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Small-cap stocks are trading at historically depressed valuations, and these three look particularly attractive right now.

This week earnings season really gets in gear … buckle up, and be prepared to jump into some earnings season winners if the market can continue to show signs of strength.

This week earnings season really gets in gear … buckle up, and be prepared to jump into some earnings season winners if the market can continue to show signs of strength.

The Cabot Profit Booster portfolio has three positions set to expire this afternoon. My plan is to simply let these calls expire, and then we will evaluate where we stand with the stocks come Monday/Tuesday morning, depending on market conditions.

In this week’s video, Mike Cintolo dives into some things to watch as we head into next week -- the market has actually been holding up decently the past month even as rates rise and amidst the Fed’s jawboning, so a solid show of strength over the next week or two could provide an intermediate-term green light.

The market has likely not bottomed yet. The current rally will unlikely be sufficient to drive us out of this bear market ahead of continued high inflation and likely recession in the months ahead.

However, while the market indexes may have further downside, one area of the market may well have already bottomed, namely interest rate-sensitive stocks.

Previously buoyant defensive stocks got clobbered as interest rates spiked to the highest levels in 15 years. But the evidence is overwhelming that the economy is likely headed toward recession in the months ahead. Recessions put downward pressure on interest rates. As the economy worsens and inflation declines, rates are likely to move lower, negating most of the damage done to conservative dividend payers.

There are powerful reasons to believe that interest rate-sensitive stocks may have already bottomed. In this issue, I highlight one of the very best utilities on the market. It’s near the 52-week low after an overdone selloff and should be highly resilient in a recession.

Overbought conditions in a popular and highly liquid ETF are setting the stage to deploy one of my favorite options strategies.

Maybe, just maybe, last week was the start of a fourth quarter market run, as the S&P 500 gained 4.75%, the Dow rose 4.9%, and the Nasdaq added 5.22%.

Micro-cap stocks can sometimes be volatile due to lower trading volumes, but these three companies are built for the long term.

In this week’s video, Tyler Laundon recaps the market moving economic and earnings releases from the last week then lays out what investors should expect from the Fed next week, and into December.

11 months removed from the growth stocks peak, many names are in a bottoming process. These are a few of the best-looking stocks today.

The market has been a lot better over the past week. The reason is earnings.


So far, earnings have been better than expected this quarter, although it’s still early. The hope is that a soft landing is still possible, at least as far as corporate profits are concerned. The early better-than-feared results are prompting hope that corporate profits can weather this recession with less damage than has already been priced into stocks.

The market is pulling in today, though given the rally last week, the action among the indexes is still normal. On the market timing front, the Cabot Tides green light is still in effect, though our Cabot Trend Lines remain bearish, as does our Aggression Index. The Two-Second Indicator did record “only” 35 new lows on Friday, so we’ll see if that continues.

Given the ongoing fallout from FTX and the collapse of cryptocurrency prices, it warrants revisiting our guide to becoming a “crypto billionaire” (on paper at least).

Last week saw cannabis stocks spike higher on news out of Washington before selling off on more of the same. Here are 3 reasons they still look like a buy.

Once again, the sellers stepped in last week and at least in the short term dented the bulls’ optimism. By week’s end the S&P 500 had fallen 3.35%, the Dow had lost 2.71%, and the Nasdaq had declined by 3.57%.

After good news on inflation, the market awaits the Fed’s rate decision and comments later today. It could lead to a rally or a fizzle.

Inflation for November was less than expected with CPI at 7.1% versus an expected 7.3% and core inflation at 6.0% versus an expected 6.1%. It’s welcome news that inflation is moving lower and has probably peaked, down from 9.1% in June. But it’s still a long way from the 2% Fed target.

Cannabis stocks are getting sold down as if the industry has no future.

This makes no sense, but there is a good explanation. Traders and investors bought the group heavily on expectations that cannabis sector banking reform would be passed in Congress by year’s end. The AdvisorShares Pure U.S. Cannabis (MSOS) exchange-traded fund (ETF) saw five to ten times normal volume on four days in early December, following two months of accumulation.