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With interest rates declining, traditional income avenues have all but dried up. It’s why you should invest in the best dividend-paying stocks for 2020.

Over the weekend, the finance ministers of the eurozone decided on a bailout package for Cyprus. But why does this matter to us?

As I mentioned here a few weeks ago, last year’s second-best-performing Top Picks stock was Allot Communications (ALLT), recommended by SmallCapInvestor PRO. (The best performer was acquired a couple months after being recommended.) I mention this again because the 2012 Top Picks included several stocks that could be the next Allot...

With growth stocks suffering, value and income are at a premium as we head into 2022. This emerging markets ETF provides both.

Facing the first sustained market downturn in their lifetimes, millennial investors have pulled back from investing and stopped “buying the dip.”

In December’s Issue of Cabot Early Opportunities we look back at one of the strangest years in decades and discuss the seemingly counterintuitive strategy that drove huge portfolio gains.

Then we look at a fresh batch of names that seem ripe for the picking now and which could serve us well in the beginning of 2021. Our new stocks span clean energy, PC gaming, biotech, industrial supplies, and payment processing. As always, there should be something for everyone!

Despite a Chinese economy that has grown three times faster than America’s every year over the past three decades, it has been a bit of a challenge to consistently make money in Chinese stocks.

I have no idea if the biotech sector is near a bottom, but based on history, it would seem that we’re within 10% or so of that mark. The greatest risk seems to be that the binary outcome possibilities for developmental-stage biotech stocks (either fail or succeed) don’t mesh with investors’ risk appetite right now.

As the new year approaches, we’re reviewing the past year’s worth of Investment of the Week and Dick Davis Digests. This week, I’m going to spotlight the year’s best-performing Top Picks. Every year, we ask all of our Digest contributors to send us a recommendation of their single favorite stock to own...

Here’s one questions from a reader: How should I develop my portfolio for retirement?

Here are four step-by-step instructions on stock investing from the American Association of Individual Investors.

The past week was relatively subdued in small-cap land; the asset class, as measured by the S&P 600 Small Cap Index, dropped a modest 0.8%. The biggest declines were seen in the energy, consumer discretionary and healthcare sectors. The latter is likely due to disruption from Hurricane Maria and renewed chatter about reducing federal subsidies that were part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Four best-performing Top Picks for 2011 are reviewed by Dick Davis Digests’ Editor Chloe Lutts.

Interest rates are finally dropping and a new era has begun, and these two dividend-paying stocks are ideal for the changing times.

October proved to be a challenging month for stocks, but one good thing came out of it—it helped me identify stocks that investors really want to own!

Current Market Outlook


Our title last week was “What Happens from Here Will Tell the Tale.” And so the market’s impressive and immediate snapback from the two-day Brexit decline is a good sign that the bears just aren’t able to take control of this market, even when obvious bad news hits. That said, while the panic low from last Monday should hold, we can’t say the bulls are in control, either, as all the major indexes are still stuck below longtime resistance levels dating back to early 2015. Altogether, we’ll nudge our Market Monitor back up a notch, but what we’re really looking for is a decisive move to new highs before getting bullish. For now, you should hold your top performers, but keeping new buys relatively small and holding some cash is also prudent.

This week’s list has a bunch of mid-cap names that are showing excellent strength—they could be among your leaders if the bulls step up to the plate. Our Top Pick is Beacon Roofing (BECN), a growing play on housing and construction, which may actually get a boost as interest rates plunge.

Stock Name	Price	Buy Range	Loss Limit
TAL Education (XRS)	0.00	60-62.5	56-57
TransUnion (TRU)	83.09	32.5-33.5	30-30.5
NetEase, Inc. (NTES)	0.00	181-185	169-170
Newfield Exploration (NFX)	0.00	41.5-43	38-39
Dycom Industries (DY)	0.00	85-88	79-80
DOC (DOC)	0.00	20-21	19-19.5
Beacon Roofing (BECN)	0.00	45-46.5	42.5-43
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI)	0.00	38.5-40	36-36.5
AG (AG)	0.00	13.5-14.5	12-13
Abiomed (ABMD)	0.00	106-109	98.5-100