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They say, “Be greedy when others are fearful.” With that in mind, I’ve built an options-based portfolio using only 5 big bank stocks.

The strong 17% market rally is over. The S&P 500 is down 7.4% in the second half of August. And here comes Labor Day.

Sobered-up investors start paying attention again after Labor Day. And they can be cranky. That’s why September is historically the worst-performing month. Refocused investors probably won’t like what they see this year.

The optimism of the two months after the June low has faded.

Things could actually be turning optimistic for the market and it’s looking like this could be more than just a bounce back from the overdone December lows. There is still risk out there. But a catalyst may be emerging for strong upside with increasing optimism for a U.S./China trade deal. My market prognosis is changing from pessimistic to good with a chance of great.

An analysis of the proposal from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

Texas is booming and has the nation’s second-largest economy behind California would be the world’s tenth largest if it were a stand-alone country. Yet not every company in the Lone Star State is doing well.

In this issue, we cover seven companies there that we believe have appealing turnaround potential.

One of our stocks reported results this morning that beat on revenue and slightly missed on EPS.

Legalizing marijuana would not only create a great new source of revenue, it would also bring quality control to the industry, create thousands of new legal jobs, and - best of all - stop the practice of imprisoning people who were only working to make a buck by filling the market’s demand ... which could save us many billions of dollars a year, reduce ancillary violent crime, return people to the labor force and make families whole again.

Priceline.com (PCLN) has been doing well and has the potential to go higher.

One of the most interesting parts of my job is answering questions from subscribers, mostly about growth investing. The questions I get tell me an enormous amount about how investors are thinking, what they’re worrying about and how they’re handling market conditions. Here is a question I got last week, and the answer I sent back.

Streaming companies have completely changed the way we watch TV and movies. And these three streaming stocks are set to take charge.

Our financial system lies in shambles, and the dominoes continue to fall, bringing down companies and stocks in one sector after another. Consumer confidence is absolutely terrible. Friends who previously asked about my market opinion simply as a common courtesy now ask because they’re genuinely worried about their own retirement funds ... and about the future of America. And what do I tell them? “This too shall pass.”

When the technology bubble burst in 2000, many investors held onto their stocks even as they plummeted, believing in the mantra of time, not timing. In the end, it’s market timing indicators and having sell disciplines in place that count.

The past weekend brought the news that you can now pay $149 to get your child’s DNA tested to determine whether you’ve got a future Olympic athlete or NFL Hall-of-Famer on your hands ... or a first class couch potato. The focus of the genetic test is the ACTN3 gene, which instructs the body to produce a protein, alpha-actinin-3, that is found specifically in fast-twitch muscles ... the muscles most valuable in power and speed sports. In brief, the makeup of the gene helps determine whether a person might be better suited for sports that require power and strength, or endurance, or general activity ... or none of the above.