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Today is Columbus Day, the day we honor the man who had the courage to do something different.

It still remains to be seen if the company will turn out to be a good place for your money.

While every investor knows the terms bull market and bear market, every investor seems to have a different definition of each. Some people consider any period of rising prices a bull market. Others require that prices generally rise for a certain time--maybe six months--to be called a bull market. And of course there’s the popular (though highly flawed) view that any 20% move up in an index represents a new bull market, while a 20% decline constitutes a bear market. Adding complexity to these simple phrases is the cyclical versus secular debate. Simply put, a secular bull market is one that supposedly lasts many years or even decades.

If you’ve read the headlines of late, you’ve problem noticed there are some big “problems” brewing at Tesla Motors (TM). None of them are troubling enough to be much of a long-term detriment to Tesla stock.

For great growth, you’ve got to invest in today’s revolutionary stocks that have the potential to become tomorrow’s blue chips.

We don’t spend much time thinking about the news. Instead, we look at the market itself.

The market forces do have a profound effect, as illustrated recently by the bourbon and oil markets.

If you take time now and then to think about the long-term changes going on around you, you can put yourself in position to benefit from them financially, by making the right investments. The most successful investors are not only far-sighted; they are also courageous enough to buy and hold these stocks when they were flying high and more cautious investors warned, “That P/E ratio of 100 means the risk is way too high.” So today I’m going to mention 10 big trends I see developing, and suggest 10 investments that might benefit from these trends ... starting with global trends and narrowing focus from there.

Today I have a Q&A session with Cabot’s small-cap expert, Thomas Garrity.

Acme Packet (APKT) and SanDisk (SNDK) were both recently featured in Cabot Top Ten Report.

Despite all the problems that bombard you daily, there are great reasons for optimism.

Corn diverted to the fuel market, growing demand for meat in emerging markets and floods in Australia have all contributed to food shortages and spiking food prices in recent months. Riots around the world, a fertilizer shortage and less free bread at restaurants are just some of the effects the food crisis is having around the world. Some people believe that the food crisis will be bigger than the problems with credit crunch and global warming.

We get a lot of questions from our subscribers, often the same question many times. So today we’re answering some of our most common inquiries. These are questions and comments that can help all investors better understand not just how we invest, but also some important principles that will quickly improve your skills.

Many enlightening, interesting and even touching articles have been written since Steve Jobs’ death last week. It’s clear he had an immense positive impact on our world, and I don’t think I have anything to add to what’s been said. So why do I bring it up? One of the most...

There are a lot of high-quality stocks trading at value prices out there. For next week’s recommendation, I’m looking at semiconductor companies worldwide and will try to pick the stock with the most upside and lowest downside risk. This is as Congress wrangles over the $52 billion CHIPS act to support the domestic semiconductor supply chain.

The big news this week was, of course, the swearing in of President Biden and all the associated stories about the transition. Fun fact – portfolio holding Everbridge (EVBG) supplied its Mass Notification system to help keep Washington, D.C. area residents and visitors safe and tuned in during, and leading up to, the Presidential Inauguration.

Stocks trading on U.S. markets faced some resistance as hopes for some sort of stimulus bill fade and as mixed earnings report begin rolling in. A key question is whether the pandemic boom stocks will have the revenue and earnings growth to support their sharp advances.

I believe the market’s churn over the last month or so is understandable given its sharp rebound over the last year. Investors and analysts alike are now assessing valuations of stocks relative to expected growth. In some cases it is giving pause; in others it is spurring action.

Remain cautious, but stay open minded. We’re encouraged by the recent action from the market, including some of the power and breadth of the rally.