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A couple of weeks ago, I published my Small-Cap Outlook for 2016. In it, I briefly described what I expect to be one of the most exciting trends in 2016—virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). For the record, I’m far from the only person with this view. And I think that’s a good thing—it means the profit potential is that much greater since interest is so widespread!

At the end of the year, I like to look back at what worked in small-cap stocks. The exercise is useful for reminding investors what to look out for. I’m also always curious to see what stocks made investors really rich, and which ones caused the tears to flow. Here’s my list of 10 best and worst small caps of 2015.

Yesterday I wrote about three of my top dividend paying stock picks for this market environment, and today I want to share another three of the best dividend stocks to invest in right now.

No matter which index you use to measure last year’s stock market returns--the results are the same--they were great! But as the following chart shows--while we are still on an upward trend in 2014--the seas have become a lot choppier. Many investors think that volatility is a dirty word, but with the...

Portfolio Protection Step #2: By Nancy Zambell Editor, Investment Digest and Dividend Digest In “5 Steps to Protect your Portfolio” the second step I talked about was the importance of setting stop-loss orders. A stop-loss is simply an order—either formally placed with your broker—or a ‘mental’ reminder—to sell your stock when it reaches...

Oil stocks have rebounded nicely this year on the heels of recovering oil prices. But is the long-term downtrend in oil truly over? Recent red flags suggest not.

In my January 28 Cabot Wealth Advisory, I wrote about the five key characteristics to look for as the market builds a bottom. The market has deteriorated further since then, so I thought you’d benefit from brief updates in my upcoming Wealth Advisories (starting today) so you can see how the process is playing out until the bulls re-take control of the market.

If you had invested exclusively in the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) last year, you would have finished the year down 0.81%. But if you had applied the very basic options strategy called a Buy-Write, you would have easily beaten those results.

I enjoyed reading Cabot Dividend Investor analyst Chloe Lutts Jensen’s reasons for recommending the Dividend Digest Spotlight Stock, including: • Increasing dividends • Diversification • Low valuation • Rising demand Those catalysts rang a bell with me, as they reflect many of the same criteria that investors have utilized for a couple of hundred...

Earlier this week, USA Today ran an article about insider stock buying, noting that CEOs of 16 top companies had been busy loading up on their company’s shares. The report noted that these executives bought their stock in the open market at market prices.