US, starting with the much-followed monthly employment report, our benchmark S&P 500 dropped at the […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – April Fools’ Day

Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – April Fools’ Day

The Non-Farm Payrolls Report this morning was a mixed bag, with enough different kinds of data to provide material for both the hawks and the doves. The dollar initially rose and stocks dumped, in sympathy with global stocks overnight action, especially the emerging markets. But at some point Wall Street decided it was all good, […]
Bi-Weekly Economic Review

Bi-Weekly Economic Review

Economic Reports Scorecard The economic reports since the last update present a dichotomy. While there has been an improvement in the surprises – more better than expected reports – the overall tone of the reports has been fairly negative. Part of the explanation for that is the plethora of regional Fed reports over the last […]
Gold Stocks Correcting Through Time Not Price

Gold Stocks Correcting Through Time Not Price

Gold Stocks enjoyed a fabulous, near vertical rebound into March yet were in extreme overbought territory. We and many others called for a correction. In recent weeks those other voices have worried excessively about the alleged bearish construction of the CoT. Although Gold and Silver have essentially consolidated with a little weakness, the gold stocks […]
Netflix, Inc. Stock Upgraded For Pricing, International Opportunities

Netflix, Inc. Stock Upgraded For Pricing, International Opportunities

Netflix (NFLX) stock moved higher on Friday after one firm upgraded it for the big opportunities that may be in the company’s future. There have been concerns about subscriber growth in the U.S., but the firm’s analysts say the opportunities outweigh this one metric.   Netflix’s metrics show solid growth In a report dated April […]