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Identify the worst investments for individuals so you can stop investing in high risk stocks that are rife with conflicts of interest and speculation.

Artificial intelligence stocks will continue to gain attention as AI gains popularity, but we believe established businesses using AI will benefit more than start-ups

I attended an investment newsletter publishers conference last month, and one topic under discussion was, “What will we do when the Cannabis Boom collapses?”

My view is that the collapse has already begun, but it’s likely to be a slow-motion affair. That’s because of the widespread notion—an example of a fixed investing idea—that cannabis is “The best ground floor opportunity we’ve seen since the early days of the Internet.”

I’ve seen the quote above attributed to Forbes Magazine, and that’s quite possibly where it (or something like it) first appeared....

If natural gas investments interest you, it’s worth looking beyond natural gas penny stocks to more stable companies with established production and cash flow

IBM has a long history of responding to rapid changes in computer technology. As demand for its consulting services and mainframe computers slows, it’s now investing heavily in cloud computing (where customers access software on the web), analytics and artificial intelligence.


We feel the company’s upcoming acquisition of open-source software maker Red Hat will accelerate its transformation, and increase IBM’s earnings for many years to come.


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP....

A: There are a number of dates related to the payment of dividends:

The declaration date is the date on which a company’s board of directors actually sets the amount of the next dividend. Typically it is a number of weeks in advance of the actual payout date.

The record date is the date on which a person has to actually own shares in the company in order to receive the declared dividend.

The ex-dividend date is typically the last business day before the record date....

The Republic of Turkey has a large economy that’s grown by an average of 4.7% per year for the past two decades. However, recent political turmoil has wreaked havoc on the currency, which has in turn pushed interest rates to punishing heights. Investing in Turkey entails significant risk, but the potential rewards could be huge.


Here is one ETF that provides exposure to the top Turkish public companies.


ISHARES MSCI TURKEY ETF $24.64 (Nasdaq symbol TUR; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $403.4 million) tracks the performance of the largest publicly listed Turkish companies.


Financial companies account for 29.5% of its assets, while Industrials (16.7%), Consumer Defensive (12.7%), Basic Materials (15.4%), Energy (8.5%) and Telecommunications (6.4%) are other key segments.


The ETF holds a portfolio of 53 stocks; the top 10 holdings make up a sizeable 63.0% of its assets....

Are blue chip stocks safe? While there are no guarantees in stock investing, at TSI Network we feel that blue chip stocks that have been paying dividends for five to 10 years or more are among the safer investments you can make....

How can you minimize the risk associated with investing? Start with our three-part Successful Investor approach, and then include stocks that meet these other criteria

Before you let trading rules or market indicators influence your investment decisions, it’s a good idea to check them for signs of the Gambler’s Fallacy. This is a logical error that gamblers make, but it also turns up in a lot of investor thinking. The simplest way to explain it is to show how it works in a coin toss.

Often, people intuitively feel that after heads comes up in a series of coin tosses, the next toss is increasingly likely to come up tails....