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Mutual funds have been around for decades, but it’s been just the last 25 years or so that their popularity has skyrocketed, due in large part to the growing participation in 401(k) retirement plans, which made mutual funds household names. About a decade ago, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained traction with individual investors and began to give mutual funds some heavy competition. And in the past few years, they have also emerged as good vehicles in which to park retirement money. But what many investors don’t realize is that there is another vehicle (besides mutual funds), which also offers you a means to pool your money with others to buy shares, at nominal costs.

Here at the Dick Davis Digests, July means one thing: It’s time to update our subscribers on this year’s Top Picks! At the end of last year, we asked all our contributing experts for their #1 stock pick for the coming year. This year the response was bigger than ever,...

Earlier this month, Finland held national elections. Until now, according to the New York Times, “Finnish politics was about as interesting as watching paint dry.” The same three dominant parties were returned to govern by coalition every year. But not any more. To quote from the Times again: “In the general...

In this edition of What Wall Street Experts Are Saying This Week, I review several recent measures of analyst sentiment. The “stubborn pessimism” still lingering after 10 weeks of positive stock market action should provide plenty of fuel for a continued upmove.

If the market is telling you that you’re barking up the wrong tree, what are you supposed to do?

As a growth investor, I’ve spent years studying the things that drive growth investors crazy, and I have a little list I’d like to share with you. I even have some recommendations for how to keep your blood pressure down while playing the growth game.

The best dividends are anything but boring: they can grow by 20% or more per year, every year.

One of the highest-scoring stocks on my dividend growth ranking is Ensco (ESV). Ensco’s cash flow growth has been more than strong enough.

With the potential to be China’s leading browser/search platform, QIHU is tempting.

Certain businesses are struggling in this high-priced environment. If you own a business, here are a few inflation-fighting strategies.

Commodity funds have been some of the strongest performers this year, and this simple tool can help you identify the best of the best.

It’s absolutely fascinating to see stocks in both the oil and gas and the solar power industries leading the market higher in recent days. So where to invest?

The U.S. energy boom is in full swing, and that makes high income energy stocks a wise long-term investment. And these three are the strongest in years.

This “focus on the simple” brings me to one of my favorite sayings in the stock market, which I got from the book, The Perfect Speculator (I highly recommend it): “It’s hardest to keep things simplest.”

Many of the emails and phone calls I field these days involve some sort of avoidable error on the part of the subscriber that’s cost him money. So this week I’m writing about the 10 biggest mistakes investors make … and, of course, how to avoid making them.

A stock that you own should be managed by looking at its chart, with occasional glances at any new headlines or earnings results.

What’s the biggest challenge in the market right now? Here’s what Dick Davis Contributors said over the course of this year.

Paul Goodwin explains what to do when a good stock goes bad.