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Five Below (FIVE) is a discount retailer that’s a growth and value stock all in one. How long can it appeal to both investment types?

Knowing how to invest in stocks is much easier for you as an individual investor than it is for an institution like Harvard.

Apple’s first-quarter earnings were hurt by weak iPhone sales, and AAPL stock took a bit of a hit. Should you buy AAPL stock after the dip?

Recognizing the risk in today\'s hot market, today’s selection is not a hot stock; it’s a slower grower, a big stock with a heathy and growing dividend that’s technically in the leisure services business.

The Cabot offices are in a beautiful brick building, originally constructed for the City of Salem as a branch library, using WPA money, in 1933-1934.

The market remains strong and cohesive and thus I remain bullish. However, numerous indications remind me that the market is overdue to deliver a painful shock to investors, so today I’m leaning back to the conservative side, recommending a dividend-paying stock that has solid long-term prospects and minimal downside risk.

In selecting today’s stock, I looked for a quality stock with a strong and healthy technical pattern that was presenting a decent buy point. Oddly, it’s a bricks-and-mortar retailer, a category with an abundance of losers these days. But it’s a winner, and I think you’ll like it.

This week’s featured stock is a fast-growing Chinese stock that dominates its mass-market business segment. Conservative investors will probably want to give it a pass, but risk-takers can jump on board. It has great growth potential!

Last week’s shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, once again highlighted the growing demand for surveillance video systems.

Beaten-down stocks such as Chipotle (CMG) and Yahoo (YHOO) can sometimes make good value investments. But not all beaten-down stocks are created equal.

Growth investing and value investing are two primary investment strategies. But it’s important to know exactly how each strategy works.

The first-ever Cabot Investors Conference is set for August 14-15 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts.

There are two kinds of losers in the lottery. The first are those who play and don’t win. That’s the fate of the vast majority of participants in lotteries these days, and it’s not such a bad fate (unless you’re betting the rent money.) The second are those who win big. Yes! History is full of people who won millions in the lottery and ruined their lives.

The current bull market has lasted either 18 months (since Nov 2012) or 64 months (since March 2009).

The current bull market has lasted either 18 months (since November 2012) or 64 months (since March 2009), depending on how and what you measure. Either way, it’s getting long in the tooth—which means that somewhere ahead lies a correction or bear market.

What should the average investor to do in a challenging market environment? My recommendation is ...

Today’s recommendation is a very strong Chinese stock that had quieted down nicely during the past two weeks and is now on a four-day run. One thing we really like in a growth stock is a huge mass market, and this company is right in the middle of one of the biggest markets there is.

Today’s recommendation is a fast-growing mass market stock that has the leading market share in the online food ordering business. The stock has been trading sideways for five weeks and I think it’s ready for a breakout.

Cadence’s only previous appearance in a Cabot advisory was in December 2011 when it was trading for less than 4 a share.