2+ day, 42+ min ago   (292+ words) Sometimes the market scares investors out, and sometimes it wears investors out, and for most of the past 10 months, it’s been the latter. It turns out all of the gains came in the relatively brief April-May period, with the other…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (524+ words) Popular plant-touching cannabis companies like Curaleaf (CURA) and Trulieve Cannabis (TRLV) may hold promise. After all, a majority of voters favor broader cannabis reform – even legalization. If reform plays out, these stocks will do well. But they’re also risky, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (660+ words) Dating back to 1928, the S&P 500 posts negative returns, on average, only two months out of the year: February and September. February is modestly negative, averaging a -0.11% return, while September is a bit more of a drag, averaging a -1.08% return....

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (452+ words) “The chart below shows a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in stocks over a 20-year period. An investor who stayed invested over that time period would have made 58% more than one who missed just the five best-performing days,” according to BlackRock. Bloomberg…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (909+ words) The Dow and the S&P 500 have both backed off all-time highs reached in August, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq has failed to touch new high ground since early June. So, given that we’re in a brief period of consolidation and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) Between 2009 and 2022, cash was almost a dirty word for investors. Why hold cash and get 1% when you can buy a stock and fairly reliably get 10%, 25% or more? And of course, bonds weren’t much different. How times have changed! Overall, the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (414+ words) As of this week, my Cabot Insider Edge portfolio was up 17.35% since inception on June 10, 2026, compared to 4.56% for the S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (SPY), despite the headwind of a cash position. Six of the positions were up double digits. Three…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (813+ words) Barron’s recently published a thoughtful interview with Samantha Dart, the co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs. I think it’s worth mentioning here since she touched on several of the themes that I’ve repeatedly discussed this year in the…...

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