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Trends That Could Define 2012

January 5, 2012
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Investment of the Week and Dick Davis Digests Editor Chloe Lutts takes a look at the trends that could define 2012. Her predictions for growth include the housing sector, emerging markets, and Happy New Year! I’ve spent the last few issues looking back at 2011, and the trends and stocks that dominated the year. Now that it’s 2012, it’s time to look ahead! Over the last couple of weeks, submissions have been rolling in for The Dick Davis Digests’upcoming Top Picks for 2012 issues. As I’ve mentioned here before, in addition to representing the very best investing ideas of proven experts,...

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Today in CWA: Which Stocks Will Perform Well in 2012?

January 2, 2012
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It’s a brand new year, and on this the day before trading opens, Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter Editor J. Royden Ward takes the time to choose five stocks he expects will perform well in 2012. Much like a roller coasters, the stock market produced plenty of action in 2011. And though I really like adventure rides, the recent action in stocks has brought a few too many sharp drops and loop de loops. The stock market, just like roller coasters, ended the year right where it started. What about 2012? Well … we know that politics in Europe and the...

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Top Picks for 2011 Winners

December 29, 2011
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As the new year approaches, we’re reviewing the past year’s worth of Investment of the Week and Dick Davis Digests. This week, I’m going to spotlight the year’s best-performing Top Picks. Every year, we ask all of our Digest contributors to send us a recommendation of their single favorite stock to own in the coming year. Their submissions range from unknown small-caps to the past year’s winners, a broad range that reflects the wide variety of investing styles practiced by our contributors. Once in July and again at the end of the year, we revisit the Top Picks to...

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Is Main Street Finally Catching on to Options?

December 26, 2011
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Is Main Street Finally Catching on to Options?

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to lunch with Tim Lutts, the president of Cabot. Fortunately for me, Tim was in Miami for a conference and I didn’t have to travel up to the office in Massachusetts during the month of December! During our lunch, we discussed the market and how pathetic the volume has been for stocks lately. Our conversation turned to options and whether there had been the same kind of drop off in volume. This simple conversation sent me down a path that led me to some pretty staggering findings. After doing...

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An Interview with Mike Cintolo

December 21, 2011
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For my last issue of 2011–a very challenging and, in many ways, confusing year for investors–our fantastic editor Elyse Andrews thought it would be a neat idea to interview me and get my thoughts on the market, what the future might hold and address some of the knowing questions on everyone’s mind.  Here’s what came out over our 30-minute chat. As this is my last issue of the year, I want to first wish you and yours the very best of holiday seasons, and to thank you for reading my (and all of our editors’) musings this year.  We...

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