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The market had many ups and downs last week, and despite a nasty sell-off on Thursday the indexes closed the week mostly higher. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, the Dow lost 0.45%, and the Nasdaq rose by 2.26%.

The market had many ups and downs last week, and despite a nasty sell-off on Thursday the indexes closed the week mostly higher. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, the Dow lost 0.45%, and the Nasdaq rose by 2.26%.

Bull market leaders are still holding up, but there are early signs of rotation benefiting fresher names in a handful of sectors. Here are four we like.

The reports of shopping malls’ deaths are greatly exaggerated, and this shopping mall REIT is making a strong case for contrarian investors.

The long-term trend of the market is still up, and that’s evidence in favor of the resumption of the advance in the indexes and stocks. But after a true correction (10+ percent decline), it’s more typical for markets to need either a period of sideways trading or a retest of lows before getting back on the rally track.

It’s too early to panic, but you may want to hedge your portfolio with options in case the ongoing Trump rally collapses.

Chevron (CVX) is an undervalued energy stock that appears primed for a major run now that OPEC has extended production cuts into 2018.

Two stocks report earnings and two more are rising again.

Suffice to say the last two weeks have been very tough. On the one hand, yes, of course some sort of correction or pullback has been expected given the huge progress the market – and growth stocks, small caps and IPOs in particular – have made over the last 12 months. But expecting something to come eventually and actually experiencing it are two entirely different things.

A week ago, it appeared the market was ready to break free from its three-week correction and consolidation (as well as its two-month period of sideways trading). But the sellers have again showed up, spurred on by worries about the solvency of Deutsche Bank and bad memories of the financial crisis eight years ago.

Cannabis stocks have become so cheap that M&A activity is now underway. Investors should stick with the financially sound players to benefit.

Broad indexes are down double-digit percentages this year, will a Santa Claus rally turn around the end of 2022?

Divorcing one’s personal beliefs from a company’s products and its stock can be extremely challenging. However, a look at the stock’s performance and options trading can go a long way to helping investors avoid their personal biases.

The market’s had another rotational week—the big-cap indexes have done OK (S&P 500 and Nasdaq up around 1%), small-cap indexes have done even better (up nearly 2%), but growth stocks have suffered another round of heavy selling, with many falling to new correction lows.

As social media takes over the world, social media stocks have been on fire. Few have performed better than these three.

Buying stock of distressed companies is more of a gamble than an investment, and these two struggling retailers are best avoided.

The trade war is hurting many sectors, especially overseas. But U.S. steelmakers are benefitting from the tariffs, and one steel stock looks quite ripe.

Coming into today, there were many growing positive pieces of evidence out there. For the major indexes, they had quickly recouped about half of their September declines in just a few days—the intermediate-term trend hadn’t yet turned up, but the bounce certainly wasn’t anemic.