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Despite today’s pullback, the Emerging Markets Timer is doing just fine, as the iShares EM Fund remains safely above its moving averages. We have three portfolio moves tonight, including booking our profits in two positions and dropping one stock from the Watch list.

The market is finally enjoying a rally today, with the major indexes up after a few positive earnings reports. As of 2:45 ET, the Dow was up 644 points and the Nasdaq was rallying 400 points.

The overall market continues to look good, though this week we’ve seen most growth stocks take hits as money has flowed into the broad market.

My two best Canadian small-cap stocks have strong fundamentals and lots of room to run as the market starts to strengthen again.

Looking for a nice stocking stuffer for your grandchildren? Get them started in dividend reinvestment plans. Years down the road, they’ll thank you for it!

Buying investment real estate is the best way to take advantage of the current housing boom. But there’s an easier way too.

You should instead fall in love with your portfolio performance.

Here are five of my 10 top value stocks for 2017. All of my top value stocks are selling at bargain prices, and all have the potential to easily beat the stock market indexes in 2017!

I expect the Trump effect to favor value stocks at the detriment of growth stocks in 2017. If stocks continue to rise next year, albeit at a slower pace, the advance will certainly spread to other sectors. Technology stocks, except those with sky-high valuations, should perform well, and I include Alliance Data Systems and Facebook among my 10 Top Value Stocks.

Small-cap MedTech stocks are a small subsector of the market that appear poised to outperform in the year ahead. Here are three that I like.

Big Data is a concept and a buzzword coined to describe the increasingly enormous data sets being analyzed by businesses, governments and organizations today. View the names of the companies that have, store and make software for analyzing and using Big Data here.

My stock pick for this issue is a Chinese online marketplace that’s helping businesses and customers.

Since she was working at Abbott, Grace Groner bought three shares of the company’s stock for $60 a share.

Healthcare REITs tend to have very stable, predictable income as well as good growth prospects. These are the five best healthcare REITs to buy today.

The so-called “Sell in May” period is underway, but that doesn’t mean you should stop buying stocks. Here are three Sell in May Stocks you can buy now.

“Disruptive” technologies are not new. But nowhere have disruptive innovations had as much impact as in the technology industry.

Nuance Communications (NUAN) has a healthy chart and great numbers.

Thanks to OPEC’s decision to cut oil production, small-cap energy stocks are starting to surge. I like these three in particular.

Today’s featured stocks include Johnson Controls (JCI), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX); and a new addition to the Growth & Income Portfolio, TiVo (TIVO).

The market’s main trend remains up and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that can help you meet your investing goals, all while remaining diversified to reduce risk.

However, it’s become increasingly difficult to hold on to growth stocks. Last week I dealt with that by recommending a low-risk income stock with decent growth potential, and this week I’m recommending a very cyclical stock in an industry that was recently deeply out of favor.



As for our current holdings, this week there are two sells and three downgrades to Hold.



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