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The S&P 600 Small Cap Index bounced off rock-solid support at the 820 level late last week, and over the last few sessions has migrated back to its 50-day moving average line at around 837.

Looking for a nice stocking stuffer for your grandchildren? Get them started in dividend reinvestment plans. Years down the road, they’ll thank you for it!

How can you keep more of your money and give less to Uncle Sam? For investors, here are five tips for how to reduce your investment taxes.

Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) gets 55% of its revenue by selling news and information to professionals in the banking industry. The remaining 45% comes from the legal, accounting and scientific research fields. Thomson earned $137 million, or $0.16 a share, in 2013. That’s down sharply from $2.0 billion, or $2.39 a...

“Mueller Water Products, Inc. (MWA – yield 2.90%) is the leading North American provider of water infrastructure and flow control products. ... State and local governments account for 98% of public water and wastewater systems, which are funded by local taxes and fees. The company has been fighting...

Today we’ll take a half-sized position in a small-cap company that’s like the Amazon of manufacturing. Its marketplace is revolutionizing this outdated industry and bringing it into the digital age.

Despite several years of depressed manufacturing in the U.S., the company is growing. That’s a testament to its platform. And there’s also a potential growth kicker … Trump’s tariff policies and desire to kick off an onshoring boom.

All the details are inside the September Issue of Cabot Small Cap Confidential.

Years of low interest rates have made CDs uncompetitive, but with rates higher, is it finally time to invest in CDs again?

The next stock in my series on growth and value stocks is a treat to write about because it’s considered a buy by both Cabot’s growth advisories.

High-quality stocks with low PEG ratios have outperformed the stock market indexes in both advancing and declining markets.

Altair (ALTR) buys Datawatch (DWCH) and IntriCon (IIN) Reports

Cash is the safest place to hide in this market. But you can actually make a little money other ways. Here are four alternatives to cash.

Roger Conrad’s Utility Forecaster is one of only nine newsletters on the Hulbert Financial Digest’s 2011 Honor Roll, which recognizes newsletters that outperform in both up and down markets. Below, he analyzes some of the best income...

Novartis (NVS) was recently featured in Cabot Banjamin Graham Value Letter.

Beer stocks have been dragged down by changing consumer habits, high inflation and lower discretionary spending, but are they a buy at these low prices?

I get a little impatient with people who say they are “saving” for retirement. If someone is saving, I assume that they’re putting the money in a bank savings account, CD or other insured, interest-bearing account. They may also be buying Treasuries or other high-quality bonds. These are the only genuinely safe options for saving money.

Online scams are already more common than ever and unlikely to slow down anytime soon. Let’s look at the most common types of scams, red flags to avoid, steps to take if you’re worried you’ve been a target or victim, and what you can do to help keep your friends and relatives safe online.

The phrase you hear more than ever from market prognosticators these days is that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the state of the stock market. In some ways this is pretty useless advice, but in another it hits the nail on the head. The market clearly wants to continue to rise; the world is awash in liquidity, and the Fed seems determined to keep interest rates low for some time. In addition, momentum tech stocks seem unstoppable.

The Boards of Directors of AXA and XL Group (XL) have unanimously agreed that AXA will purchase property & casualty insurer and reinsurer XL Group for $57.60 cash per share, a 33% premium to the March 2 closing price and a 59% premium to the XL share price when it joined the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio on December 6, 2016.

You know you need to save for retirement and finally took the plunge and made your IRA contribution… what do you do now?