Brian Bolan

There is an old saying that "when there is blood in the streets, buy." For the investors who do this on a regular basis, it can be a profitable trade.

The herd mentality tends to ruin stock returns far more often than we suspect, but there is a way to find healthier long-term profits.

Tax Day is right around the corner, and investors who are facing a large tax bill might be thinking about what stocks to hang on to and which ones to sell to pay those taxes.

If you're looking to make money off the legalization of weed by buying stock in a company in the sector just be careful: many are penny stocks that have no analyst coverage, yet.

Earnings season can be tough on your portfolio. But there is a key concept that can help find stocks that not only tend not to disappoint but actually prosper.

Finding a home run stock that goes up 100% or more in just a year is difficult enough, but the hardest part is actually waiting around.

Twitter recently filled for an initial public offering, which leaves investors scrambling as to how to play the IPO. Here are two possible moves and what a portfolio manager will consider.

What is the best thing that can happen to a stock you own? A buyout? Sure that gives instant gratification, but there's something even better, and now's the time to identify it.

Everyone is looking for the types of investment opportunities that are so enticing that they are mouthwatering - here are three that should get investors excited on multiple levels.

The economy seems to be getting stronger and stronger, so is it time to take a calculated gamble? Now that people likely have more disposable cash on hand, investors might want to turn their attention back to Las Vegas.

If investing in small cap stocks was easy, then everyone would be rich. The fact is small caps carry a lot of inherent risks. But here is a way to get into these exciting stocks while limiting your risks on the back end.

Maybe you have heard of the recovery in housing? It's been a heavily played story over the last few months, and it still has some room to run. Here's a closer look at the direct and indirect plays that investors can use to prosper from the recovery in housing.