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“Telecom Corp. of New Zealand (NZT 7.61 NYSE – yield 11.30%), whose shares trade in the U.S. as American Depository Securities (ADS), each of which represents five shares of NZT as traded on the Wellington, NZ Stock Exchange, currently yields [over 11%], which is at the high end of what...

Our Big Black Book of market history dates all the way back to 1930. Over nearly nine decades, it’s taught us many important investing lessons.

The mid-May to early-June period saw the market take a few baby steps, which we wrote about here and in the Monday issues—it had put itself in position to do some good things in the intermediate term, but we had to see some honest-to-goodness strength and upside follow-through.

It’s been a mixed week for the major indexes—as of this morning, it’s been a bit of a reversal week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower by 0.5% to 1% or so, but the small- and mid-caps are up 0.5% to 1% or so.

The major indexes have been relatively quiet this week, with most up a small amount (less than 1%). But the noteworthy action occurred among leading growth stocks, many of which saw follow-on selling from last week, causing more than a few breakdowns and lots of iffy charts.

Chinese stocks aren’t for everyone. However, emerging markets stocks are a fascinating place to look for profits.

Some BDCs are still very risky, so you should know how to analyze their unusual financials.

If you’re retired or approaching retirement, developing a strategy to fit your goals can be difficult.

Most of our stocks continue to build bases, so I remain patient, waiting for a renewed advance by the sector. The standout stock in our portfolio is Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), which broke out to a new high last week after a great report.

The market was mostly quiet (though also mostly positive) for the first four days of the week, though volatility picked up today after some additional tariffs from China and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech in Wyoming.

There are two kinds of losers in the lottery. The first are those who play and don’t win. That’s the fate of the vast majority of participants in lotteries these days, and it’s not such a bad fate (unless you’re betting the rent money.) The second are those who win big. Yes! History is full of people who won millions in the lottery and ruined their lives.

2015 is coming on an end, which means everyone under the sun is rolling out their 2016 stock market predictions. Here are five that are sure to be wrong.

What does it mean when all three major U.S. stock market indexes produce charts with corrections and recoveries that look like a big “V”?

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Quick, what are the three most populous countries in the world? If you thought China, India and the U.S., you’re right. Most people, I think, would be able to tell you that, and probably get the order right too. (China and India are way out in front with 1.3 billion and 1.2...

Bond terminology varies from the stock terms you may be used to, but if you’re buying individual bonds, this is the terminology you should understand.

It’s been a very interesting week, with a lot of news and movement, though not a ton of progress in either direction. Coming into today, the Nasdaq was up about a half percent on the week, but that was the only thing in the black—every other major index was off 1% to 2% or more, even including the equal-weight Nasdaq 100, which was down 1% coming into Friday, and the equal-weight S&P 500, which was off 2%.

In last week’s issue of Cabot Stock of the Month, I introduced you to a new section of the newsletter—ETF Strategies, which combines the portfolios and strategies of the former Cabot ETF Strategist newsletter.

I also created Risk Tolerance classifications: A for Aggressive, M for Moderate, and C for Conservative, for both ETF Strategies and the investments in the Cabot Stock of the Month portfolio.

Given last week’s intermediate-term green light was running into a bunch of headline events—a slate of mega-cap earnings reports, the Fed’s decision, GDP, etc.—we’d have to say this was one of the more encouraging weeks all year: The S&P and Nasdaq are both up more than 3% including this morning’s pop, while everything else is up a bit more.

Some stocks in the Model Portfolio and others we’ve recommended have had great runs during 2017 but have come under pressure recently. And that’s naturally led to a lot of questions about how exactly to handle big winners, so that’s what we’ll dive into today.