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With the odds favoring higher prices in the weeks and months to come, Mike is focused on the leaders of the market, many of which he examines here.

In this week’s video, Paul Goodwin looks at the overall market and growth stocks and says that it’s time for cautious optimism.

In this week’s video, Paul Goodwin looks at the string of advances by all the major indexes and pronounces it a full bull market.

German auto stocks have been red-hot the last three months, and they have China to thank for it. But will the real long-term winner in China be Tesla?

The late Pete du Pont would not have loved the proposed capital gains tax hikes, and they could take a bite out of your investment profits.

“Just about every energy producer sells both oil and gas. They each favor one over the other. And most have been tilting toward oil over the past couple years. But Encana Corp. (ECA – yield 3.80%) makes no bones about being a natural gas specialist and is an...

Lower manufacturing costs south of the border could cut U.S. reliance on China and set the stage for growth in Mexican stocks and the economy.

The underperformance of the formerly dominant Mag. 7 has lately earned those stocks the dismissive moniker of the “Lag 7,” but are they too cheap to pass up?

A few months ago, I wrote how Target’s bathroom policy has hurt TGT stock. The stock has since bounced back - but that hasn’t changed my long-term outlook.

Despite some nervous-making weakness last week, the Cabot Emerging Markets Timer has bounced back to regain its green-light status. And with our stocks acting well, the situation looks excellent, although we’re issuing the usual bull-market warnings that this can’t go on forever.

Explorer stocks were steady or slightly down this week but don’t get discouraged. It is likely that Fed interest rate hikes have ended and, combined with a debt ceiling deal, could ignite a rally. Next week I will give an update on our three Explorer ETF positions.

The unemployment rate for Chinese people ages 16 to 24 rose to a record of 20.4% last month. The rate of youth unemployment in China has consistently been two or three times higher than the general population. Not a good sign.

Holiday sales can make a huge difference in the lives of retailers, and the stock market will pay close attention to shopping numbers.

U.S. equity markets remain weak as prices of oil and metals continue to drop. Falling demand from a long-term economic slowdown in China has rippled throughout global investment markets.

Times are tough for the stock market right now. And that makes dividend-paying value stocks an attractive safe haven. Here are three that I really like.

It’s important to distinguish between short-term investments that can really move when the timing is right and long-term portfolio staples. These three asset classes are perfect examples.

“As has become abundantly clear this summer, the federal government has a debt crisis. In the past 10 years, U.S. Treasury obligations have risen from less than $6 trillion to more than $15 trillion. Normally, a borrower loading up on debt in this manner becomes less creditworthy. Indeed, Standard &...

Looking back over the last 25 years, we’ve identified 15 periods of “financial panic.” In those periods, these 3 safe-haven investments performed the best.