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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As we wrote a week and a half ago, there’s no Top Ten issue today—one of our two weeks off (50 issues a year). But we don’t want to be too out of touch, which is why we’re sending this brief update today, on...
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From Cabot Top Ten Trader
Right now, it’s probably best to be choosier on the buy side, whether that means targeting weakness or starting with small positions. If and when we do get some selling pressure, that should provide meatier opportunities. As for the you...
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Remain bullish. The market and leading stocks continue to act well, and while a pullback, shakeout or some other potholes could occur in the short-term, the odds continue to favor higher prices over time.
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Given the straight-up run for six weeks and a few short-term signs of complacency, a bit more uncomfortableness is certainly possible; we’re open to the chance of a passing shower of sorts. And that’s probably a good reason to favor buying on weakness of...
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Mostly Sunny, Chance of Passing Showers
Seven weeks ago, the market was getting hit and growth stocks were looking awful. We were definitely cautious, but on this page we also wrote the following:
“We don’t want to sound too negative. It’s still a bull market, we...
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Market: Great. Growth Stocks: Just OK
Ever since the indexes turned on a dime at the beginning of this year, we’ve been leaning bullish on the general market, and in recent months, even as things have chopped around and there’s been an avalanche of we’ve...
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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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It’s been another constructive and encouraging week for the market in our view. As we write this morning, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq aren’t up much on the week (0.4% or so), but given that we just had five weeks in a row the...
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Continue to put money to work. The market and individual stocks are acting very well, and while there are some short-term yellow flags out there (complacency, overbought, etc.), the fact that stocks haven’t given up much ground is encouraging.
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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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It's been a decent week for the market, though nothing amazing—just about all major indexes are up 0.5% or less after hitting or approaching new highs in recent days.
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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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It’s been another decent week for the major indexes—the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up in the 1.25% range as of early Friday, with both sitting at all-time highs.
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Put a little money to work. There are still issues with many growth stocks and plenty of crosscurrents, but the overall market is looking good and we have seen some earnings-induced breakouts.
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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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It’s been mostly more of the same this week, with solid action among the major indexes (S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up a bit less than 1% as we write this), while the broad market has done OK (the number of new highs picked...
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Less Remains More
Way back in the day the late, great Joe Granville once said that “the market is the train, and I’m the caboose,” which is a good summation of our general philosophy over the years. At heart, we’re trend followers, getting heavily when...
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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 market’s had another rotational week—the big-cap indexes have done OK (S&P 500 and Nasdaq up around 1%), small-cap indexes have done even better (up nearly 2%), but growth stocks have suffered another round of heavy selling, with many falling to new correction lows.
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