Another Dow 30 Shakeup is Coming
November brought some significant news about General Motors (GM) and United Technologies (UTX), while General Electric (GE) continues to invite investor inquiries. As our portfolio stocks experience share price recoveries alongside the broader market, in the aftermath of October...
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Approaching Neutral
The major stock market indexes tacked on more losses last week, even though markets were only open for three-and-a-half days and trading was relatively light. The Nasdaq closed the week 4.3% lower, the Dow was down 4.4%, and the S&P 500 lost But...
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This list of the best investment sites to research stocks aims to help individual investors navigate the sea of stock-related information on the web.
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Benjamin Graham was the father of value investing, and these were his seven primary criteria for selecting winning value stocks.
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Apple (AAPL) Redux
Welcome to November, holiday season, winter’s coming, and mid-term elections! As if a stock market correction wasn’t providing enough excitement…
Today I’m doing something slightly different. I normally feature one stock from each of our three portfolios in the monthly issue. Today of...
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Ready For Whatever Comes Next
The stock market is trying to pull itself together as October ends. Following Friday’s massive selloff, bargain hunters attempted to take control Monday, but selling pressures overwhelmed the rally and all three major indexes closed lower once again. Yesterday’s had...
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General Electric: Still a Hot Mess
This week, General Electric (GE) announced that, after a brief tenure, CEO and Chairman John Flannery is being replaced by Larry Culp, former CEO of Danaher Corp. Don’t get all excited about Larry Culp, nor about yesterday’s jump GE’s...
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A Change in Leadership
Despite occasional hiccups, the stock market’s main trend is up. However, the advance has changed character a bit. We’re seeing investors rotate out of the growth stocks that had, until recently, led the market higher, and into more undervalued or names...
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Coverage of the shares of this power management company were just initiated at Morgan, with an ‘Equal-Weight’ rating and upgraded at Morgan Stanley to ‘Overweight’.
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How to Exercise Caution While Riding the Bull Market
Many investors remember that late in the summer of 2017, I cautioned you that the stock market was due for a pullback. At that time, the market had risen steadily since November 2016, and showed sign...
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At New All-Time Highs
The market is strong: the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are at all-time highs, and most stocks and sectors are participating.
The strength of the market made the selection of this month’s new addition challenging. The strong stocks on my watchlist have higher...
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If you want to spread out your dividend payments, an ex-dividend date calendar is a handy way to keep track of all your payments. Here's how it works.
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More than 80% of the S&P pays a dividend these days. Here are the 11 highest paying dividend stocks in the index, plus 23 more quality high yielders.
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Want to feel better about yourself as an individual investor? Consider these classic investing mistakes - some of which weren't actually "mistakes."
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Valuable Investor Tools
If you’re not in the habit of listening to quarterly earnings conference calls, I suggest that you pick one of your stocks, and visit the company’s investor relations page. You’ll likely find their earnings press release, a webcast of the management call...
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Distinguishing Between Normal Equity Market Corrections, Bear Markets and Recessions
I’m going to make a really simple statement. Please read it three times and tell me if it helps you relax just a little bit:
The S&P 500 index rose 21.7% in 2017, and it’s 1.7%...
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News About International Trade Negotiations and NAFTA
The vast majority of Americans are not exposed to what’s happening in international trade negotiations, simply because the topic is too extensive to be covered by common news sources. So instead, Americans receive sound bites amounting to two...
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The 10 highest paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial all yield more than 3%. But which of them would I buy today?
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Stock Sector and Industry Trends
Energy stocks experienced lots of bullish price action in recent weeks. I expect most of them to pause in their uptrends, and that could include pullbacks, which would be perfectly normal. Use the pullbacks to add to your favorite stocks.
Yesterday,...
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My Favorite New Stock Today
Today I’m introducing three new stocks to the Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor portfolios, including footwear manufacturer Skechers USA (SKX), which joins the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio. I’m especially pleased to recommend Skechers because I love their products. As we few...
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