Analyzing Stocks
I didn’t go to business school; I was an English major. But the values learned in our household were firmly grounded in free market capitalism and investing. Sunday mornings, after going to church, we would stop at the local newsstand to buy and...
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CBD Stocks Soar
I take a dose of CBD twice a day. I think it works. I sleep better and have less discomfort in my finger joints—early signs of arthritis. But I’m not sure that it’s working, because there have been no major medical on...
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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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The top three sectors for this ETF are: Financial Services (18% of assets); Technology (13.06%); and Healthcare (12.60%). The fund has a current dividend yield of 2.08%, paid quarterly.
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Strength and Rotation
Sometimes investing is easy; sometimes it’s difficult. 2019 has been a piece of cake, so far, especially for investors in marijuana stocks.
While the S&P 500 is up 11.1%, year-to-date, the Marijuana Index is up 40.0%, and our own Marijuana Portfolio is 44.4%....
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A Great Start to 2019
The marijuana industry is booming, at least when measured by revenues. Of the 15 stocks in our Marijuana Portfolio, the average growth rate of revenue in the latest reported quarter was 251%. If you take out the outliers (14% Turning...
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The End of a Big Year
If you were investing a couple of decades ago, at the height of the dot.com boom, you no doubt remember stocks like Pets.com, Earthlink.com, Homestore.com, E Greetings Network, Chinadotcom Corp, Juno Online, Women.com Networks, Rare Medium Group, Drkoop.com, Jeeves,...
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Here are two companies that fit my screening criteria for undervalued stocks with low volatility.
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In the last few years, year-end planning has been difficult because so many provisions of the law were set to expire at the end of each year, and Congress worked on the law through the holiday seasons. But with most provisions of the law...
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If you started investing in the last couple decades, you probably don’t remember Joseph Granville, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 90. But investors who were active in the late 1970s and early 1980s will remember Granville for a couple prescient...
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A step-by-step guide on stock investing and how to develop your portfolio for retirement.
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Recently, we held our very first Cabot essay contest and the response was incredible! We received lots of insightful, well-written essays from you, our readers, and after selecting four finalists, we asked you to choose your top pick. The final results were too to...
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Instead of writing a regular issue today, I'm bringing you the top four essays from our recent contest, "How I Lost Money in the Bear Market and What I Would Do if I Had Another Chance." Our thanks to all our readers who entries...
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This is a dangerous time for investors, but it's only partly because of what the bear market is doing to your portfolio. In my experience, these are the times when investors tend to stray far outside the bounds of any normal, prudent they...
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