How to Safely Hedge Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times + MORE

Filed under: Investing

Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company’s economic output. That’s because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday March 6.
Stocks That Are Safe At Any Speed: Starwood Hotels (HOT), KeyCorp (KEY), AFC Enterprises (AFCE), American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP), Linn Energy (LINE), Linn Co (LNCO), Celgene (CELG)…

Well, that tireless troll James K. Glassman has once again decided to shake the blogosphere into a frenzy by resurfacing with his Dow 36000 call.
If you’ll recall, he published a book with Kevin A. Hassett entitled Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market…

Crazy_Aussie wrote:This maybe a wild-goose chase I’m about to send you on here, or it could lead to the holy grail.Thanks for the heads up. I’m game for a chase! Will follow up once I find out. They also have some nice bonuses for opening IRA accounts going on right now…we’ll see if this counts…

If you want to be a thorough investor, then it's absolutely crucial to keep track of once-loved growth stocks that have fallen out of favor. Many investors simply move on to other ideas, not fully understanding that lagging growth stocks may simply be suffering from some short-term growing pains…

What a year 2013 has been. The S&P is up 6% and we’re 3% away from all-time highs. The Dow Jones broke through 14,000…
Can things get better from here? Can they even stay this good? Nobody knows where the markets will go, but there are ways to protect yourself and sleep easy at night…

March 7 (Bloomberg) — Darren Schuringa, managing partner
at Yorkvillle ETF Advisors, discusses Yorkville’s two
exchange-traded funds that focus on master limited partnerships.
Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on Exchange Traded
Funds.

Keep your eye on margins.