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PowerTrend Brief: Markets Looking for Direction Amid a Sea of Earnings Reports

Last week, we waded deeper into 2Q 2012 earnings season as nearly 16% of the companies that comprise...

Booking Two Double-Digit Gains — and a Bet on U.S. Retail

Overall, it was a flat week in the markets with all the major averages ending the week within...

Booking 57.1% Gains in Omega Healthcare — in a DivPro Portfolio with a 10.34% Yield

Last week's Dividend Pro recommendation, Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI), took off like a rocket, rising 4.83% in...

Making Money Alert: Is it a Breakout or a Fake Out?

There's been a whole lot of shaking going on in the equity markets through the first half of...

How To Assassinate a Stock

The broader markets ended the week flat, as the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 managed minuscule gains of...

Profiting From Obamacare

Founded in 1992 in Hunt Valley, Md., Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI) invests in principally long-term healthcare facilities in the...

Markets Consolidate Recent Gains

It was a mixed week for your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio as global markets spent the week pulling...

Staying Bullish on Biotech

The main U.S stock indexes slumped Friday, after a weak jobs report gave up all or nearly all...

Another 10% + Yielding BDC

Your Dividend Pro portfolio had a terrific week, with all of your positions rising. Last week's recommendation, the...

A Bullish Bias — and Piling into Our Watchlist Picks

Last week marked the beginning of a big bounce in global stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...