The ping-pong action of the market has continued this week, with quick, sharp fluctuations based on daily (and often intraday and even overnight) news and rumors of the progress (or not) of the U.S.-China trade negotiations, including this morning’s good-looking pop. Frankly, we encouraged...
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From Cabot Top Ten Trader
The market’s latest dip, which has occurred amidst a flurry of bad news and uncertainties, has gotten many investors to throw in the towel based on some sentiment and breadth measures. Given that this is the third tedious correction the...
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Patience Precedes Profits
We regularly write about practicing patience with your winning stocks, and that will always be a key factor in making big money—unless you’re a savant, you’ll find that many of your trades will offset over time (small losses, break-evens, small wins, with...
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The indexes are near all-time highs in what is now the oldest bull market and recovery in history. And risks are mounting. There’s the trade war with China, the sputtering global economy, weaker growth at home and impeachment. The market is really struggling muster...
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Short-term, the market remains under pressure, buffeted by the selling of investors scared by the prospects of an extended tariff war, but long-term, the trend remains up, so we still see the current weakness as a normal correction.
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The markets have been quiet, heading into earnings season, which begins next week with financial stocks and a couple of our stocks move to Buy recommendations today after recent pullbacks.
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For most of September, the trend of the major indexes was tilted up, but it was still hard to make much money—just about any stock that was near its peak stagnated and, eventually, hit an air pocket. Meanwhile, stocks that enjoyed solid advances a..
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Be cautious. The selling pressure has spread to the rest of the market, with the recent decline cracking a bunch of stocks and causing our Cabot Tides to turn negative.
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October is a historically ominous month for stocks. After all, it is the month of the 1929 stock market crash and the 1987 crash. After a rough May and August we step into the mother of all jinxed months with a terrible start.
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Short-term, the market remains under pressure, buffeted by the selling of investors scared by the prospects of an extended tariff war, but long-term, the trend remains up, so we still see the current weakness as a normal correction.
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Aggravation-to-Profit Ratio: High
Everybody loves a persistent uptrend in growth stocks, especially us; we know how to find the winners and ride them for the majority of their advance. That’s where the real money is! And while we don’t ever root for a big we...
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It’s been a very interesting week to this point, with another round of heavy selling (especially in growth stocks) as a new uncertainty arose (impeachment), bringing many indexes back down to intermediate-term support.
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Short-term, the market remains under pressure, buffeted by the selling of investors scared by the prospects of an extended tariff war, but long-term, the trend remains up, so we still see the current weakness as a normal correction.
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The S&P 500 index continues to act well, rising to new highs in July, conducting a very orderly pullback in August, and rebounding in September. To my eyes, the price chart still looks strong.
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Following last week’s vicious rotation, this week has been refreshingly quiet. As of Friday morning, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are nearly unchanged on the week (up a smidge). Considering we’ve had some worrisome headlines (especially the Saudi oil attacks), we take calm...
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Stocks rallied early in the day but then skidded after that, closing not that far from where they started. The environment remains mixed, with the market looking fine but growth stocks a bit sluggish.
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It’s one of those special days in the market where the Fed will make a highly anticipated decision on interest rates. It is widely expected that the Central Bank will cut the Fed Funds rate by 0.25%.
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Short-term, the market remains under pressure, buffeted by the selling of investors scared by the prospects of an extended tariff war, but long-term, the trend remains up, so we still see the current weakness as a normal correction.
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Oil prices are volatile now that about half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production is temporarily curtailed. Rising oil prices can help oil and chemical stocks, and hurt airline stocks.
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The rotation that we started to pick up on a couple of weeks ago was unleashed late last Friday and the first couple of days of this week, with just about any stock and sector that’s enjoyed a good run this year coming pressure—including...
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