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The market continues to zoom higher amid a vacuum of selling pressure. In the short-term, though, we’re not seeing a lot of stocks at great entry points and earnings season is coming up, both of which could lead to some pullback or retrenchment, at least on a stock-by-stock basis. But longer-term, there are many positives that tell us the odds strongly favor higher prices down the road.

My recommendation this week is a high-quality Chinese growth stock that has just completed a normal pullback. In fact, while the market was down today, this stock was up!

The title of today’s issue is “Don’t Overreact”—the major trend of the market is still up, and there are many signs pointing to higher prices in the months ahead. Chloe adds a new stock to the Safe Income Tier and presents her view on the forces affecting interest rates and income investments today.

The year began with five straight days of advances for emerging market stocks, which was pleasant. And the little rap on the knuckles from the market on Tuesday and Wednesday brought us back to reality without doing much damage. So the bottom line is that our stock universe is still in an uptrend and the prospects for 2018 looks just fine.

The market correction finally arrived swiftly in recent days. If you set aside cash with which to buy low, it’s okay to begin deploying some of that cash. In today’s issue we have one new addition to the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio.

We’ve pared back during the past few days in the Model Portfolio, but we\'re not sticking our heads in the sand and are giving our profitable stocks room to consolidate. In tonight’s issue, we dive into our game plan for our remaining stocks, and we also do some sector analysis, including two areas that are launching new leaders.

In today’s issue, we’re adding a reliable new stock to the Safe Income Tier. I also review why you might want to own preferred stock in today’s educational section, and provide updates on all our holdings.

In tonight’s issue, we dive into some education, revealing a long-term chart pattern that bodes well (including one stock that’s at the top of our Watch List now). We also give you all our latest thoughts on the market and our recommended stocks, and present the usual crop of new ideas if you have some cash on the sideline.

Emerging market stocks in general strengthened this week, keeping our Cabot Emerging Markets Timer firmly on the positive side. Our new stock is an express delivery company with a China-wide network that covers 96% of China cities and towns. We have ratings changes on two of our stocks.