Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The real short version of what’s going on out there is … we’re officially in a bear market in growth. And it’s been particularly tough going in the super-fast-growing small-cap stock arena.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
It continues to be a very bumpy ride for small-cap growth stocks, while those names with a slightly more value-oriented profile are providing a somewhat smoother ride. Big picture, there is no doubt the risk-off environment continues. The good news for more aggressive is...
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Cabot Micro-Cap Insider 122
Why I Love Micro Caps
Over the long term, investing in stocks has been a great decision as equities (no matter the market cap) have outperformed almost every asset class.
Historically, stocks have returned about 10% per year, an excellent result. But what if you to...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
As we approach the final trading day of 2021, we see a market in a period of relative calm after what felt like a very volatile November and December, especially for those invested in individual stocks.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
Big picture, the prominent topics of debate out there continue to be the potential economic impact of Omicron and the longer-term market/stock valuation/investor risk tolerance impact of a rate hike cycle (assuming the Fed can pull that off).
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The biggest thing happening is the change in fiscal stimulus and interest rate policy. Yesterday the Fed said it intends to accelerate the tapering process by reducing purchases by $30 billion a month (from $90 billion to $60 billion) starting in January. This half...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
Despite another dip in the Nasdaq today higher growth stocks have mostly come up off of last week’s lows as early indications suggest the Omicron variant can be held at bay with vaccinations (especially booster shots).
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Cabot Micro-Cap Insider 1221
A Correction in Micro-Cap Land
Many high-quality micro-caps have pulled back in the past month.
In aggregate, the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) is down ~12% from all-time highs in the last four weeks.
And some of our names are down even more than that.
While the benefit micro-caps...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential 271
The Big Idea
When Tom Brady was throwing rockets over the middle of the field to Julian Edelman the timing of the throw was crucial.
A split second too early or too late meant an incomplete pass or interception. Or it could leave Edelman exposed getting...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The big recent developments since I wrote last Thursday are the rise in Covid cases in Europe, and that Jerome Powell got the nod for another term leading the Fed.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
On to the market. It was a funkier week than last week, though big picture nothing has changed. We are moving into the tail end of earnings season so we may see a more moderate amount of investor interest over the next two weeks.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
It’s been sort of an odd week because, while the focus has been on individual companies, there’s been some macro stuff driving erratic trading action.
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Cabot Micro-Cap Insider 1121
Choose the Game Carefully
This weekend, my friend was over with his kid for a playdate with my 3-year-old, and we were shooting the breeze.
We laughed about Elon Musk’s Twitter poll.
In case you missed it, Musk posted the following poll:
My friend said, “Tesla (TSLA) to...
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Cabot Stock of the Week 373
Today’s recommendation comes from Carl Delfeld’s Cabot Explorer and this week has found one that we will all understand because it’s part of the solution to one of the year’s greatest economic challenges.
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The Big Idea
In the late 1990s Matt and Andy Wisdom were living in New Orleans, producing 3D animation for TV commercials. On a project for a company named Radiophone they needed animated cellphones playing basketball. They spent $15,000 out of a $25,000 budget design...
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Cabot Stock of the Week 372
We’ve come through the seasonally treacherous September-October period with only minimal losses, and odds are now good that the bull market will run right through the end of the year.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
This week has been all about earnings, even though we’ve only heard from one company in our portfolio. That company is Repligen (RGEN), which reported this morning (the stock is reacting well). Notes on that report are below.
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Cabot Stock of the Week 371
Long-term market trends remain positive andm after the recent strength, short-term trends are back on the positive side as well, so I’m happy (once again) to be advising that you be heavily invested in stocks that meet your investing goals.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
As we move closer to earnings season for our portfolio holdings (really gets underway the week after next) we see many small-cap growth names (and growth stocks in general) recovering nicely from the drawdowns in late September.
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Cabot Stock of the Week 370
Long-term market trends remain positive, but short-term trends remain troubling. Still, growth stocks snapped back strongly last week, so it’s possible the weakness has passed and the market will become more cohesive and begin a renewed advance.
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