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It took a while, but investors are finally returning to the market months into this post-election rally. And one mid-cap stock in particular should benefit.

A well-known market analyst once quipped that “bull markets run on caffeine and sugar.” If that’s true, then it’s a good time to buy low on caffeine stocks.

In the search for high-quality dividend stocks, take your cues from legendary value investor Warren Buffett. Here are 3 Berkshire Hathaway stocks to buy.

My wife and I recently returned from a long trip to Australia (where a niece married an Aussie) and New Zealand, a trip that included waypoints in Los Angeles and Tahiti. I got some great ideas for stories, the first of which I’ll share with you today. It starts with our visit to The Broad, a museum in Los Angeles whose name rhymes with “road” — or “rode”— or “rowed.”

Back in 1972, Thomas W. Phelps wrote a book about the ultimate in buy-and-hold investing. His “forever stocks” strategy can bring you profits of 10,000%.

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

There are plenty of high-yield stocks that offer a much better payout than the broader market. Here are three of the best, according to Sure Dividend.

For today’s stock, my recommendation is a mid-sized ($1 billion in revenues) steelmaker named General Steel Holdings (GSI). I look at the chart and I see a stock that came public in October 2007, peaked at 19 two days later, coinciding with the broad market’s top, and then declined to build a broad bowl formation that bottomed at 6. When Paul Goodwin wrote about the stock a month ago it was selling at 13 and trending up. Today it’s 15. I think it will hit its old high of 19 in time, and eventually break out to new highs.

From top to bottom, the Marijuana Index fell 88% from early 2018 to last month’s market low, and now the recovery has begun.

Despite some wobbles last Friday it has been a constructive week for the market, and especially for growth stocks. Since last Thursday’s close and through yesterday’s close the S&P 500 has inched up 0.5% (back near record closing highs), the Nasdaq has hit a record high and the S&P 600 Small Cap Index is up 0.3%.

After last week’s selloff in tech, this week has been relatively calm, though the action at mid-day today suggests we could see more selling before the closing bell.

Here are six lower-risk, dividend-paying stocks for your portfolio that will help you ride out the tumble in tech stocks.

This simple-works-best approach, even in the cutthroat world of the NFL, struck a real chord with me. For years, I’ve believed in keeping it simple when it comes to investing … which is hard to do these days when you can read so many opinions on TV and the Internet.

The recent problems at Toyota, combined with the stock’s collapse, have bargain-hunters asking if the stock is a good buy.

This week I’m adding a recent earnings winner, American telecommunications networking equipment and software services supplier Ciena (CIEN).

The recent August expiration cycle was our second disappointing month in a row. And while 18 wildly successful months of trading out of 20 is a truly spectacular track record, when trades go wrong there is little doubt it’s painful in the moment. However, trading/investing isn’t about being a prisoner of the moment. It’s about building wealth over time, which the Cabot Profit Booster has been very successful at since its inception in early 2020.

The Emerging Markets Timer is still pointed up, but it’s clearly seen some selling volume over the last week. So while we’re still bullish, we’re not looking to push for further exposure at this point. The only change in the portfolio is the sale of Telkom Indonesia (TLK) that we recommended in a Special Bulletin on Wednesday.

This is an unscheduled interim update with three goals. Most importantly, keep in mind this is a marathon not a sprint.

While small caps as a group lagged behind the broad market in 2017, these three small-cap sectors have plenty of momentum and are poised for more in 2018.

Way back in eighth grade, my history teacher, Max Pofcher, called me an iconoclast. And Mr. Pofcher was right. Being an iconoclast—or at least a nonconformist—has paid dividends in my life, not least by allowing me to see the stock market in ways different from the average investor. And when you can act contrary to the herd, you can make a lot of money! So, without further preamble, I present Five Wrong Ideas, otherwise known as five things most people believe that I don’t.