It’s not news that the stock market has been sloppy lately. After the steady march upward to a doubling of the S&P 500 from the early 2020 low, and a 33% increase from year-end 2019 before the pandemic, one can hardly be disappointed the...
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The market had the worst day in months Monday on news that Chinese real estate giant Evergrande may default on $300 billion in debt. There is fear that such an event could cause contagion and ripple through the financial markets.
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AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are perhaps the two most widely recognized telecommunications companies in the world. But which is the better stock today?
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The long bull market continues, despite this morning’s sharp selloff, and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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After a stunningly strong market so far this year, with the S&P 500 producing a 20% total return through Monday, the slow grind-down of most stocks since early September has seemed interminable. The 1,100 largest stocks in our 3,000-stock database have declined only in...
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So far, the post-Labor Day market has been just a little bit crummy. Stocks have drifted slightly lower over the past week. While that’s nothing alarming, it is a reversal of the summer market where stocks were drifting slightly higher. It could be the...
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Here we are in September. So far, it’s not bad. But it’s not good either. For the first week after Labor Day, the market has drifted lower. It’s no big deal. But stocks have been losing a battle they were winning in the The...
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Today’s recommendation is a young, fast grower in a sector that has enormous growth potential.
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Over the summer, the strong economy prevailed over concerns about the virus. And the market drifted higher. We’ll see if the scales get tipped the other way in this historically tough month for the market.
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This week, we are rolling forward our valuation comments – generally dropping our valuation based on 2021 estimates, where appropriate, while adding commentary based on estimates for 2023. Most analysts project that all of their companies will have higher earnings in future years, we...
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It’s still an amazing market. The S&P is up 96% from the bear market low in March of 2020. The index is also up over 20% so far this year.
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Today’s recommendation is one of my favorite kinds of stocks—a small company that’s not well known but that’s growing fast by making a big difference in a global marketplace.
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Although it went by way too fast, it’s been a glorious summer in the market. The S&P 500 is up 8% since Memorial Day. And the index is now up over 20% so far in 2021.
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Rested and recharged. And, ready for what we anticipate will be a very interesting remaining four months of the year for the stock market.
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The market still looks strong. The S&P 500 is on pace for a 3% gain in the month of August, which would be the seventh straight monthly gain. The index is already up 20% for the year.
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What has been propelling adoption of electric vehicles forward and what will power them into the mainstream across the world?
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The 10 highest paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial all yield more than 2.6%. But which of them would I buy today?
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The summer malaise is in full swing. The market is doing pretty much exactly what it was doing when investors went on vacation and stopped paying attention.
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The Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor is on vacation this week, recharging the batteries for what could be a very interesting September and fourth quarter in the financial markets. As such, this week’s edition will be abbreviated in length, although we include our Cisco earnings commentary full...
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq just made new all-time highs. Strong earnings and a booming economy are outweighing concerns about the delta variant, the Chinese slowdown, inflation and a Fed tapering of bond purchases.
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