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Today I’m pleased to bring you a new installment in our Dick Davis Digests Contributor Interview Series. This time I’m talking with Joseph Cotton, editor of Cotton’s Technically Speaking. Read on for his stock-picking tips, surprising favorite contrarian play and warnings about the broad market. Chloe Lutts: Hi Joe, thanks for...

The market has been a little iffy over the last five or so sessions. This action, coming on the back of great earnings from mega cap tech stocks last week, but not great reactions, suggests a more conservative stance is appropriate right now for some of our high-growth names.

There remains a lot of news-driven action and crosscurrents, but when looking at the major indexes, the market’s had its second straight constructive week. As we write this, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are looking at 1.8%-ish gains in the holiday-shortened week.

Two of our stocks reported beat-and-raise quarters.

Blackstone Group reported second quarter economic net income (ENI) of $0.90, above all analysts’ estimates.

As we cruise toward the holiday season, it’s been another good week for the market—as of this morning, the S&P 500 is up nearly 2% while the Nasdaq, S&P 400 Midcap and S&P 600 SmallCap (now up seven weeks in a row!) all are up in the 2.5% to 3% range.

Today’s note includes earnings updates and the podcast.

Having just returned from vacation, I’m thinking of the millions of baby-boomers who are spending more and more money on leisure travel, particularly on cruises, an industry that is dominated by a few big players

How to avoid being overwhelmed by the many technical analysis tools available.

Bull Market Stocks are companies that directly benefit from a rising market such as exchanges, brokerages or advisories. Right now, three look promising.

This month, we’re spotlighting something a little different—an equity linked security, or ELKS, as recommended by Carla Pasternak of StreetAuthority’s High-Yield Investing. ELKS are hybrid debt securities whose return is linked to the performance of an underlying equity. They pay a higher yield than the underlying security, usually in two...

“The European currency is hovering around its four- year low. The euro first started losing relative value at the onset of the financial crisis. In times of trouble or uncertainty, investors flock to traditional so-called safe havens such as the U.S. dollar and gold. When the debt problems among some...

From No-Load Fund Investor: “We look for high-yielding funds and ETFs for two main reasons. First, we know that some subscribers need income for their living expenses. Second, an appealing dividend yield or interest rate may indicate that the investment in question is a bargain, and thus ripe for...

Rare earths and strategic metals are critical for next-generation energy and technology, which makes these rare earths stocks critical for America’s rivalry with China.

Securing inputs for the next generation of technology is critical to American primacy, and potentially highly profitable for these 2 metals stocks.

2022 and 2023 have been banner years for dividend hikes, and of the group of stocks with rising dividends, these 3 look the best.

Ahead of the long holiday weekend the market had yet another good week. The S&P 500 gained 1.75%, the Dow rallied 1.5%, and the Nasdaq rose another 1.9%.

This week in an attempt to diversify the portfolio we are adding an energy play.

Recent bullish movement in Chinese stocks is being confirmed by bullish momentum in gold. That’s good news for both.

Oil prices recently touched their lows for the year and have begun turning higher. These two blue-chip energy stocks are poised to benefit from rising prices.

Despite ongoing banking fears, impressively the S&P 500 gained 1.26% last week, while the Dow rose by 1.48% and the Nasdaq added 1.14%. How this situation will play out this week is a complete toss-up, though I have to say I’ve been impressed by the resiliency of the bulls in the face of bad news … for now!