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Average Americans are still struggling to regain what they lost during the recession, while the top 1% have gotten even wealthier.
Today, Alexander Green explains what the rich are doing differently and how others can catch up.

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an interesting article under the headline “Historic Asset Boom Passes by Half of Families.”
It pointed out that the economic expansion of the last decade has created staggering new wealth – and a record number of millionaire households – but that roughly half of Americans have been left behind.
According to new figures released by the Federal Reserve, the bottom half …read more […]

We at Insider Monkey have gone over 730 13F filings that hedge funds and prominent investors are required to file by the SEC The 13F filings show the funds’ and investors’ portfolio positions as of June 28th. In this article, we look at what those funds think of Aimmune Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AIMT) based on that […] …read more […]

World-class money managers like Ken Griffin and Barry Rosenstein only invest their wealthy clients’ money after undertaking a rigorous examination of any potential stock. They are particularly successful in this regard when it comes to small-cap stocks, which their peerless research gives them a big information advantage on when it comes to judging their worth. […] …read more […]

Microsoft beat out Amazon for a $10 billion Department of Defense contract.
The 10-year JEDI contract is for the Pentagon’s cloud services and it’s a big win for Microsoft Azure as a competitor to AWS. Yahoo Finance’s Dan Roberts, Julia La Roche and Brian Cheung discuss on YFi AM. …read more […]

Reputable billionaire investors such as Jim Simons, Cliff Asness and David Tepper generate exorbitant profits for their wealthy accredited investors (a minimum of $1 million in investable assets would be required to invest in a hedge fund and most successful hedge funds won’t accept your savings unless you commit at least $5 million) by pinpointing […] …read more […]

Today we’ll look at HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI) and reflect on its potential as an investment. Specifically, we’re… …read more […]

We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged through October 17th. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 45% and 39% respectively. Hedge funds’ top 3 stock picks returned 34.4% this year and beat the S&P […] …read more […]

Allergan Plc would pay $750 million to settle a class action lawsuit from a group of direct purchasers of Alzheimer’s disease therapy Namenda, the drugmaker said, in a resolution to the litigation that was set to face trial on Monday. The lawsuit alleged that Allergan’s Forest units worked to delay generic competition for Namenda, including entering an illegal agreement with its competitor Mylan NV. Forest, the original maker of Namenda, discontinued the tablets taken twice daily in February 2014 and replaced it with a version taken once daily before the launch of a generic version in July 2015. …read more […]

Before we spend countless hours researching a company, we like to analyze what insiders, hedge funds and billionaire investors think of the stock first. This is a necessary first step in our investment process because our research has shown that the elite investors’ consensus returns have been exceptional. In the following paragraphs, we find out […] …read more […]

When it comes to Canada’s $2.2 trillion stock market, you would think that foreign investors would be lining up to get a piece of the action. However, this is not the case. Despite seeing a record breaking performance this year, investors are looking to the U.S. as a safe haven.“At times of risk — macro, geopolitics or trade — investors sell assets from other areas and focus on the safety of U.S. equities. Canada, being a small weight in many global benchmarks, is easy to ignore and from an equity point of view is thought of as acting closer to …read more […]

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Oil holds steady while gold falls in the market because of progress in the U.S. – China trade deal. Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Alexis Christoforous and Jared Blikre break down today’s commodities report on The First Trade. …read more […]

The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey is again at the forefront when it comes to making use of this gold mine of data. We at Insider Monkey have gone over 730 13F filings that hedge funds and well-known value investors are required to file by the SEC. The 13F […] …read more […]

The financial regulations require hedge funds and wealthy investors that crossed the $100 million equity holdings threshold to file a report that shows their positions at the end of every quarter. Even though it isn’t the intention, these filings to a certain extent level the playing field for ordinary investors. The latest round of 13F […] …read more […]

The stock market is a complex system. But you don’t need to understand every working piece to make gobs of money. The six stock market books below boil down some of the most useful investing ideas. And it’s good to note that these aren’t dry textbooks either.
Whether you’re a beginner or advanced investor, you’ll find useful tips. These books cover value investing, investor psychology, and many other topics. Let’s dive in…

6 Stock Market Books for Investors
The Intelligent Investor
This book is a must-read for value investors. The author, Benjamin Graham, was one of Warren Buffett’s mentors. He’s considered the “father of …read more […]