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Broadly speaking, the market has been sketchy. Small caps have been trending down since early October, and the pace of the decline accelerated over the past week. In the grand scheme of things, this isn’t surprising. The September advance was incredibly strong, and a pull-back to the small cap index’s 50-day line isn’t remotely alarming.

It’s not entirely unusual for a new CEO at a company to change the dividend policy due to having a different idea of how the company should be using its cash flow.

Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) rose 22% this morning on reports of successful results of Phase III studies of VX-661, a cystic fibrosis combination treatment.

One of our stocks moves from Buy to Hold. The company cut the dividend and is implementing a new business plan. The outlook is positive.

The selloff has put a fork in our brief Cabot Tides buy signal from earlier this week, telling us the correction that began in late January isn’t over. The recent bout of weakness isn’t totally surprising given the market’s V-shaped recovery.

I want to talk about innovation in the Green sector for a bit. The New York Times published a special section called the Business of Green this week and the story I wanted to share with you was about how some dairy farms are producing more than just milk and cow manure. Some dairy farms are generating electricity.

For years and years, I regularly answered questions about Apple (AAPL) stock for good reason.

There are two main reasons why simpler is better. First, many economic “indicators” don’t really affect the company or the stock.

If you were given control of regulating U.S. companies, what would you do to keep U.S. jobs in the U.S.?

As I mentioned here last week, every July the Dick Davis Digests publish updates on our contributors’ Top Picks for the year (which were first recommended in January). As promised, today I’m highlighting some of those picks that have performed best over the last six months. The first half of 2011...

Last week I recommended that growth investors sell Apple (AAPL). But is the AAPL dividend a reason for income investors to buy the stock? Here’s what I recommend.

Here are 10 of the soundest rules, tools and principles for selling winning stocks.

Sector and index rotation was the name of the game last week as money raced out of tech to end the week and into sectors that had not been participating in the market’s advance recently. That being said, this is not necessarily a bad sign as the S&P 500 gained 0.7%, the Dow rallied 2.08% and the Nasdaq lost 0.6%.

Sector and index rotation was the name of the game last week as money raced out of tech to end the week and into sectors that had not been participating in the market’s advance recently. That being said, this is not necessarily a bad sign as the S&P 500 gained 0.7%, the Dow rallied 2.08% and the Nasdaq lost 0.6%.

Stocks started off on a positive note today, but once again sold off sharply into the close. At day’s end, the Dow was down another 313 points, and the Nasdaq was off 186 points.

Crista Huff, Chief Analyst of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, shared 7 Undervalued Growth Stocks with Rising Dividends for This Market. You can download the slides here.

The market looks great right now. Inflation is falling fast, the Fed is just about done hiking rates, and there is no recession in sight. It looks like we will get through the steepest rate-hike cycle in decades without much economic pain.

But nothing is certain. Inflation could rise again. The Fed may keep rates high for longer than the market expects. The economy may turn south in the quarters ahead. There could be more trouble with bank failures or the war in Ukraine. S&P earnings have been contracting for three straight quarters.

We’ll see if the market can add to the 30% rally from the low, or if it turns south again. A reasonable argument can be made for either scenario. Instead of trying to guess the possible short-term gyrations, let’s look to investments that should be longer-term winners no matter what.

In this issue, I highlight a stock that diversifies the portfolio into the consumer space. The company operates in an incredible niche market that has provided earnings growth for 31 consecutive years and enabled the stock to outperform the market in every measurable period over the last 15 years. The company is positioned for strong growth in the years ahead and the stock has a long track record of delivering stellar returns in all kinds of markets.

Well, I’d call November a pretty good month! The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared by around 2,000 points since our last issue. Wall Street seems positively optimistic that the Fed will begin to lower interest rates mid-year, according to a recent CNBC survey. Also, the risk of a recession continues to decline, with Goldman Sachs saying the probability is now around 15%.

Both of those instances may create a very good market in 2024.

In this week’s video, Mike Cintolo, chief analyst of Cabot Growth Investor and Cabot Top Ten Trader, is sticking with his bullish point of view.

Last year’s stock market produced an investor’s dream. It climbed steadily almost every week of the year.