The Iconoclast Investor

So what’s hot now? I can’t give you my recommendations from my May issue of the Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter as that wouldn’t be fair to my paid subscribers. However, here’s an idea from the April Letter.
Hubbell B (symbol: HUBB or sometimes HUB. B or HUB/B) fully qualifies as an undervalued Benjamin Graham stock [...]

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A lot has been written here before about how to pick a growth stock. The advice from my fellow Cabot colleagues is sound and, when followed, will lead to exceptional returns. The editors of the growth-oriented Cabot letters know their stuff, and can produce performance numbers that prove it.
But I like value stocks, and I [...]

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One of the reasons for holding falling financial stocks like BAC, WFC and UBS so long was their dividends.  And I understand–regular dividends often cushion the blow from falling prices.  But just last month, Wells Fargo chopped its quarterly dividend from 34 cents to five cents.  Bank of America’s quarterly dividend has been slashed from [...]

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One of things I like best about writing Cabot Wealth Advisories is that it allows me to get outside my comfort zone–all week long I’m working within the growth stock system we follow at Cabot.  But occasionally, like any investor, I also look for alternative investments that I can use to grow my wealth.  That, [...]

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Plummeting prices last year brought many stocks down 50% or more, so that their yields now look extraordinarily high.  My database now shows 63 stocks with annual yields of 20% or more.
Allied Irish Banks is yielding 88.7%.
Ashford Hospitality (a REIT) is yielding 54.9%.
Atlas Pipeline is yielding 68.9%.
And those are just a few of the A’s.
But [...]

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