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The best high yield stocks may not always come from the most obvious places. You can find better stocks, and yields, in non-traditional sectors right now.

Alibaba will be making its much-heralded entrance into the U.S. market later this summer.

Instead of focusing on what could go wrong, investors should try to find the silver lining.

Now is a great time to invest in utility stocks, thanks to low energy prices and strength in the U.S. economy.

Dividend stocks aren’t going to make you rich overnight. They can significantly build up your nest egg if you buy and hold them for years, or even decades.

High-yielding dividend stocks have been some of the best performing stocks on the market this year, leading to some out-of-whack valuations. Is a bubble forming, or is this the new normal for the top dividend payers?

Today, I want to share the third idea in my series featuring the strongest Canadian dividend paying stocks.

Sitting on a 300% profit, I recently sold my iQIYI call options. Here’s why I decided to quit while I was ahead in one of the market’s hottest stocks.

There are some odd, uber-specific ETFs out there these days. Should you invest in ETFs that are a bit offbeat? Yes, but with certain parameters.

Over the past year, I’ve had many great conversations with our Dick Davis Digest contributors, as part of our Contributor Interview Series for Investment of the Week. In today’s Dividend Edition, I thought I’d collect some of the best income investing advice these experts shared with me. Together, their advice...

Cabot Stock of the Month Editor Tim Lutts discusses recent news about Iranian nuclear power, and names his favorite stock.

There are some potential signs that signal that illness has set into your stock. Here are the ways to recognize the bad and the ugly stocks.

There isn’t one stock that can’t go south at a moment’s notice, so build your portfolio of a group of stocks and use a strict sell discipline.

At the end of the day, it’s not the secret insights and arcane knowledge that separate all of us from the elites in any field of endeavor.

Sometime in the near-ish future, the Fed is going to raise interest rates for the first time in over five years. When they do, the companies and governments that have been issuing bonds at rock-bottom rates for years will have to start offering more favorable terms. That’s going to be...

It’s no secret that from time to time insider information is illegally used to profit in the stock market.

Cabot’s market timing disciplines give clear signals for when to trust the bull and how to get out of the way of the bear.

For more than 30 years, my July Fourth celebration has included marching in the local Horribles Parade.

“Double Your Dividends!” That’s the pitch I’ve been seeing in my inbox lately from a fellow investing advisor trying to sell a webinar on covered calls. But what are covered calls, and how can they increase your income from stocks you already own? Here’s the primer I wrote on covered calls last...

Are you interested in energy stocks, high yields or utilities? Then don’t miss the advice in today’s Investment of the Week, the latest installment in our Dick Davis Digest Contributor Interview Series. Today I’m talking to Roger Conrad, a long-time Digest Contributor who has just launched three new investment advisories. Energy...