The FOMC is meeting this week and investors can hardly contain their euphoric bliss. In-the-know pundits are already factoring in a rate cut next month and more before the end of the year. The market rallied strongly yesterday as it salivated over prospect.
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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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All across America, but especially in the Northeast and the Midwest, Boomers will be putting their homes up for sale, and often leaving those areas for warmer climates.
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From Cabot Top Ten Trader
As we wrote last week, there’s more positive evidence than negative evidence, which is why we’re leaning bullish—but the intermediate-term trend of the major indexes and many stocks and sectors has yet to turn positive, so we’re also not the...
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It’s been a relatively quiet week for the major indexes despite some bad news (Iran, big warning from Broadcom today), which we take as a constructive sign following the strong push higher after last Monday’s market low. As we write this, the S&P up...
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The June market rally has been a ray of sunshine after a dreary May. Is it sustainable? Here are two reasons to think so - and two reasons to question it.
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Our Cabot Tides are yet to flash a green light, and thus we’re content to hold our strong, profitable stocks, but also to keep a chunk of cash on the sideline.
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The market found its mojo after the Fed vaguely insinuated that it could conceivably consider cutting rates before the end of the year. But it looks like the momentum is gone.
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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’re looking at economic data that could push interest rates upward (rising food price inflation and business expansion) and we’re also looking at economic data that could push rates downward (GDP potentially falling due to China tariffs, and slowing employment numbers).
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The market started this week with another sharp selloff, continuing the May weakness and bringing the major indexes down 7.65% (S&P 500) to 10.8% (Nasdaq) from their peaks. But since Monday, the action has been excellent, and the major indexes are working on gains,...
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Pieces are in Place
We’re about five weeks into this market correction, and it’s been a pretty nasty one when looking at the major indexes—from high to low, the S&P 500 has fallen as much as 7.6% and the Nasdaq by 10.8%, with small- mid-cap...
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Amidst the uncertainty investors are gravitating toward dividend stocks. You’re in the right place at the right time.
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Marijuana stocks are red hot, but it's hard to choose the right ones. These four marijuana index funds and ETFs give you exposure to the entire industry.
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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 the last day of May, to which most investors (including us) say “good riddance,” as the major indexes are working on their fourth straight losing week. Including this morning’s plunge, the S&P has fallen as much as 6.9% from its high, while Nasdaq...
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Our Cabot Tides are still clearly negative, and in recent days the selling pressure has broadened out, causing more stocks and sectors to take on water.
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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 major indexes have had another rough go of it, notching their third straight weekly decline. Before the opening bell this morning (futures are indicating a modestly higher open), the S&P 500 is sitting on a 1.3% weekly loss, while the Nasdaq is a..
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Time Likely Needed
In The Perfect Speculator (written by Brad Koteshwar), fictional trader Boyd Hunt said, “Everything in the market takes time. Learning takes time. Making gains takes time. Even losing big takes time because the market will occasionally offer small crumbs to remove (We...
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