Note from Editor Elyse Andrews: Last month, you heard from Chloe Lutts, editor of Dick Davis Digest and Dick Davis Income Digest, for the first time. She’s back writing again, this time about America’s obesity epidemic and a company that’s working to build a healthier America. Enjoy!
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Last month, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a campaign [...]

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One rule of momentum investing says that growth stocks that can hit new highs, even when the broad market is weak, are likely to do even better when the pressure comes off the broad market.  Think of it like a coiled spring; as soon as the market’s pressure eases, the coil explodes higher.  Many growth [...]

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If you’re a widow or an orphan, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) might be the right investment for you.  It’s hard to imagine the juggernaut being pushed off its slow but steady upward course.
On the other hand, if you’re looking for more rapid growth, you might want to look at another company in the health industry, [...]

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Until last week, the name Casey Johnson meant nothing to me.  But last week Casey Johnson died, at age 30, and in doing that, she caught my attention.
Casey was a diabetic, and while that may have contributed to her early death, it appears that the main cause was living the high life.  Casey never had [...]

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Last Monday I published what I feared was a relatively unfocused column, touching on medical insurance, health care in Massachusetts, obesity and swimming … and tried to wrap it all up in the mantle of “personal responsibility.”  I wasn’t especially proud of the organization of the whole, but I was proud of some of the [...]

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