Good news for private prison operators, alcohol companies and Big Pharma: The feds are quietly plotting their crackdown on legal marijuana in Colorado and Washington State — voter referenda be damned. “The Obama administration has been holding high-level meetings since the election to debate the response of federal law enforcement agencies ...read more

Last Wednesday, LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) traded for the first time on the New York Stock Exchange. Exuberant buying quickly pushed share prices up from an offer price of $45 to more than $122. And in the process, co-founder Reid Hoffman became a billionaire. LinkedIn is just the latest in the slew ...read more

You may have heard of “the cloud” before. No, it’s not a white, fluffy thing in the sky or the catchphrase in a recent mattress commercial — it’s the latest and greatest industry buzzword out there in the tech space today. And unlike most, it’s a buzzword that has significant ...read more

If you’ve been trading the market for any length of time, you’ve likely picked up on the fact that we’re currently facing especially tough trading conditions right now. But difficult trades aren’t a reason to panic – instead, they’re an opportunity to reevaluate your trading strategy and reduce your risk. ...read more

At the beginning of 2011 I gave a special forecast to Agora Financial Reserve members (see below)… the resounding recommendation was for silver. Specifically I was quoted saying “I see more potential in silver [than gold.] I look for silver to double in price this year, again.” In retrospect that was ...read more

The housing market is one of the best-looking asset classes for 2011 and 2012. I’ll admit, that prediction may seem shocking right now, especially if you’ve been following my thoughts about the massive wave of mortgage resets threatening home ownership this year. But bear with me — now may be ...read more

While market manipulations have traditionally been the domain of the tiniest micro-cap stocks, that’s been changing lately. In 2011, manipulative short attacks have jumped the shark, making their way to major exchanges without anything standing in their way. Today, short attacks are one of the biggest threats to any small-cap ...read more

If you’ve been following the markets for a while, chances are you’ve heard of the “head-and-shoulders pattern”. I’d venture to say that it’s probably the most well-known chart pattern in the world of technical trading. But just being able to spot this formation on a chart doesn’t necessarily mean that ...read more

First it was unrest in the Middle East. Now it’s a natural disaster of unfathomable proportions in Japan. The world is throwing everything it can at the economy, and yesterday, stocks here in the U.S. tumbled under the pressure. Before you begin thinking about where to go from here, it's important ...read more

In research I send my Lifetime Income Report readers, the theme you I cover more than any other is market mispricings. Some of the best times to buy a stock are when it is the least popular. It’s because of this that we’ve been able to lock in gains of 32%, ...read more