From a top-down perspective, the market is still looking good, as both the intermediate- and longer-term trends are up and the vast majority of stocks (and leading stocks) are still in uptrends.
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The overall market remains in good shape, with both of our trend-following indicators—the Cabot Tides (intermediate-term) and Cabot Trend Lines (longer-term)—currently pointing up. We’re still keeping an eye on small-cap indexes, which have still not eclipsed their late February peaks, as well as Nasdaq,...
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From Cabot Growth Investor
The market and especially growth stocks got hit early today, but they firmed up reasonably well in the afternoon as the major indexes finished mostly green. At day’s end, the Dow was up 110 points while the Nasdaq nosed ahead points. The...
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The new all time high is a significant milestone. Although the S&P 500 hasn’t hit new highs quite yet it is only just about .01% from the mark. The new high is significant because it negates any possibility that we have been in bear...
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The market remains strong and I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a well-diversified portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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We have obviously lived through a very difficult period in the stock market recently, from which most of the portfolio stocks are recovering or have already recovered. Hopefully we will not see another similarly ugly stock market downturn for several years, but there no...
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It’s been another constructive week for the market, though that’s not necessarily due to the major indexes, which are barely up (0.25% or so) since last Friday’s close.
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The Perfect Isn’t the Enemy of the Good
One reason the market is such an interesting place is that there are always differing opinions even among the smartest and most thorough investors. The late Martin Zweig once said that, if you had 100 market it...
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The tide is changing. The recent perception was that of sputtering economic growth in a market that was panicking about the possibility of a near-term recession. Many of our defensive positions have gone gangbusters in the past turbulent year but I’ll be watching situation...
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The market remains strong and I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a well-diversified portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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You may have noticed that the price of West Texas crude oil is up about 48% since it bottomed in late December.
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The major indexes have had a solid week thus far, with most major indexes up 1.5% to 2.5% after this morning’s modest jobs report bounce.
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The overall market is still in fine shape, but there have been a growing number of yellow flags, including among growth stocks, which came under fire today. As a result, we are selling one position from the portfolio and downgrading another to Hold.
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The S&P 500 was up 13% for the quarter, making it the best first quarter since 1998 and the best overall quarter since 2009. It’s impossible to predict short-term gyrations in the market, at this point, it looks like a slow slog higher the...
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The market remains strong and I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a well-diversified portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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It’s been a mixed week for the market. On one hand, we like some of the support seen in the major indexes and some key leading stocks this week, especially given the numerous intraday dives that occurred.
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Short Term Remains Murky
Last week on this page we wrote that, while the longer-term outlook remained positive, we were starting to pick up on some cracks in the foundation—the broad market had stopped going up in late February and, despite a push to highs...
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The market remains strong and I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a well-diversified portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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The March flooding in Nebraska and neighboring Midwest and Great Plains states is devastating to farmers, crops and livestock. Consumers can expect prolonged food price inflation that reaches around the globe.
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Marijuana stocks have been red-hot of late, for four key reasons. And subscribers to my Cabot Marijuana Investor advisory have reaped the benefits.
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