Stock Market Video
From Conference Floor
This Week’s Fortune Cookie
In Case You Missed It
Stock Market Video
In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot Growth Investor and Cabot Top Ten Trader Chief Analyst Mike Cintolo discusses the fragile nature of the current market. The long-term trend is up, the intermediate-term trend is sideways, and the broad market is weak, but there’s still good reason to hold on as long as the liquid growth leaders can keep it together. He’s definitely playing it safer than usual, but he still believes that some money can be made.
From the Conference Floor
I’m writing this edition of Weekend Cabot Wealth Advisory within earshot of the lovely bar at the Hawthorne Hotel, the lovely old hotel in Salem, MA, where the third annual Cabot Investors Conference is taking place. This year’s get-together has been particularly lively, as the Cabot analysts present a rich mix of market analysis, investing techniques, stock picks and answers to probing questions from both new attendees and veterans of previous conferences.
There’s something genuinely invigorating about any gathering of people with a common interest, whether it’s stamp collecting or making balloon animals.
Outside the Conference, we all might have a few friends who understand why we enjoy stock investing, and maybe a few who actually share our enthusiasm. But let’s face it, most people are happy to give up control of their retirement portfolios to large investment firms or a financial advisor. They’re intimidated by the tangle of investing rules, arcane vocabulary, market pitfalls, bear attacks and bursting bubbles, which is how they view the stock market.
But the people at the Cabot Investors Conference know better. They know how the challenge of handling your own investments and buying your own stocks can make you money and make you feel good in the process.
Taking control of something as important as your stock portfolio can give you the same kind of satisfaction you might get from winning a hand at poker or creating a beautiful garden. And when you’ve learned the craft, you enjoy hanging out with people who share your passion, and that certainly includes every member of the Cabot cadre of analysts and every attendee at the Cabot Investors Conference.
So, while it’s too late for this year’s Investors Conference, it’s not too late for you to start the journey that the people at the Conference are embarked in. All it takes is a determination to shift your interest in investing from passive to active. And Cabot has a full slate of investment advisories that will not only provide specific stock recommendations and guidance, but also teach you the theory behind the practice. You can start by clicking here (and by looking out for the Early Bird Specials for Cabot Investors Conference 2016!).
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to join a group of investors in the bar.
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This Week’s Fortune Cookie:
“Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication” -- Leonardo da Vinci
Tim’s comment: Were he alive today, Leonardo might work for Apple, or Tesla, or any other company making high-tech gadgets consumer-friendly. Were he an investor (rather than an inventor), he might pursue the simplest strategy of all, which is buying the S&P 500 and holding.
Paul’s comment:
I don’t know what’s gotten into Tim, but I don’t see much sophistication in index investing. I like to think I should be able to use Cabot’s growth disciplines to gain an edge on a group of the 500 largest-capitalization companies on the New York Stock Exchange. The kind of simplicity I look for is a few simple rules that will smoke out the half dozen or so stocks every year that will leave the S&P behind.---
In Case You Missed It
Cabot Wealth Advisory 8/10/15 – All About Dividend Reinvestment Plans
Nancy Zambell, the Editor of the Investment Digest and Dividend Digest explains how you can pool your money with others to buy shares, at nominal costs, by enrolling in Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs).
Cabot Wealth Advisory 8/11/15 -- Equality
Cabot Stock of the Month’s Chief Analyst Tim Lutts ventures into deep waters, looking at why the U.S., which excels at innovation and values personal freedom, also generates such deep divides between rich and poor. High pay for CEOs also comes in for some analysis. Stock discussed: Carnival Corporation (CCL).
Cabot Wealth Advisory 8/13/15 Investing Is Not as Complicated as Most People Make It
In this issue, Mike Cintolo, Chief Analyst of Cabot Growth Investor, writes about summer drinks and football. He also points out that simple strategies are just fine for investing if you follow the rules and execute them well. Stock discussed: Celgene (CELG).
