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The story remains the same for the market this week: The major indexes are all down (in the 1% to 2% range), which keeps the intermediate-term trend pointed down (every major index we look at is below its 50-day moving averages). Going along with that, the vast majority of individual stocks (about 80% of the S&P 1500) are in the same boat and hundreds of stocks are hitting new lows most days while only a couple handfuls hit new highs.

Even otherwise well-reasoning investors can fall victim to this common investing mistake. Rethinking how you assign “value” to an investment can help you avoid it.

Few sectors are as affected by politics as cannabis, and the upcoming presidential election could have significant implications for cannabis stocks.

They’re flying under Wall Street’s radar, but aerospace stocks have been taking off recently. Here are two I like now.

A rapidly evolving global threat landscape coupled with positive market sentiment has been a tailwind for this small-cap defense stock.

Cannabis stocks are well off their 2024 highs, but investors are discounting four major catalysts that offer hope for the sector in the year ahead.

Newsmax (NMAX) shares skyrocketed in the days following the IPO but quickly crashed back to earth, a look at the S-1 shows you shouldn’t buy the hype.

Growth-oriented retail stocks are often some of our favorite names due to their cookie-cutter business models. Here are a few we’re watching now.

Fast food used to be a low-cost go-to for American diners, but with consumers struggling and prices still rising, should you be an investor in fast food stocks?

Ninety percent of S&P 500 companies have already reported earnings. So, the earnings reports to watch this week are our last look at some key market trends before next quarter.

Healthcare has been one of the best-performing sectors of the last six months, and these two healthcare ETFs can help boost your portfolio in good times and bad.

With most of the market overpriced, now’s the perfect time to invest in an undervalued energy stock that can provide superior returns in any environment.

Newsmax (NMAX) shares rose 2,550% in the days immediately following the cable news company’s IPO, but a look at the S-1 shows it’s just another meme stock.

The newly implemented tariffs are expected to hamper economic growth and company earnings, but these three stock picks may actually benefit.

At last week’s Cabot Wealth Summit, I presented an options trade that at least one attendee thought was too to be true. It’s not! Here’s how it works.

The two strategies that I use to find consistent winning stocks involve evaluating sales and book value. I prefer sales and book value rather than earnings, because earnings fluctuate wildly and are often engineered, using an endless system of “adjustments.” Valuations based on sales or book values are more reliable when assessing the past, present and future prospects for companies.

I maintain a running watch list of the market’s top micro-cap stocks. Here are three that are currently on my radar.

Finding the right growth stocks isn’t easy. To do so, focus on these important factors--and ignore the ones that don’t matter.

The market is off to a rough start in 2016. But a small group of dividend stocks have performed well, and three of them are Cabot Dividend Investor picks.