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Admittedly, the list of good-looking stocks is extremely small these days; that’s how it is at market bottoms. But the few stocks that do reveal strong investor support are worth following closely--particularly if they have great growth stories--because they’re the stocks most likely to lead the next market advance. One sector we’re keeping on eye on is the airlines.

Today’s investment suggestion comes from a recent issue of Cabot Market Letter. It’s Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS). With 400 dealers in 60 countries, Fuel Systems Solutions sells the hardware-pressure regulators, fuel injectors, control valves and electronic controls-that allow regular engines to run on alternative gases.

My stock idea is, very simply, the #1 stock on my watch list right now. The company sports most of the characteristics of past leaders--fast sales and earnings growth, healthy profit margins, a unique position in a mass market, and a huge opportunity for growth going forward.

You’re living through a historic stock market event, one that will be dissected in texts and articles for as long as people study the market. Congratulations! If your grandchildren ever get interested in the stock market and its history, you have a first-class, first-hand war story to tell them. It’s a tale of greed and fear--the constant poles of stock market emotion--plus a clash of opinions about the proper role of government in the market. It’s a classic case of good news and bad news, and there’s been plenty of each.

Last week, I wrote about the misallocation of federal stimulus funds in Massachusetts and I received a lot of really great comments from readers. I’m re-printing some of the best today. Enjoy!

We receive a lot of email here at Cabot and we’re glad that you, our readers, enjoy writing to us so much. Today I’m going to answer readers’ questions.

Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS, NYSE) traded higher on an improved sales and profit outlook. Including a restructuring charge, December-quarter earnings per share are now expected to range from $0.37 to $0.39, versus a prior view of $0.32 to $0.34. Revenue should be $360 million to $365 million, up from previous...

It’s not often I get a question that actually leads me into two good lessons, but I got one last week that did just that. The specific answer to the question isn’t the major takeaway--but I want to use it as an example of why, in the stock market, you should go with evidence, instead of so-called “logic.”

Today’s Cabot Wealth Advisory contains a lot of little ideas that I assembled last week; in fact, I nearly titled it potpourri, but I was put off by the association with aromatic plant material, not to mention the fact that in French, the term means “rotten pot.”

Today I want to discuss a smaller and lower-priced company that has its roots in the traditional power converter market, but that’s now breaking into the renewable energy business big-time.

Today I’m going to discuss Walter Wriston’s law that says: “Capital will flow where it is wanted and stay where it is well treated.”

The Most Important Rule for Growth Investors is to keep your losses small. The Second Most Important Rule for Growth Investors might be to respect strong charts.

You only need to look at the deterioration of the newspaper industry to see the effects that digital and online media have had on print-based industries. Fortunately, it seems that book lovers are trying to adapt to the changes instead of fighting them--a good strategy if they want to find a profitable and functional way to survive this revolution.

I believe there’s a misconception about what makes a truly successful money manager ... whether that person is managing his own money, or other people’s.

One of the stocks recommended in the latest issue of Cabot Green Investor (which just came out last week) is in the business of developing technology that generates electricity from the movement of ocean waves, one of the most plentiful sources of energy on the planet.

I am a numbers person--especially when it comes to stock analysis. I use my computer to help me with these numbers and calculations and lately, it’s listing a lot of health care companies with very good potential. Several factors cause this phenomenon.

This week Conde Nast announced it was killing Gourmet magazine, leaving my wife and thousands of other foodies feeling betrayed. Many blamed Editor in Chief Ruth Reichel for the failure, but to me the termination of Gourmet is one more symbol of the times.

I’m not sure who coined the phrase “Romance Stock.” But it’s a phrase we’ve long found useful at Cabot, because it provides a model that helps us understand how stocks behave.

Marketers want to create the illusion that we are listening to trustworthy voices, while in fact we aren’t. This reminds me of another voice people often trust, but really shouldn’t: Wall Street analysts.

Occasionally, we bring you articles from outside sources that we think you will be interested in and benefit from. Today, we have an article from StreetAuthority’s Stock of the Month editor Amy Calistri.