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

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...

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?

“Investors steadily increased purchases of variable annuities with guaranteed benefits in recent years. These annuities clearly are striking the interest of a substantial number of investors. But they’re complicated, and I doubt most of the buyers fully understand them or know how to compare them to alternatives. There are several...

I just wanted to say thank you. I try not to be emotional about investing. I try not to listen to the news but this spring was rough. I appreciate your reminders to follow the evidence and follow the plan. It has been an amazing year! I invest my SEP using your growth and top 10 advisories. I am up 76.8% in that account this year, in spite of mistakes in the spring. Needless to say, I like that kind of annual return.
Cheri W.,

Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores (CBRL) operates 608 combination full-service restaurant and gift shops in 42 states. The restaurants, which feature home-style country cooking menus, accounted for 79.6% of fiscal 2013 revenues. The gift shops (20.4% of sales) feature rocking chairs, apparel, toys, cookware, ceramics, and an array of food items. Consensus...

Cabot Top Ten Trader is meant to be something where we do the first four or five steps of the process for you and then let you take it from there.

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 Its marketplace is revolutionizing this outdated industry and bringing it into the digital age.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.

I have two cybersecurity stocks to recommend today. Why cybersecurity stocks? Because I was the subject of a cyber attack this Thanksgiving.

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.

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.

Lapel buttons acquired at the Contrary Opinion Forum provide inspiration and insight.

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...

“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...

Adding the EV/EBITDA multiple to their toolkit can help value-oriented investors better understand which companies are true bargains.

“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...

U.S. stocks have stabilized over the last few days as investors keep confidence in markets despite the Omicron variant, concern over inflation, and mixed economic data. Today we have two upgrades and a new recommendation from a country with an emerging and vibrant fintech culture supported by its government. The standout stock this week in the Explorer recommendations is Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), which jumped from 71 to 91 after the company recently reported that adjusted earnings soared 72% on a 61% increase in sales.

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.

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