Daily Posts Archive

In this edition of Stock Market Crash Course, the stealth rally continues, as noted by analysts including Stephen Leeb and Bob Howard. However, others are less optimistic, as reflected by sentiment surveys from Investors Intelligence and the AAII.

Editor Chloe Lutts discusses her favorite investing lessons she learned from the Digests’ contributors.

Everyone likes a stock with a good story. And there’s no story more inspiring than the turnaround story: failure (or at least some trouble) is followed by rock bottom, and then redemption. Of course, as an investor, you have to get in at some point before redemption. With that in...

Editor of Cabot Stock of the Month reviews the lessons that the Olympic games taught him and discusses a young high-potential stock.

Not that you need another commentary about the Olympics, but since they’ve been going on for a while, I think I should weigh in.

As you may have heard, interest rates in the U.S. are at historical lows. Good if you want to refinance your house, not so good if you want to create a low-risk income-generating portfolio. We’ve already talked about a number of ways for income investors to adjust to the new landscape...

The 80–20 rule tells me that picking growth stocks is not really that complicated, although you can make it complicated if you want to.

It’s time for a new installment in our Dick Davis Digests contributor interview series. Today, I’m pleased to introduce Tom Bishop, editor and publisher of BI Research. Read my conversation below for his list of things to look for in a small cap stock, thoughts on investment bloggers and his...

The World in 2050 by Laurence C. Smith describes four global forces that are impacting the world today: demographic trends, natural resource demand, climate change and globalization.

Today’s recommendation is a bargain basement pick from Validea Hot List. This stock is currently trading near 52-week lows, but as Validea Editor John Reese explains below, its future looks brighter. Patient investors who get on board now will be able to enjoy a 3.8% yield while they wait.

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