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Worldwide leisure company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (HOT 27.73 NYSE) has smoked the competition this year, as the shares have skyrocketed nearly 70% since the beginning of 2009. The security recently broke above the $30 level, which served as resistance in late July, but may now act as...

My featured stock today is a restaurant chain that serves healthy food and has a healthy balance sheet. I featured Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) in the latest issue of my Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter. Chipotle is defined as a smoked and usually dried jalapeno chili used in Mexican or Mexican-inspired cuisine. Chipotle chilies are used to make various salsas. The company, Chipotle Mexican Grill, develops and operates 886 restaurants in 33 states.

Looking back at each of the past four decades, there was one sector that would have been the “home run” sector to be invested in. Other areas provided good returns to be sure, but certain ones were the most profitable.

Stock investing is just like golf in every way that matters. Markets are completely impartial and their rewards and punishments are meted out with an even hand. They cannot be mastered. You can make two investments that seem exactly the same to you and yet one will deliver a sack of cash and another will turn into a box of rocks. Just as in golf, the most important question in investing is “What are you going to do next?” In both golf and investing, sometimes you go for the big shot and sometimes you play it safe. But whining about conditions won’t help you a bit. And just like golf, investing requires you to know your own temperament and limitations and the current conditions on the course and play accordingly if you’re going to make money.

Today I’m going to wade into a subject that is deep and wide, and about which most of us know very little--the economics of the milk industry in the U.S.

The annual listing of the Forbes 400 Richest Americans is light on opinions and heavy on data, which means it’s right up my alley. I haven’t delved very deeply into the list beyond the featured Top 20, but there are lots of interesting insights just in that small group.

Today, because of some of the questions I’m getting from newer subscribers, and from some who attended my online seminar last week, I want to dispel a handful of other investment myths.

On any given day, I don’t know the level of the Dow, or the level of the Nasdaq or the price of any stock I’m following. But I do remember trends very clearly, and I can say with great certainty that today’s stock market is very strong.

There are tremendous alternative energy sources here in the U.S. to replace that diminishing oil supply. Quite simply, the U.S. is its own Green power Saudi Arabia.

In honor of the two-year anniversary of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential, I’m bringing you a multi-part series with Editor Thomas Garrity, where will explain his market outlook, his favorite investing book and what he learned from last year’s bear market.

One thing that’s always attracted me to the stock market is that it has a long and storied history. One of the most discussed themes in market history has to do with October--specifically, that October is a month that the market crashes.

I’m pleased to announce that earlier this week, Cabot launched its new, and improved, Web site. You may have noticed the changes, but if not, check them out now.

This week has brought several news items on the Green front, including a speech by President Barack Obama where he said, “We’re on the cusp of this new energy future.” Find out how you can take advantage of it ...

Massey Energy Co. (MEE 28.74 NYSE), included in the S&P 500 Index, is the fourth largest coal company in the U.S. and the largest in Central Appalachia based on produced coal revenue. The Virginia-based company provides products including thermal coal for power generating utilities, industrial coal for industrial customers and...

Last Monday marked a special day for us at Cabot: The 39th anniversary of the first issue of Cabot Market Letter, our flagship newsletter. In honor of this anniversary, I’ve interviewed Cabot Market Letter’s current steward, Michael Cintolo.

My favorite automotive investment today is Maxwell Technologies (MXWL). Its products are ultracapacitors that use static electricity to store and release electrical energy and their biggest potential lies in the automotive market, which is rapidly turning to hybrid and electric vehicles.

As most of you know, I use charts on a daily basis, but I hesitate to call myself a technician. But there is a tenet of technical analysis that is worth remembering: The longer the base the longer the race.

This month marks a special time for us at Cabot: The 39th anniversary of the first issue of Cabot Market Letter, our flagship newsletter. In honor of this anniversary, I interviewed Cabot’s publisher and president Timothy Lutts, and Cabot Market Letter’s current steward, Michael Cintolo.

Statistics are like mushrooms; you’d better be pretty darned careful which ones you swallow. Specifically, I have in mind the statistic that shows that September is the worst month of the year in which to invest.