Investing Strategies

May 2021

Another Way to Lower Risk and Squeeze Gains in the Market

May 31, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

If options aren’t for you, I have another conservative strategy to help you manage your risk and build a rockstar portfolio of stocks. During choppy periods of the market, I encourage you to build your portfolio using a simple strategy called “dollar-cost averaging.”

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How to Boost Gains from Stocks You Already Own – Part One

May 27, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

Today, I want to spend a little bit of time talking about ways to earn more money from your existing stock portfolio. We’ll start today with one of the most conservative and defensive ways to use options, generate income, and limit your downside risk.

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Here’s a Different Way to Value Stocks and Find Great Buys

May 25, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

There’s another way companies can return money in the form of value: through mergers and acquisitions. By buying out smaller rivals or strategically aligned companies, companies can boost their enterprise value, and create new business lines and synergies that return larger gains over the long term.

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April 2021

How TradeSmith Beat Wall Street Once Again

April 30, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

After a wave of earnings reports from America's top tech companies, a small selloff ensued. The Nasdaq, S&P 500, and the Dow... they all fell Friday morning. The average investor sees this downturn and has their finger on the sell button. But not me.

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A Bargain Name Becomes a Bargain Idea

April 19, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

There’s no shortage of noise flying around the markets today. But for me, there’s nothing more dangerous than noise. What I want and need is a very clear signal. That’s exactly what came across my desk last Thursday with this “bargain idea.”

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Own Warren Buffett’s Portfolio For 85 Cents on the Dollar

April 8, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

Who doesn’t want to invest like Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway? From humble beginnings, Buffett – the Oracle of Omaha – has amassed a fortune north of $100 billion. It might’ve been slow and steady, but his long-term strategy won the race. Many of the world’s top managers imitate his strategies down to individual stocks. In the last year, mainstream media outlets have crawled over each other to speculate on what he buys and what he sells. Come

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A Little Bank You’ve Never Heard Of Just Moved into Our Green Zone

April 7, 2021TradeSmith Editorial Staff

Editor’s Note: Yesterday we promised to include an entertainment stock pick that we expect to do well in the larger U.S. reopening. However, that recommendation is not quite ready. We will bring it to you soon, and we apologize for the delay. Want real trading ideas that you can’t find anywhere else? Try this tiny bank that just moved into the Health Indicator Green Zone on April 1. Right now, people are talking about Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS),

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You Can Still Beat the Big Money into Cryptos

April 2, 2021John Banks

Editor’s Note: The markets are closed for Good Friday, and we will return on Monday. Our good friends at InvestorPlace have some excellent research on altcoins that we think you will find interesting. Without further ado, here is Matt McCall. –JCL Upon hearing the news that Thomas Edison was working on an electric light bulb, a committee in Britain’s Parliament said that was “good enough for our Transatlantic friends… but unworthy of the attention of practical or scientific men.” Okay.

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