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I recently learned (not through experience) that it is illegal to send non-urgent mail through any service other than the U.S. Postal Service. At first I was surprised. I was even more surprised when I read that this law is actually enforced: Equifax was fined $30,000 in 1993 after a...

Here at the Dick Davis Digests, July means one thing: It’s time to update our subscribers on this year’s Top Picks! At the end of last year, we asked all our contributing experts for their #1 stock pick for the coming year. This year the response was bigger than ever,...

There are many financial yardsticks by which stocks can be evaluated and most of the time, a blunt measurement has little value.

Up 61% since Konrad Kuhn’s January recommendation, the small cap Elephant Talk Communications is this year’s best-performing Top Pick so far. “Elephant Talk Communications,...

Follow these five steps and you’ll find success as a Cabot investor.

As an investor, it’s important to remember that the economy is not the same thing as the stock market, and vice versa. The market can roar ahead even while the economy is struggling, and stocks can falter despite economic growth. But that’s not to say you should ignore news about...

Petrochemicals are a dull business, but this company’s stock is anything but!

From one perspective, the Cabot history is one of business.

“This month’s new pick should do well in a weaker economy. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (FCFS) operates 577 pawn and consumer finance stores in seven U.S. states and 20 states in Mexico. The company...

Staying flexible is a key component of successful investing.

As I mentioned here last week, every July the Dick Davis Digests publish updates on our contributors’ Top Picks for the year (which were first recommended in January). As promised, today I’m highlighting some of those picks that have performed best over the last six months. The first half of 2011...

“Discover Financial Services (DFS) is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in two segments: Direct Banking and Payment Services. The company’s Direct Banking segment includes Discover Card-branded credit cards...

Braskem (BAK) has a reasonable valuation, fairly steady price appreciation and a handsome dividend.

Three reasons to sell your “rotten apple” stocks.

Brigham Exploration (BEXP) has been outperforming competitors in generating stronger-producing wells.

With a 42% return over the last six months, Chunghwa Telecom is this year’s best-performing Dividend Digest Top Pick so far (based on...

Pay attention to what the market does, not the news of the day.

Last week, I wrote here about coiled spring stocks, i.e., those equities with buying power that buoys them during downturns and propels them rapidly upward once those downturns end. The most recent Investment Digest contains yet another great crop of these standouts, two of which I want to discuss here--Sapient...