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It’s been a crazy year, with bank failures, bailouts and a historic election behind us, 2008 will definitely be one to remember. In honor of the New Year, I’ve been looking back at 2008--all its ups and downs--and came up with a few investing New Year’s resolutions based on what’s happened. The most important thing to remember is to learn from your mistakes, but don’t dwell on them. They teach important lessons, but the most important thing is to move forward with those teachings in mind. Best of luck to you in 2009!

The market’s uptrend is under a bit of pressure and the Fed’s dovish stand on interest rates is a sign of weakness that is unlikely to impress Wall Street. Nevertheless, Sea Limited (SE) has regained its momentum and NovoCure (NVCR) is up 35% over the past two weeks. And our emerging markets timer (EEM) is positive. This week we go to Australia for a new fintech idea that has been on a tear, but fortunately has pulled back for a decent entry point.

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) reported second-quarter results this morning, and we comment on the report.

Shares of ESAB Corp (ESAB) have crossed our $68 price target so we are now formally reviewing the rating and price target.

What happens when you implement a digital marketing platform within secure online banking and mobile banking channels? Is that even possible?
The short answer is yes, it’s possible … if you can get banks to sell you their transaction data, host your platform and accept the revenue share agreements you propose for all the deals that consumers accept while logged in.
This month’s Cabot Small-Cap Confidential stock has created such a platform, and it’s taking off.
The story, and potential, of what happens when digital marketing and fintech walk down the aisle together is inside.

Monthly dividend stocks are a good way for income seekers to get paid every month. Here are three of the best, according to Sure Dividend.

Being oversold doesn’t automatically make stocks a bargain, but if you’re bargain hunting, oversold stocks are a good place to start.

The best investment advice I can give to young investors is to start early. The second best advice I can give is to read a lot.

People often overlook silver as a safe haven in volatile markets. But the best-performing silver stocks tend to rise faster than gold stocks.

This week brought news that some of the U.S. government’s stimulus package funding has been delegated to some very unique places in Massachusetts: $1.5 million to fix a lighthouse on an uninhabited island, $123,000 to terrorist-attack-proof a party cruise ship and $95,000 to study pollen samples from the Viking Era.

Stocks are rallying after Trump’s win, but small cap stocks are outpacing them all. Here are three small cap sectors that are faring particularly well.

One of the trends that’s making headlines this earnings season is the success of companies that are adopting cloud-based technologies. While reading The Wall Street Journal on Monday, I noticed that Oracle (ORCL) CEO Mark Hurd spoke at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Among his headline-worthy comments was the statement that Oracle now has virtually 100% of its portfolio rewritten, rebuilt and modernized for the cloud. That’s a big endorsement from a company with a $162 billion market cap. And Oracle isn’t exactly an outlier.

Investing isn’t something they teach you in school (usually). If you want to learn to be a good investor, you’re going to have to educate yourself.

We have one portfolio change today: I’m selling half of Nordic American Tankers (NAT) from the High Yield tier based on the stock’s lousy technical action. But there are still plenty of strong performers in our portfolio, including our newest buys, Mattel (MAT) and CVS Health (CVS). Read on for details on recent earnings reports and more.

Chinese stocks were hit this week both on American exchanges and overseas as Chinese regulators ratcheted up the pressure through antitrust and regulatory steps that caught many executives and investors off guard. The Golden Dragon index of Chinese technology stocks fell by 15% in two days before rebounding after regulators tried to reassure markets.

I believe the market’s churn over the last month or so is understandable given its sharp rebound over the last year. Investors and analysts alike are now assessing valuations of stocks relative to expected growth. In some cases it is giving pause; in others it is spurring action.

Cabot Publisher Timothy Lutts’ views on investing in Apple are discussed.

Remain cautious. The market is doing more chopping than declining in recent weeks, and because of that, a couple of good days on the upside could actually turn the intermediate-term trend up.

The volatility continues but we’ve seen most of our stocks hold above previous lows (so far). The S&P 600 Small Cap Index is also holding above its lows from last week.