Category: Personal Finance

3,787,464%… That’s what Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway returned to shareholders. A $10,000 investment would’ve turned into more than $370 million. Those returns came over 58 years and it wasn’t from having alot of winning investments. According to Buffett, it came from about a dozen “truly good decisions.” If you do the math, that works out to about one great decision every five years. Investing success isn’t about being right all the time or having a string of winners. It’s about making a few decisions and being phenomenally right. In fact, at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting last Saturday, Charlie Munger[…]

The bear market is OVER. I know, that’s a big claim. But hear me out. Big-cap tech is a driving force in stabilizing the market. We’re talking Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and more. And it’s driving a new bull market. But there’s ONE sector that historically performs the best at the end of a bear market. Now you have the chance to invest in this sector. Watch today’s video to find out why the time is right for my stock recommendations in this space… And it looks like we’re in for a “soft landing” when it comes to inflation. Will[…]

Do we really need regional banks? From the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March to First Republic Bank last week, investors are losing confidence in banks — big or small. We can’t really blame them. So on today’s episode of The Banyan Edge Podcast, Ian King and I explore the structural problems in the U.S. banking system, the future complete shift from paper money to digital banking and how cryptos like bitcoin and Ethereum factors into all of this. Is it just a novelty asset, or could it become our future reserve currency? In Today’s Podcast:[…]

Beginning in the 1960s, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) became to investors what the Bible is to Christians: an unquestionable, “North Star” to which everything else in the belief system is tied. It has since been wholly disproven (CAPM, not the Bible). Yet, the many decades it existed as finance’s most sacrosanct “law” worked to engrain it deeply into the psyche of even today’s investors. Regrettably, this has led them like lemmings off a cliff with the high-risk stocks they thought promised to be “high expected return” investments. See, the CAPM is a mathematical equation that seeks to determine[…]

Zero-day-to-expiration options (0DTEs) are Wall Street’s latest boogeyman. The professionals are worrying, and the financial media is doing its best to make you worry too. MarketWatch was among the first to sound the alarm: “A potential stock-market catastrophe in the making: The popularity of these risky option bets has Wall Street on edge.” Forbes gave it a cute name: “What Is Volmageddon? Why Record Options Trading Could Risk Another 20% Stock Crash.” A recent Bloomberg article can leave us wondering if it’s even worth the effort to trade these options. That headline was: “Day Traders Lose $358,000 Per Day Gambling[…]

It’s one of the best-performing stocks in my portfolio. But when I first recommended it … Mr. Market was asleep! The company specializes in the extreme testing of electronics — including everything from semiconductors to automotive parts and telecommunications gear. It’s a microcap with a market cap less than $500 million, so there’s little to no coverage of it on Wall Street. In fact, only one analyst was covering it. Then Nick Grant took over as CEO. And boy did he wake the company up. The company is inTEST Corp. (NYSE: INTT). And since we added it to the portfolio,[…]

We’re likely in for another rate hike on this Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting. However, the signs point to just a 25-basis point increase. In today’s video, Amber and I are forecasting what this means for inflation this summer (and where the market may go from here!). I’m predicting that one sector will be making a big rebound soon — and that’s tech stocks. Here’s why… Artificial intelligence and automation continue to shape the landscape of this market. “Big-cap” tech giants like Meta, Microsoft and Apple are taking advantage of the AI trend and working through its glitches. These companies are[…]

Rule #1: We definitely talk about book club. On today’s special episode of The Banyan Edge Podcast, I’m joined by Adam O’Dell and Amber Lancaster to chat about their current favorite reads. Gems like the little-known dynamics of pirate economies. How investing theories and strategies adapt over time. And even how the “winner takes all” idea affects moneymaking in sports — from the players to the fat-cat industry runners. (And please stick around for a fun survey at the end of this post!) In Today’s Podcast: The self-proclaimed secret to Warren Buffett’s success. [0:30] Amber’s pick: The Invisible Hook: The[…]

Note From Charles Sizemore, Chief Editor: Last Thursday, our very own Adam O’Dell went live with a group of brand-new recommendations that cover three huge megatrends on his radar. Each stock from this group ranks highly on Adam’s proprietary Stock Power Ratings system … which means they’re positioned to beat the market by between 2X and 3X over the next 12 months. But these stocks, all priced at $5 per share or less, also offer the chance to get a leg up on the major financial firms that typically control markets. To own these high-quality companies before institutional investors can[…]

“Tesla is going to $2,000 a share in four years.” That’s the bottom line from ARK Invest’s latest research. It’s a fun read. ARK says shares of Tesla should gain an average of 88% a year because of its autonomous taxi business. Don’t rush out looking for those taxis yet. There aren’t any. “But don’t worry,” ARK says: “they’re coming. So, the stock must be a bargain at 10.8 times book value, almost 4 times higher than the average S&P 500 company.” I’m skeptical. I don’t think autonomous taxis will ferry passengers everywhere they want to go anytime soon. The[…]