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Most retail investors are perfectly happy using ETFs as a way to manage their costs and their risks. But if you’re considering investing in the cannabis sector, using an ETF has not been a good strategy (yet).

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Value stocks are outperforming growth stocks right now.

That’s not a sentence that’s been uttered (or written) often over the past decade and a half. But for the past three months, it’s definitely true. Growth stocks – as measured by the Investors’ Business Daily 50 ETF (FFTY) – peaked in late October and are still 10% off their pre-Halloween apex. Value stocks – as measured by the Vanguard Value Index ETF (VTV) – have risen more than 4% during that time and have really come on since the calendar flipped to 2026, advancing nearly 3%.

Tariffs are back in the news. And the stock market doesn’t like it.

Investors shrug off a lot of things these days – geopolitical turmoil (lots of it), flagging jobs growth, a record-long government shutdown, wars, etc. But tariffs, and tariff threats, are still a four-letter word on Wall Street. So it was no surprise that stocks had their worst day of the young year on Tuesday after President Trump threatened high tariffs on Europe over the Greenland situation, and European leaders responded in kind.

Perhaps the whole kerfuffle will be settled over a catered lunch at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Or maybe tensions will escalate further. Either way, this feels like a pivotal week for stocks.

A growing share of adults believe their finances are heading in the wrong direction, and if you count yourself among them, it’s time to do something about it. This month, it’s time for a financial checkup. We’ll dive into the 10 financial mistakes you must avoid when it comes to spending, saving, investing, and even managing your credit, so you can get yourself on the path to a clean bill of (financial) health.

Federal investment in tech and defense companies has been driving the massive rallies of many tech stocks. And there’s a cheat sheet for where to look next.

Warner Bros. shareholders have enjoyed double-digit gains in December following buyout offers from Netflix and Paramount. Here’s how to play it.

Thursday’s massive rally in Intel (INTC), a Cabot Turnaround Letter portfolio holding, did more than just underline the just-announced $5 billion stake that Nvidia (NVDA) initiated in the company. It also highlighted the degree to which growing federal involvement in tech- and defense-related companies—particularly those used to enable AI and other “mission critical” applications—has been driving the seemingly endless rallies of many leading tech sector stocks.

As U.S. investors have shifted from risk-on to risk-off mode in recent months, a clear disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots” has materialized.

Let’s start with the “have-nots.” Financials have fared the worst so far this year (-4.7%), followed by technology (-3.1%), communication services and consumer discretionary (-2.8% each). The downturn in the two tech-related sectors in particular is a stark departure from recent years, when technology led the charge of the current bull market.

Hello from sunny Florida!

I am on vacation with my family this week, taking a much-needed break from the harsh, snowy Vermont winter (and narrowly making it down here ahead of the latest blizzard to dump another foot or two of snow on the Northeast). But with so much going on in the market – tariffs rejected! GDP growth slowing! AI panic! – I wanted to provide an update on everything that’s going on with our stocks.

America’s housing market has been in a deep freeze for years, thanks to high borrowing costs and skyrocketing prices. But signs of hope are starting to emerge, and it’s possible a long-anticipated thaw is coming now that mortgage rates have dipped below 6%.

Could 2026 be the year of the U.S. housing turnaround? Possibly. But even if it isn’t, today we add a housing-adjacent stock that should fare well either way – especially since it’s trading at a deep discount. I see 36% upside, possibly within a matter of months. It’s a name you know well – whose products you’ve almost surely used and likely have in your garage right now.

Details inside.

Just days after Netflix (NFLX) offered to acquire most of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Paramount (PSKY) has made its own hostile bid. Here’s how it affects shareholders.

After a brief tariff scare early last week, stocks resumed their regularly scheduled uptrend. All told, the stock market is doing just fine, with the major indexes touching new record highs. But certain sectors are doing more than fine.

Sector rotation is in full swing, with investors piling into some of last year’s most unloved sectors to kick off 2026. While technology continues to wallow, up less than 1% year to date and having topped right around Halloween three months ago, the following sectors have picked up the slack...

The markets don’t seem too swayed by the government shutdown, as they continue to remain near all-time highs.

Economically speaking, we’re not getting some reports, like inflation or unemployment, due to the shutdown. But manufacturing seems to be holding up; real estate prices continue to moderate (up 1.8%); existing home sales were down 0.2%; and consumer confidence dipped a bit. Not much to rattle the markets.

The bull market enters its fourth year, with no signs of slowing. That bodes well for all stocks; growth is likely to continue to outperform, though the gap between growth and value titles appears to be narrowing. To kick off 2026 in style, today we fuse the two by investing in a traditional growth stock (and a household name) that has been so beaten down in recent months that it is now deeply undervalued, at least compared to its historical norm. We also “Retire” a stock from our Growth & Income Portfolio after it eclipsed our price target in just four months.

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Landmines abound out there, especially as it relates to the Fed, with two inflation prints coming this week and the Department of Justice launching an investigation into Jerome Powell. And yet, volatility is low, stocks are near all-time highs, and another potentially strong earnings season gets underway this week. So, there’s reason for optimism, particularly given that growth stocks haven’t gone anywhere since late October. Small-cap stocks are starting to gain momentum, and today we add a Canadian one courtesy of Carl Delfeld, who last month recommended our newest portfolio addition to his Cabot Explorer audience.

Details inside.

Large-cap stocks are starting to show some cracks. But small caps aren’t.

After years of underperformance, small-cap stocks appear to finally be poised for a breakout 2026 thanks to a combination of lower interest rates and soaring earnings. So in this month’s Cabot Value Investor issue, we present a small-cap company that is already coming off a very strong quarter, whose sales and earnings have more than doubled since Covid, but whose shares were overly punished last fall and are just now starting the long climb back. The combination of double-digit earnings growth and a well-below-average valuation makes this small cap ripe for our Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio.

Details inside.

Let’s talk about the power of staying invested.

Sure, when the market turns south – and I’m not even sure last week’s mini-dip qualifies – it makes sense to pare back on your weakest stocks and put a larger portion of your portfolio in cash. But taking your ball and going home – selling out of all of your stocks when times are tough – is not a winning strategy. Here’s why.

I’m not sure who coined the phrase “Romance Stock.” But it’s a phrase we’ve long found useful at Cabot, because it provides a model that helps us understand how stocks behave.

I wrote to you a few months ago about our venture into video. Today, I’m presenting you with Cabot’s very first weekly stock market review with Michael Cintolo.