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There is a significant distinction between a fundamental investor and a technical investor.

If you’ve ever been offered something for free, your first reaction was probably, “What’s the catch?” And that’s true here, too.

Want to feel better about yourself as an individual investor? Consider these classic investing mistakes - some of which weren’t actually “mistakes.”

Traditionally, investors thinking about retirement have invested in a mix of stocks and bonds designed to balance safety and growth. The closer to retirement or more risk-averse they are, the more of their portfolio they hold in bonds for safety and regular income. The system has even been institutionalized in...

I haven’t done a real rant for a while, and I feel one coming on. This one comes to you courtesy of a quotation from Jordan Belfort.

If you’re in the water, there are four things you can do. The first thing you can do in the water is drown.

I’m not sure where the term “harder to find than a needle in a haystack” first originated, or why anyone would look there in the first place. But that’s what it must feel like for frustrated investors in search of that rare company unscathed by this vicious economic downturn. So imagine my surprise when I recently uncovered a tenacious little company whose earnings climbed for the 10th straight year in 2008--a whopping +50% increase at that. What if I told you it was actually a savings and loan that specializes in mortgage lending? Sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Cabot editors share their favorite books on investing.

The Canadian government announced tha trusts will lose their tax-favored status in January.

Yesterday I mentioned that I would follow up today with notes from the Thunderbird Entertainment (TBRD.CA, THBRF) earnings call. Here are a few tidbits from that call.

This portfolio stock recently reported first quarter fiscal 2020 results, and while the stock has been a little volatile since reporting, the punchline is that all appears on track.

The major indexes collapsed on Friday, with the Dow plunging 666 points and the Nasdaq losing 145 points, capping off the index’s worst week in a couple of years.

It remains a strong bull market, but below the surface, there are many crosscurrents, as some stocks run into trouble and others pile on big gains.

The #2 car rental company in China, eHi Car Services (EHIC) has a great trajectory of growth—plus, I like to think it tries harder. After coming public in November 2014, the stock made a little progress in the first four months of the year, but trading...