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While the market began to show some encouraging signs later in May and into early June, the past week and a half has been a mess. The S&P 600 Small Cap Index slipped back to its May low near 1139 on Monday and was holding OK there, until today.

Closed-end funds or CEFs (also called closed-end investment management companies) have become popular among income investors for their large and reliable distributions. Many CEFs are primarily focused on producing income and generate big distributions by holding income investments like dividend stocks, REITs or municipal or corporate bonds. Others boast their...

Many of our portfolio stocks either just completed a run-up or they’re trading sideways in synch with the S&P 500 index. A couple of them look capable of continuing their run-ups this week, and cruise company stocks also appear ready to climb. However, the stock that seems most obviously ready to rise is Johnson Controls (JCI) in the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio.

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Each year end, I review my investing strengths and weaknesses, examining stock charts of previous buys and sells, comparing them to market action, and so on.

We have no changes in the Model Portfolio tonight, but we’re sending a special bulletin given the wild action in growth stocks over the past two days.

Marijuana stocks are dirt-cheap right now. How cheap? Let’s compare cannabis stocks vs. tobacco stocks and alcohol stocks.