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Alternative investments can bring some safety into your portfolio, and if you make your choice carefully, some can be very profitable.

Want to know the kind of potential marijuana stocks have here in the U.S.? In Canada, they’re literally the most highly traded stocks.

With the market near all-time highs, housing stocks are one of the few sectors that appear to be in the early innings of a longer advance.

While Dow stocks are slowly rebounding, smaller, more nimble tech companies on the Nasdaq are zooming higher. Chart Industries stock is a perfect example.

Picking good stocks in the midst of a pandemic is different from what it’s like normally. Here’s what sectors to invest in - and which to avoid.

Investment analysts often talk about growth vs. value. But what does that really mean when comparing growth stocks vs. value stocks? Let’s get specific.

With only two weeks left in 2012, we continue our look back at the past year in investing. Last week I announced the best-performing Dick Davis Digest Top Picks of the year. Today, I’m looking back at Investment of the Week, to highlight some of my favorite issues that you...

Paul Goodwin, editor of Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report, explains his global strategy and highlights some favorite investing ideas, from Latin America to Asia.

How can a barrel of oil be worth less than zero? It’s a situation we’ve never seen before. Here are the reasons behind it - and how to play it as investors.

While the rest of the market retreats, these three resilient stocks have been trending up. Here’s why they might just be getting started.

There’s not much to like about stocks right now. But rising earnings estimates is a rare trait that can identify the next turnaround story.

Many pundits are saying the same thing: that the stock market is overbought and that a short-term correction is nigh. The charts tell a completely different story.

One commonly cited reason for this week’s market panic is a sudden surge in interest rates. Is higher inflation soon to follow?

The Fed cutting interest rates twice in the last three months doesn’t signal impending doom the way it once did. Here’s how the new Central Bank rules work.

As a company, Comcast is doing just fine despite rampant cord cutting. But does Comcast stock carry enough weight perception-wise on Wall Street?

The resolved Greek debt crisis and the continuing U.S. debt crisis could cause European markets to outperform the U.S.

Growth investors are information hogs—you never know which news item will provide crucial insight. What really matters?

Valero Energy (VLO) is an energy stock that offers both growth and value as the oil and gas sector rebounds under a new administration.

The stock market successfully weathered a global pandemic and the accompanying recession. Could rising inflation be what ends the rally?