Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The market is off to a good start this year and anticipating wonderful things for 2021.
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The market is off to a good start this year and anticipating wonderful things for 2021.
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A Goliath of the Dawning Digital Age
Are you sick of hearing about the virus and the election? I know I am. But there’s good news. As hard as it may be to believe, these current obsessions will fade away, and soon. As the from...
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The New Year is a wild one so far in the market with big up and down swings. The Dow was down big Monday and it’s up big today as bank stocks have caught fire.
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Sometimes the most appealing stocks are those that superficially seem to go against trends (leading to investors avoiding them) yet have either fundamental traits that sidestep these trends or have overly discounted valuations.
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The New Year looks promising for dividend stocks. With prices in many growth sectors at high levels ahead of a very promising economic year, the relative performance of dividend stocks in general should be much better this year than in 2020.
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Despite a global pandemic and an economic crash, stocks had a great year. As of yesterday’s close all three indexes are higher for the year and very near all time highs. The S&P 500 is up over 14% while the tech-laden Nasdaq is an...
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With Christmas just a little over a week away, the market tends to go into a holding pattern. It’s a lot like the last weeks of the summer. Investors tend to focus on other things while the market continues in the same fashion it...
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Profit from the Resurgence of the Banks
The vaccine is changing everything. Stocks that had been left for dead by the market recovery are springing back to life and leading the market higher.
A coronavirus vaccine could end the pandemic and usher in a full in...
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The final tally is in, and it was a November for the ages. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 11.8% for November, making it the best month for the index since 1987. The S&P 500 climbed 10% while the Nasdaq gained another for...
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Stocks have surged this past month, with the S&P 500 returning 11% in November. Other major indices, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite, produced similarly strong returns. These kinds of returns would make a good year in most investors’ eyes.
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For the third straight week the market has rallied on the news of another coronavirus vaccine with positive late stage trial results.
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This year continues to amaze. The market had another big rally this week on news of very positive late-stage trial results for a coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical company Moderna (MRNA). The S&P 500 soared to a new all-time high, the first since early September.
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The Promised Land Awaits
It has been an amazing week in the market. Events have transpired to leave the market approaching all-time historic highs. And it may be just the beginning.
In the past weeks and months there were two major risks holding the market the...
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We still don’t know who the president is... But the market loves it. The Dow is up over 700 points and the S&P 500 is up over 3% on the day.
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At Least One Uncertainty Cloud Should be Evaporating
There remains a lot going on. The pandemic, domestic and international economies struggling, zero/negative interest rates, and an unusually high number of other clouds still obscure the investing horizon. But, with election season rapidly approaching its one...
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The anticipated market tumult has arrived. The S&P 500 is down over 5% in less than a week. It’s also down over 8% from the high. The high market combined with the mounting risks is finally spooking investors.
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The market is still solid. The bad news and uncertainty hasn’t dragged it down in any significant way. Investors still see the prize of a rapidly recovering economy and the pandemic fading. While I see very good days ahead for the post election post...
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Amidst the Uncertainty, Bank on the Aging Population
It’s certainly been a weird year. In fact, it’s probably the craziest year I’ve ever lived through. And it’s not over yet.
No one could have predicted a pandemic would sweep the globe and crash the economy. a..
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In short, it looks like there will be a tug-o’-war with good news and bad news at least up until the election. I expect the market will continue to bounce around in that time frame. However, there could be great things for the beyond...
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We’re in Limbo-Land … Now What?
There seems to be so much going on, and yet investors are stuck in the middle with no direction.
We’ve passed the worst (hopefully) of the pandemic, yet there isn’t a clear-cut solution in sight. The domestic economy continues grow...
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