Lastest Stories by Rich Duprey

Energy stocks have been the worst performers in 2024. The S&P 500 Energy Sector index is up just 1.8% year-to-date, trailing well-behind the 8% gain of the second-worst-performing materials...
Rummaging through the portfolios of billionaire investors can be a useful strategy for finding investment ideas. With a universe of thousands of stocks to choose from, narrowing down the list to a...
Daniel Loeb is the quintessential activist investor. His Third Point Capital hedge fund is known for launching activist campaigns against companies and their boards to shake them out of their...
Michael Burry is best-known as the billionaire investor who correctly predicted the housing market crash in 2007 that was detailed in the book, The Big Short. It was subsequently made into a movie of...
“Let your winners run.” Most investors have heard that sage advice even if it is easier said than done. The temptation to take profits off the table is often too great to ignore. Many times...
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn gained his reputation as a hard-nosed corporate raider in the 1980s. He was known for engaging in hostile takeovers of companies using leverage buyouts (LBOs) and then...
Jim Cramer is probably the closest thing we have to stock market superstar influencer. The host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” show is entertaining and popular with a broad swath of investors who like...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the world’s biggest philanthropic organizations. Once the world’s richest man, Bill Gates has fallen to seventh on the list with a net worth of...
Famed value investor Bruce Berkowitz is the founder and chief investment officer of Fairholme Capital Management. He was once named by Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) as the stock fund manager of the...
The Federal Reserve will be holding its next meeting in just one week. The market is anticipating the central bank will cut interest rates for the first time in over a year. But while the rate cuts...
Dividend investing has proved to be a reliable source of income for investors while allowing for long-term generational wealth accumulation.  Historically, dividend-paying stocks have generated far...
Watching the stocks billionaires are buying isn’t a bad investment strategy. These people have spent years honing their craft, and though not always correct, they have a fairly consistent track...
September tends to be the worst month to buy stocks. There is even a name for the phenomenon: the “September Effect.”  Dow Jones Market Data shows that going all the way back to 1928, the...
The technology sector has gone from setting the world on fire to cooling its heels in the corner. The Nasdaq 100 gained more than 80% between November 2022 and this past July but since hitting its...
If a stock’s earnings ultimately determine its stock price, then buying stocks that promise massive earnings growth should lead to dramatic share price gains. It is why long-term investors should...