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Today’s big-volume selloff has damaged Wynn Resorts (WYNN) in the short-term, so I’m switching the stock from Buy to Hold.

This stock reported first-quarter EPS that fell well short of expectations last night and the stock is trading 6% lower pre-market.

Health care industry stocks are selling off today due to some negative earnings reports and, possibly more importantly, pessimistic management comments on earnings calls. Two of our portfolio holdings, Amgen (AMGN) and AbbVie (ABBV), are affected. Both reported earnings in the last 24 hours and we are lowering our ratings on both as a result.

The broad market finally firmed up last week. After closing below their 50-day lines the previous Friday, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all found support early last week, then rebounded strongly at the end of the week. However, while the market is firming, four of our holdings stumbled on earnings last week.

Costco (COST) opened 4% lower today following the company’s second-quarter report, which missed estimates.

GM has officially agreed to sell its European business to Peugeot. The deal was announced this morning and GM is trading slightly higher pre-market.

This stock reported earnings that met estimates this morning, but revenue fell short of expectations and the stock is about 3% lower mid-morning.

Mattel (MAT) fell 17% yesterday after the toy company reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings that fell short of every analyst estimate.

We’re going to book our profits in one of our stocks today. Today’s sale will likely net us a profit of about 48%, for a total return, including dividends, of about 49%.

General Motors (GM) is trading nearly 4% lower today after March auto sales data fell short of estimates.

GameStop (GME) is about 5% lower today after Target (TGT) reported earnings that missed estimates and issued disappointing guidance. Other store-based retailers are also pulling back today. Analysts fear that Target stores’ lower traffic and comp sales are a bellwether for other brick-and-mortar retailers.

It’s important to always take some degree of caution in your growth investing. But it’s possible to take too much caution.

Chinese stocks have been trending in the right direction in 2017. New economic data out of China could help spark another big breakout.

Here it is, in just 10 words: Market goes up, get in. Market goes down, get out.

Want to know how to navigate market corrections like the current one? I have one very simple investing rule for you. And it applies to all situations.

The Chinese stock market has been plugging along, posting solid if unspectacular gains. New economic data should add to that stability.

The Chinese ETF KWEB has been on fire, and it’s tempting to join the fray. But you’re better off stock picking, especially when it comes to Chinese stocks.

My bet is that the biggest question on the minds of growth investors right now (except for the Great Apple Conundrum of what’s going to happen to AAPL) is the price of a barrel of crude oil. This is no small matter. Despite the welcome increase in solar and wind generation of electricity, most of us power our daily commutes with oil by-products.

The future of NAFTA is up in the air, but that hasn’t done much to slow the momentum in one particular Mexican stock. Just look at the chart.

Given all that’s gone on in the market during the past couple of weeks, we thought it best to just get to the heart of what is on investors’ minds. In the following interview, I asked Cabot’s V.P. of Investments, Mike Cintolo, for his thoughts on the market, what scenarios he sees potentially playing out and, of course, his general recommendations for what to do now.