Bring On the Bears... and Four Principles to Smart Investing

Sunday, January 12, 2014 In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Bond Strategist and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call Steve McDonald runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... A Boring Company With Exciting Prospects Taking Its 80% Market Share to New Markets A Very Taxing "Slap in the Face" Award You can check it out in this video. This Week's Best-Sellers: Cheat Death, Get Rich A shocking breakthrough could hit the market a few months from now, handing you a chance for centuries of health and wealth. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes... conquered. Getting sick from old age... a thing of the past. Getting rich from this historic event... a near certainty. Find out why by clicking here. When NASA Needs Futuristic Technology, They Go Here It doesn't get much more high-tech than sending a spaceship to Mars. And when NASA's Curiosity rover recently landed on the red planet, it was all thanks to one small company. Next up for it? Conquering a $357 billion consumer technology market. As it does, we expect shares to shoot from $9 to $224. Details here. The United States Is the Target One extremely profitable company is on the verge of an historic expansion into North America. Reports indicate they will target "a number of countries there, including, primarily, the United States." To find out why analysts are predicting the stock will triple as a result, go here now. Here are the stories that were featured in Investment U this week... Bring On the Bears Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Since March, the Dow has hit numerous all-time highs. But on December 20, it did something it had never done before. It hit an all-time high in inflation-adjusted terms. The Dow has recovered from the Internet bubble, 9/11, the Enron scandal, the housing bubble and the global financial crisis. Are we just lucky? Hardly. Click here to read the full story. Four Principles to Smart Investing Chris Rowe, Director of Investor Education At the beginning of every year (and often at the beginning of each quarter) I like to write out the many investment principles that guide me. I rewrite them because there may be new principles to add or changes to the old ones. Today I thought I'd share four of my main short-term trading principles from a technical standpoint. It's a different spin on the long-term strategies often discussed in Investment U. Click here to read the full story. My Super Bowl Is Next Week Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist For me, the Super Bowl is next week. And it has nothing to do with the fact that my San Diego Chargers somehow sneaked into the NFL playoffs. In fact, my Super Bowl has nothing to do with football. You see, for a stock nerd like me, particularly one with an interest in healthcare, my Super Bowl refers to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Click here to read the full story. Why I'm Bullish on Steel Sean Brodrick, Resource Strategist After a six-month rally in steel prices, the metal pulled back a bit in recent days. Some analysts say the run in steel is done. I say you should buy the dip, because there are some excellent opportunities to forge big profits in the steel sector. Here's why... Click here to read the full story. Five Reasons to Invest in American Energy David Fessler, Energy and Infrastructure Strategist The United States is the undisputed leader in shale gas and oil exploration and production (E&P). But that's not because we have the most recoverable shale resources under our soil. We don't. We're only second in the world (after Russia) in technically recoverable shale oil, and fourth in the world in recoverable shale gas. Click here to read the full story. Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published recently on our website at InvestmentU.com. The Hunger Games Eats up the Competition A Closer Look at JPMorgan's $13 Billion Settlement WARNING: This Bull Market Won't Last Forever Two Stocks Poised to Perform This Holiday Season – SHARE INVESTMENT U – If you enjoy reading Investment U, why not share it with your family and friends? Simply send them this link, so they can sign up (for free, of course). – QUESTIONS – Republish Investment U on your website or blog for free. Learn how. Have a question for our editorial team? Contact us. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Investment U. To unsubscribe from Investment U or to manage your account, click here To cancel by mail or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Investment U Attn: Member Services 105 West Monument Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Keep the emails you value from falling into your spam folder. Whitelist Investment U. 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