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Traditionally, investors thinking about retirement have invested in a mix of stocks and bonds designed to balance safety and growth. The closer to retirement or more risk-averse they are, the more of their portfolio they hold in bonds for safety and regular income. The system has even been institutionalized in...

Happy Thanksgiving! In keeping with the season, I offer two companies that sell at a reasonable price and pay solid dividends.

The fourth stock in our Forever Stocks to Buy series is SiteOne (SITE), which looks to be the landscape supply industry’s version of Home Depot (HD).

I recommend diversifying your portfolio with an allocation of 50% value stocks and 50% growth stocks.

I want to talk about innovation in the Green sector for a bit. The New York Times published a special section called the Business of Green this week and the story I wanted to share with you was about how some dairy farms are producing more than just milk and cow manure. Some dairy farms are generating electricity.

The stock was highlighted in a feature on companies with low price-to-book value.

Rate hikes typically come when the market is trending up, and investors tend to expect these trends to continue—so they do, for a while. So whether the Fed hikes rates this month, next month or months later, don’t be afraid. Remember that the first rate hike, on average, comes in an environment that is beneficial to investors, and thus you should make the most of it.

Earnings Updates: FTI, PWSC, OPCH

Last week our nine investment experts held a round table discussion of what’s happening in the stock market - and what to expect. Here are some highlights.

Health insurance stocks got roughed up after the Trumpcare bill failed in the Senate. And that creates a great buying opportunity in these three stocks.

Today I’m bringing you a Q&A with Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter Editor J. Royden Ward. You haven’t heard from him in a while, so I wanted to bring you up to speed on his latest thinking about what happened in 2008 and where he sees the stock market and value stocks headed in 2009 and beyond.

The chances that the stock market will rise another 18% during the next 12 months or so are pretty good.

Fossil Group (FOSL) is an international designer, marketer and distributer of consumer fashion accessories. Fossil’s products are distributed in myriad ways: wholesale in countries where it has a physical presence, direct to the consumer through its retail stores, from websites and through third-party distributors. Fossil’s wide...

The oldest stock index in use today is the Dow Jones Transportation Average. It was originally composed of 9 railroads.

Two examples of high-quality companies with low PEG ratios are FedEx (FDX) and Universal Health (UHS).

The Sequester has taken effect, and I can’t say I’ve noticed. I wonder who’s going to cry wolf next.