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The Japanese phrase, hara hachi bu, translates into something like “belly 80 percent full,” or “eat until you are eight parts full.”

Across almost the entire length of the yield curve, interest rates are ticking up. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached 1.53% and may be headed back toward its December 2019 rate of about 1.90%. In an economy that is showing rapid growth, with inflation well above the Fed’s 2% target and likely at 6% or more if housing prices were properly factored in, a sub-2% 10-year Treasury yield doesn’t seem to make sense.

The broad market strengthened further this week, and I’m putting Equifax (EFX) back on Buy today for investors with cash to put to work.

Not surprisingly, this week wasn’t a great one for our portfolio. I had a feeling the party was winding down last week, when we had an average gain of 105% going and had just seen our stocks pop an average of 6% over five days.

Crista is changing the rating on two stocks and retiring another.

One stock announces first-quarter results and M&A activity and moves from Strong Buy to Hold and another announces first-quarter results, a dividend decrease and an intention to separate into two companies.

In the broad market, all is well, as all trend-following indicators are positive, and the number of stocks hitting new lows has been minuscule in recent days.

Want to know an easy way to profit in this high-inflation environment? Try this low-risk Facebook options trade.

Marijuana stocks are dirt-cheap right now. How cheap? Let’s compare cannabis stocks vs. tobacco stocks and alcohol stocks.

Avalara (AVLR) shares are rising today after the company beat expectations and gave a solid outlook for the rest of the year. Maintaining at buy.

A wave of quarterly reports in recent days means most of our companies have reported.

Amazon, Facebook and Google are under attack, and regulators are circling like hawks. What should you do if you own any of these three big tech stocks?

To help celebrate America’s independence, here are what I think are two of the top stocks to buy for a diversified portfolio.

Walgreen and General Motors should benefit from growing interest in electric vehicles.

There was an interesting coincidence in both our Wall Street Best Investments and Wall Street’s Best Dividend Stocks newsletters last month. Each of our Spotlight Stocks are preparing to spinoff into separate companies.

As I write this morning, the market is selling off broadly, raising the question of whether this downtrend will gain real momentum. The truth is no one knows. What we do know is that the Dow is just seven trading days off its all-time high, while the Nasdaq, where growth stocks have been hit harder, has been losing momentum since mid-February. Thus, technically, these indices have been diverging for three months and now the odds are growing that the broad market will follow the Nasdaq’s lead on the downside.

Money is pouring back into the market and it is likely to continue far longer than the vast majority of today’s investors expect.

My investment strategy is to use a thematic approach, which allows me to invest in stocks much earlier than institutional investors.

After more states voted to legalize marijuana use last week, the entire sector has regained momentum. Here are two marijuana stocks to buy on that momentum.

Small-cap cloud software stocks are due for a big rebound in 2019. Here are a few potential catalysts that could drive the sector to new heights.