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My stock idea for this issue stems from the “you can find good news among a heap of bad news” theory. It’s a company whose entire business stems from the airline industry ... probably the only industry that’s lost more money than the auto firms during the past few years. And today, the outlook would seem to be even worse, as businesses begin to cut back spending and oil prices flirt with $100 per barrel.

Now, this would be a natural place to write about a solar power stock, but I’ve done enough of that in recent issues. Instead, I want to write about a nifty little Brazilian company. And here’s why. In my mind, the world’s stock markets are linked by conduits that channel money this way and that, every minute of every day, always reacting to the latest news and the resulting changes in perception.

Why would you want to invest in a hard disk maker? Because historically, these companies have provided many opportunities to make big money quickly, and it looks like we’re entering one of those periods today.

Microsoft (MSFT) bid $45 billion to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) back on February 1. My investment perspective on these companies is two-fold. First, every investor in America knows these companies. It’s going to be very hard to beat the market by investing in them. Second, those companies are going down the same road traveled by IBM decades ago.

As I’ve written in recent weeks, there are ample signs that the market’s bear phase is close to (or has already reached) its end point. I won’t rehash all the signs here (double-bottom in the indexes, new lows divergence, Bear Stearns bad news, etc.). Instead, I want to take a few paragraphs to dispel a common belief among most investors-that you must get in as quickly as possible to make big money in a bull market.

I have always believed that cutting losses short is, by far, the #1 rule when investing in fast-moving growth stocks. So much so that my stops are often less than 10%, even 5%, as I try to buy a leader near a logical support level.

In March’s Lunch with the Analyst, Chief Analyst Mike Cintolo discusses his thoughts on the current market environment—mistakes to avoid, his (optimistic) market timing stance and outlook, and a couple of dozen new and potential leading growth stocks that have either lifted off or are set up to rise in the weeks ahead. He also answers questions on many individual stocks and describes techniques to make the most of this uptrend.

Bruce Kaser, chief analyst of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor and Cabot Turnaround Letter speaks about:
* Why bother with contrarian stocks when momentum stocks are working right now?
* How we find worthwhile contrarian stocks
* 2 contrarian stocks that we like

Great Growth & Value Stocks That Are Poised for Immediate Upside | on April 18, 2019 Crista Huff, Chief Analyst of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, spoke about learning how you can combine the best of three famous stock-investing strategies to enhance your portfolio returns and lower your portfolio risk.

If you like the idea of buying low and calmly hanging on...this is the right advisory for you.

Trading volume was relatively light on the NYSE with 750 million shares changing hands. The Advance-Decline (A-D) line was positive but the number of stocks making new 52-week lows was unacceptably high at 85 (versus only 53 new highs)....

The data for January 2015 shows that Americans are spending more money eating in restaurants than in grocery stores.

Nobody will look out for your best interests better than you.

It’s my belief that anyone who makes an investment decision based solely on any single factor is probably going to lose money.

In January of this year, KPMG estimated that 2015’s merger and acquisition activity would top the $1.62 trillion.

When I consider the icons who made contributions to the science of investing, many names come to mind.

I saw a quotation that said, “If you don’t know who you are, the market is an expensive place to find out.”

Let’s just say I’m not surprised by the Justice Departments $1.4 billion fine, or what I’ll call a “tap on the wrist” to Standard & Poor’s. Levied as a result of years of bandying back and forth, the fine is S&P’s punishment for giving overwhelming endorsements—AAA ratings (the highest)—to thousands...

No matter how much money you have, or how carefully you work to grow it, you are going to have risk.

History tells us that the general tendency of the U.S. stock market has always been up in the long run.