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From StreetAuthority MarketAdvisor: “First Trust Nasdaq CEA Smartphone Index Fund (FONE) — Last month, First Trust launched a specialized fund designed to cash in on the smartphone revolution. Ordinarily, I would say...

Codexis (CDXS) produces biocatalysts, which make the creation of ethanol faster and cleaner than traditional methods.

Apple iPads and Google Android-powered devices can now get books from the library.

From Dow Theory Forecasts: “One of C.R. Bard, Inc.’s (BCR) first customers was its founder, Charles Russell Bard, an American importer of French silk. In 1907, he started trading in Gomenol, a...

China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (SHZ), Cost Plus (CPWM) and Radcom (RDCM) were the three best performers of 2010.

Only a handful “stapled products"—less than 10—exist in the entire world.

A list of companies aiding in the relief effort that all have one thing in common.

From The Prudent Speculator: “Eni S.p.A. (E – yield 4.00%) is an Italian diversified oil major with vertically integrated businesses....

Sentiment analysis is the least-used analysis method, but it may be the most useful.

The market is the market, and the economy is the economy—they’re related, but they’re far from the same thing.

Last week, my parents came to visit me in New York. They always take me out to great restaurants when they come down, and we usually make it to a museum or two as well. This time, we went to the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan. I’d been to...

This month, StreetAuthority’s Nathan Slaughter tells you how to collect high, safe yields from business development corporations. “Investing in the right initial public offering (IPO) can be highly lucrative. We all know that. How many times have we...

Find shelter from the storm so you can think calmly about your next investing move.

I’m finally home from my European tour, with many great memories and new insights into the world. One of my favorite stops that I haven’t written about yet was Berlin. In 1892, Mark Twain wrote of Berlin, “It is a new city; the newest I have ever seen.” His observation seems...

We get a lot of emails here at Cabot and one of the most frequently asked questions is, “Which Cabot letter is right for me?”

As I’ve mentioned here before, one of the things we do at the Dick Davis Digests is identify the major investing trends of the day, and recommend ways to invest in those trends. For the past few months, one trend has been more resilient than any other: rising oil prices. Every...

From Global Investment Strategist: “Metallurgical ‘met’ coal is used in blast furnaces to produce steel and bears little resemblance to thermal coal, a form of coal with a lower energy content that’s burned in power plants to produce electricity. As emerging markets such as China and India build out their...

It’s fairly easy to assess how secure payouts are. Here are the three warning signs to watch.

The IPO looked like a triumph for the company and a very bullish sign for the IPO market.

Discipline is key to investment success. Don’t stray from your plan and make reckless decisions.