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The concept of applying market timing and relative strength to mutual funds was the original idea behind The Chartist Mutual Fund Letter. Simply put, the editors believed that the basic methodology that was used so successfully with stocks would work just as well with mutual funds, and possibly better. The...

If you own a large dollar amount of individual MLPs, you may be best off holding them in a regular taxable brokerage account, and here’s why.

If you’re just starting your journey into the world of investing, these are some of the best investment apps out there.

Precision Castparts (PCP) has grown from a small manufacturer of investment castings for a wide variety of applications to a global market leader producing investment castings, forgings and fasteners for aerospace, power and general industrial markets. In fiscal 2014, aerospace markets accounted for 68% of sales, power markets...

The phrase you hear more than ever from market prognosticators these days is that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the state of the stock market. In some ways this is pretty useless advice, but in another it hits the nail on the head. The market clearly wants to continue to rise; the world is awash in liquidity, and the Fed seems determined to keep interest rates low for some time. In addition, momentum tech stocks seem unstoppable.

Novartis (NVS) was recently featured in Cabot Banjamin Graham Value Letter.

Cash is the safest place to hide in this market. But you can actually make a little money other ways. Here are four alternatives to cash.

Roger Conrad’s Utility Forecaster is one of only nine newsletters on the Hulbert Financial Digest’s 2011 Honor Roll, which recognizes newsletters that outperform in both up and down markets. Below, he analyzes some of the best income...

Beer stocks have been dragged down by changing consumer habits, high inflation and lower discretionary spending, but are they a buy at these low prices?

The next stock in my series on growth and value stocks is a treat to write about because it’s considered a buy by both Cabot’s growth advisories.

High-quality stocks with low PEG ratios have outperformed the stock market indexes in both advancing and declining markets.

Altair (ALTR) buys Datawatch (DWCH) and IntriCon (IIN) Reports

Porch Group (PRCH) reported yesterday afternoon with results coming in ahead of management guidance and significant contributions from acquired companies. Despite the strong high-level numbers, the stock is selling off today and we’re going to step aside with the modest profit we still have (around 25%).

Shares of Arena (ARNA) are up over 80% today to around 92 on news that Pfizer (PFE) is seeking to acquire the company for $6.7 billion in cash. The implied takeout price is 100 a share.

Today we’ll take a half-sized position in a small-cap company that’s like the Amazon of manufacturing. Its marketplace is revolutionizing this outdated industry and bringing it into the digital age.

Despite several years of depressed manufacturing in the U.S., the company is growing. That’s a testament to its platform. And there’s also a potential growth kicker … Trump’s tariff policies and desire to kick off an onshoring boom.

All the details are inside the September Issue of Cabot Small Cap Confidential.

Twilio (TWLO) has acquired SendGrid (SEND) for $2 billion, a 19% premium to its share price. What does it mean for small cap SaaS stocks moving forward?

U.S. stocks have stabilized over the last few days as investors keep confidence in markets despite the Omicron variant, concern over inflation, and mixed economic data. Today we have two upgrades and a new recommendation from a country with an emerging and vibrant fintech culture supported by its government. The standout stock this week in the Explorer recommendations is Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), which jumped from 71 to 91 after the company recently reported that adjusted earnings soared 72% on a 61% increase in sales.

“Just about every energy producer sells both oil and gas. They each favor one over the other. And most have been tilting toward oil over the past couple years. But Encana Corp. (ECA – yield 3.80%) makes no bones about being a natural gas specialist and is an...

Adding the EV/EBITDA multiple to their toolkit can help value-oriented investors better understand which companies are true bargains.

My modus operandi when writing the monthly version of the Cabot Turnaround Letter is to focus solely on a single stock when making a purchase recommendation. And in keeping with that spirit, I’ll be doing the same in this month’s edition of the newsletter. But I will also highlight two additional stocks with what I see as having excellent mid-to-long-term turnaround potential.