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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) both look promising.

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. That applies to the stories of companies as much as to tales of people. My advice? Know your sources, do your due diligence and don’t send either flames or glurge to your email contacts without confirming things for yourself, no matter how satisfying they are.

Today we’re featuring a special discount exclusive to Cabot Wealth Advisory readers from our friends at the Value Investing Congress. We’re also including Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter Editor J. Royden Ward’s notes from last fall’s fourth annual New York Value Investing Congress to give you a sense of the caliber of the program.

I always find several excellent ideas among the comments and suggestions from our readers.

The fact of the matter is that people need heroes (and heroines) to put a face on an activity, and to show that it’s possible to excel.

My system is simple: buy high-quality stocks when they are undervalued, and sell when the stocks become overvalued.

Here are seven steps that you can take to become a better investor.

I am recommending two stocks today that are found in the same industry, but are almost opposites: Bunge (BG) and J. M. Smucker (SJM).

I bank at one of the larger banking institutions in this country and have kept my account there for a number of years. My loyalty has been tested lately, though, on more than one occasion. My problems, though, are minor compared to bank customers who have over-borrowed and cannot keep up with the required payments on their credit cards, loans, or mortgages. And therein lies the crux of the entire problem. For the past 25 years, consumers have been borrowing too much so they can enjoy the good life. State and local governments have been borrowing too much so they can provide more and more services. And now the U.S. Government is running huge deficits to help prop up a troubled banking system and a sinking economy.

How to profit from the rising demand for platinum and palladium.

There are hundreds of undervalued stocks in the market today. I have listed 10 high-quality companies that have been beaten up badly, but will likely recover during the next 12 months. All 10 of the stocks in my list are rated as undervalued by Standard & Poor’s, and each stock is rated above average quality by S&P.

The 45% overnight drop-off in LinkedIn (LNKD) stock stands as a cautionary tale for other growth stocks with flimsy fundamentals.

Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro subscribers at the Conference asked me about many of their current stock positions on which they do not have options positions. I gave them ideas to create yield as well as hedge.