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This earnings season, watch out for these two bullish chart patterns - unusual shows of power that frequently lead to sustained (even long-term) advances.

Marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in America. And marijuana stocks are growing even faster. Here’s how to invest in this red-hot sector.

With a healthy stock market, more big-name companies are coming public, and two upcoming IPOs are getting lots of hype. Here’s why you should avoid them.

It’s been years since there were this many long-term stock breakouts. But investor sentiment is a concern. Which indicator should you trust?

If you look at the stock market by president, and how It performed under Donald Trump compared to Barack Obama, the results might surprise.

You don’t have to pay to get good investment research. Here is my list of the best free investing resources.

This summer, our annual Cabot Wealth Summit moves online. Here’s what to expect from our annual investor conference, this August 18-20.

Apple electric vehicles are coming. Can it dominate one of the world’s fastest-growing industries the way it’s dominated others?

Underdogs dominated the first round of the NFL playoffs. In that spirit, here are three underappreciated, contrarian food stocks to consider.

For-profit education covers more ground than you think. That opens up many more possibilities for profitable investments.

This past weekend, news emerged that Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX) has entered into an agreement to purchase C. R. Bard (BCR).

“According to the American Association of Orthodontists, almost 80% of all American teenagers and 1 million adults wear braces at any given time. ... In the past, correcting teeth required wearing metal braces and rubber...

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...

“McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC) has earned the right to be called an ‘annuity’ because it has consistently delivered 10% annual returns—through persistent price appreciation and annual dividend and EPS growth—to its owners...

It’s certainly been an interesting holiday-shortened week, with the market continuing its recent plunge into Thursday, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused a maelstrom at the open, with the major indexes diving to new correction lows—before they staged a rare, dramatic rally to close higher. This morning it looks like the market is going to open modestly lower.

Sprout Social (SPT) reported a terrific Q4 yesterday and offered above-consensus guidance for 2022. Despite the good results and outlook, we’re going to sell another one-quarter position to take our stake down to one half today. The bottom line is it continues to be a challenging environment for pure growth stocks, and we need to continue to adapt to the times.

Our latest Investment Digest featured an interesting stock from the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report. Paul Goodwin, the Report’s editor, wrote about the stock: “When we first got to know Mindray Medical International Ltd. (MR) back in 2006, it was a company with annual sales of just $173 million. Its...

The two strategies that I use to find consistent winning stocks involve evaluating sales and book value. I prefer sales and book value rather than earnings, because earnings fluctuate wildly and are often engineered, using an endless system of “adjustments.” Valuations based on sales or book values are more reliable when assessing the past, present and future prospects for companies.

MarketWatch’s Peter Brimelow wrote about Paul Goodwin of Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report’s view of the China economic picture in his May 20, 2010 column, “Long Time China Bull is Hopeful but Slowing Down.”

This bull market hasn’t been kind to value investors. If you want to make money in this market, you need a few growth stocks.