Feature Article #1
Forget Uncle Sam: The U.S. is Still SWIMMING in Natural Gas — and Investors Can Still Profit
If you are new here, you may want to subscribe to our newsletter. Thank you for visiting! On Jan. 26, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report showing the United States had about 482 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable natural gas reserves in shale formations (not counting conventional basins). That’s a big number [...]
Jackpot Investor | March 20th, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #2
Winning the Rare Earth Economic War: Luisa Moreno
The Critical Metals Report: Last year you published a research report called the Rare Earth Economic War. When we talked last time, you said that China was on one side and industrialized nations were on the other, with China winning. Does China’s new five-year plan with an emphasis on consumer consumption change that balance? Luisa [...]
Jackpot Investor | March 20th, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #3
Being Selective in Biotech: Carol Werther
The Life Sciences Report: Biotech stocks began the year with a powerful uptick. Is this deserved? Carol Werther: The uptick for the group was well deserved, but it’s hard to predict how long it will last. Last year I felt that the prices of many of the companies I covered were quite depressed for a [...]
Jackpot Investor | March 1st, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #4
Can the U.S. economy sidestep Europe’s recession?
The Fed says it’s ready to step in again if the U.S. recovery stumbles. But in each of the last two years it waited until it was almost too late. The surprises continue in the U.S. economic recovery. Last week’s reports include that home prices rose 0.7% in December, an encouraging ending to a year [...]
Jackpot Investor | March 1st, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #5
Carl Icahn Loves These 4 Stocks — Should you Buy Too?
Carl Icahn is among the 25 richest people in the United States, with a net worth estimated to exceed $13 billion. He accumulated his wealth by being an activist investor, acquiring stakes in companies that were performing poorly, then pushing for organizational and administrative changes to unlock hidden shareholder value. Icahn typically buys buying beaten-down [...]
Jackpot Investor | March 1st, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #6
This Incredibly Rare Investment Pays 10% Dividend Yields
I first uncovered this asset class years ago, when I started my High-Yield Investing advisory in 2004. In October of that year, I added one of these securities to my portfolio at $41.33. I sold it for $64.51 about two years later. Along with $9.93 in distributions, my total returns were a little more than [...]
Jackpot Investor | February 29th, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #7
Could One of These Stocks be Warren Buffett’s Next Big Purchase?
“I’m on the prowl.” Those four words were tucked in to Warren Buffett’s just-released 2011 annual letter to shareholders. And the mad dash begins to figure out what company may be in his sights. Such an exercise might preoccupy the financial media simply for the sake of covering Buffett (which always attracts an audience), but [...]
Jackpot Investor | February 28th, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #8
Is this Stock the Next Google (or Baidu)?
U.S. investors are always in search of “the next Google (Nasdaq: GOOG),” hoping to latch on to a stock that can appreciate smartly over many years. In China, they’ve already had their Google moment. The country’s leading search engine provider, Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU) has seen its shares rise from the low teens in early 2009 [...]
Jackpot Investor | February 24th, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #9
Biotech Stocks Start Strong in 2012: John McCamant
The Life Sciences Report: John, I’m looking at a basket of biotech stocks that I follow, and it is down about 60% since the beginning of August 2008, and this even includes the recent strong uptick. What is going on? John McCamant: I would say I’m surprised that it’s only down 60%, given that this [...]
Jackpot Investor | February 23rd, 2012 | Continued
Feature Article #10
Two Years of Economic Fears Have Disappeared
Stock market is up exactly 100% since its March, 2009 bottom, and up 24% just since its intermediate-term low in October Kudos to central banks. The Euro zone debt crisis produced two years of fears that it would result in financial collapse and a severe recession in Europe that would spread to the rest of [...]
Jackpot Investor | February 23rd, 2012 | Continued