I love a good story.

I think in terms of “storylines.” So I’m constantly sifting through the narratives playing out around me. That’s how I process — and make sense of — the world that I see.

This story-based mindset was solidified during the 22 years I spent as a reporter, a career that earned me national recognition for my award-winning work covering big public companies, Wall Street, the economy and sectors like defense, biotech and finance.

My most memorable interviews included: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, General Electric CEO John F. “Jack” Welch and Forbes magazine publisher and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes.

The storylines I chronicled traveled in all sorts of directions — and took all sorts of forms: They spotlighted winners and losers, featured heroes and villains, and captured happiness and grief.

They also unveiled threats … and opportunities.

For folks like you and me, seeing and understanding those storylines is investing gold.

Find the threats … and you avoid the losses.

Find the opportunities … and you’ve found some of the best places to make money.

Wall Streeters refer to this as “top-down investing.” You investigate the “big picture” trends and storylines. Then you drill down and identify the sectors and specific companies that’ll be winners.

Those Big Money institutional players refer to storylines as “investing narratives.”

I prefer to avoid that “institutional jargon” and keep things simple, just knowing that the most powerful storylines lead to the most powerful profits.

It’s how you build wealth over the next three, five, eight, 10 years or more.

At Stock Picker’s Corner (SPC), these are the current storylines we’re following:

You’ll see those storylines covered, as well as the best stocks to follow, throughout our publications.