Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The upward trajectory for growth stocks that was smooth sailing in November has turned far bumpier in December.
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The upward trajectory for growth stocks that was smooth sailing in November has turned far bumpier in December.
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Both large and small growth stocks continue to advance off their October lows despite all the political turmoil from the impeachment hearings.
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The S&P 600 Index just made another run but called it quits at 990 and has turned south.
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I wasn’t expecting that of the seven companies we had reporting Monday through Thursday this week that the average gain would be nearly 9% though. What an intense week. As you’ve no doubt noticed, our portfolio has done well this week.
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There has been no big picture change in the market over the last week. As expected, everyone is following earnings reports and trying to make broad assumptions based on what individual companies are reporting.
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There is a lot of uncertainty out there, which isn’t an entirely new scenario. We’ll continue to try and play it a little safe right now by keeping all stocks previously rated hold at the same rating.
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I’m going to go off on a little tangent this week to share something with you that I think will help put this market, and the action in our stocks, into context.
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For the first time in a while we’ve had a relatively calm week. On average, our portfolio is unchanged from last Thursday’s close.
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Looking at the broad market, it seemed like a calm week. Even a good week! The S&P 500 moved up near all-time highs and even the languishing S&P 600 Small Cap Index broke out of its funk and shot up near 2019 highs the...
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Cloud software stocks are on a tear, and these three have particularly good-looking charts. Any one of them would be worth a flier.
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This is one of those periods when there’s not much going on in the market. Earnings season is essentially over, the summer is winding down, kids are about to go back to school and it feels like fall is right around the corner.
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With earnings season largely over most of our stocks are now moving based on news that affects the broad market, and less on company-specific trends, with a few exceptions.
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Last week's near-record Argentina stock market crash was a long time coming. It's a lesson in what red flags to look for when investing in emerging markets.
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The big news that affected the market this week was, of course, the dreaded yield curve inversion. This happens when the 10-year Treasury yield goes below the 2-year yield.
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The market has been up, down and all over the place lately. So have our stocks. Oddly enough, from last Thursday’s close through yesterday’s close our portfolio is relatively unchanged—down just 2% using a simple average of each stock’s weekly return.
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The 10 best large-cap growth stocks of 2019 so far all have doubled already this year - evidence of how strong a year it's been for the market.
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Our portfolio is outperforming the index by roughly 100%, on average. But we’re not the only ones. Many targeted mutual funds are also demolishing the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index.
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This week marks the beginning of the second-quarter earnings season. I don't foresee any major changes in the trends in any of our companies, but stock price reactions and trends don't always line up in the short term.
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This week’s market recap is a familiar story—the major big-cap market indices are doing great! But the small cap index is still wallowing in the mud.
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Congrats to the Top Picks 2019, Mid-Year
Congratulations to our Top Picks for 2019! We’re halfway through the year, and the markets are doing great—and so are our Top Picks! The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 11.8%; the S&P 500 is up 14.3%, the...
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