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Will 2014 be a repeat of 2013—so that investors who missed out in 2013 can make up for lost ground?

I always spend a little time researching the top-performing stocks of the previous year.

I have some exciting news. I’ve enjoyed editing the Digests for over four years, but as of January, I’ll be handing over the reins.

Cabot Heritage Corp., a leading publisher of investment advisories for individuals and investment professionals since 1970, today announced its newest advisory, Cabot Dividend Investor. The charter issue of Cabot Dividend Investor will be published on January 29, 2014.

Nobody seems to notice the fact that PM announced they are spending $2 billion on “E” Cigs and you have to understand–if anybody is going to sell an E-Cig–it’s going to be PM. It’s a big deal, in a big business. It’s just another thing for the shelf space, and...

It’s important to pick your spots on the buy side—waiting for good entry points, going with stocks that have shown great buying during the past month.

The first-ever Cabot Investors Conference is set for August 14-15 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts.

There’s a matched set of frustrating regrets. The first regret is: “The stock has gone up, I can’t buy it.”

Today’s investment idea is based on the thesis that traditional shopping malls will lose business.

Today, I’d like to share an excerpt from the Complete Retirement Income Guide which profiles many different kinds of income investments.

Since writing about growth investing is my thing, I’d suggest a quick review of your results from 2013.

You may already know Twitter (TWTR) the stock—it had its IPO late last year and is trading at 58.

The market is always looking ahead and even great growth stocks won’t go up forever.

“E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DD – yield 3.80%)—DuPont, the large chemical company, has long frequented the ranks of high-dividend stocks. Its current yield [is almost] 4% per year ($1.64 annual dividend per share). The company’s earnings are very sensitive to the health of the world’s...

I’m always noticing trends in the stocks recommended in the Dick Davis Digests. When markets are choppy, advisors recommend a lot of conservative stocks and value stocks that look like good bargains. Sectors like health care and technology and retail have phases as well, driven by news, economic reports and...

“Some have warned that income-producing stocks have become a ‘crowded trade.’ We would argue that the nearly 14% plunge during the third quarter in the broad-based S&P 500 index, where 389 members pay a dividend, suggests otherwise. To be sure, ‘defensive’ areas of the S&P, like Utilities (+10.7%), Consumer Staples...

One stock that’s been popping up in a lot of newsletters recently is Dollar Tree (DLTR), a leading discount retailer. It’s not hard to see why; the stock just hit a new 52-week high, at a time when many other stocks are well off their peaks. The story here is...

The McDonald’s of South America: Arcos Dorados (ARCO) “We all know McDonald’s (MCD). The emperor of fast-food has nearly 33,000 restaurants globally, getting 40% of its revenues from Europe, 34% from the U.S., 21% from Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and just 5% from Latin America and the Caribbean....

“The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) shares are down sharply from their $18.25 a share July high. The tire maker’s fundamentals are on a sound footing and the decline represents a buying opportunity. In the second quarter, Goodyear left analysts’ forecasts in the dust by reporting revenue...

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