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Cash can protect you in the bear market but inflation will drag down its value. These dividend stocks are a more attractive alternative.

After a volatile week, the major market indices all closed out with losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.97%, the Dow lost 0.52%, and the Nasdaq declined by 1.87%. And the bearish sentiment continued on Monday as the S&P 500 lost another 1.6%. Which leads to a question I’ve been receiving from a few Profit Booster subscribers: “Will you keep recommending trades if the market gets ugly?” The answer is yes. In times of rocky market action, I will continue to make trades for two reasons:

I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing summer. Wall Street is back to work this week, and Apple (AAPL) is launching a new product or two next week, so get ready for stocks to start moving again.

These basics will help any growth investors improve their portfolio results.

Looking for an investment that offers steady income? Look no further than REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) for a win.

A Covered Call is a strategy in which the trader holds a long position in a stock and writes (sells) a call option on the same stock in an attempt to generate income.

Bull risk reversals are the trade of choice for hedge funds that want to put on huge bullish positions these days. However, the trades are extremely bullish, and if the trade goes wrong, it can go bad in a big way.

A Covered Call is a strategy in which the trader holds a long position in a stock and writes (sells) a call option on the same stock in an attempt to generate income.

Health care is one area where expenditures grow, rather than decline, with age. And while higher health care spending isn’t a good thing, and it would be great to see per capita health care spending diminish, you can’t argue with demographics. One implication is that while most retailers increasingly will struggle,...

Five of the stocks in the portfolio have reported earnings.

Starbucks (SBUX), Dutch Bros (BROS) and Luckin Coffee (LKNCY) are all competing for market share, but which is the best coffee stock in the world?

Silvergate Capital (SI) reported Q1 2022 results yesterday morning and held a conference call later in the day. Digesting the results took some time but at a high level the trends are very solid, despite a somewhat messy quarter for crypto markets. Here are the main bullet points.

I’m changing my recommendations on Dollar Tree (DLTR) to Hold; and on Big Lots (BIG), Kraft Heinz (KHC) and WellCare (WCG) to Buy.

We spend the vast majority of our time focused on U.S. stocks, and rightly so.

After all, although America has just 4% of the world’s population and generates 23% of the global GDP, 72% of worldwide investment capital is spent on U.S. stocks. That’s a stat our global investing expert, Carl Delfeld, relayed to me and my colleague Brad Simmerman on our latest Street Check podcast (click here to listen to the entire conversation). I knew the global investment axis tilted toward the U.S. – just maybe not that much.

Third-quarter earnings season gets underway next week, and expectations are high. Economists are expecting 8% earnings growth among S&P 500 companies, according to data compiled by FactSet. It would be the eighth consecutive quarter of at least 8% profit growth among U.S. companies – perhaps the biggest reason stocks have been on a tear the last two years.

Retiring abroad may sound like a dream come true, but it’s a growing reality for more and more Americans. In this month’s issue, we’ll take a look at some of the most popular destinations for expats, the pros and cons of retiring abroad, and how to start finding a job (and a community) if you live internationally. In other words, everything you need to know before you go.