From Cabot Top Ten Trader
The market has staged an impressive snapback the past two days, following a pattern seen during the past couple of weeks, with support showing up so far every time the market has taken a hit. Combined with other factors sentiment,...
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The big news that affected the market this week was, of course, the dreaded yield curve inversion. This happens when the 10-year Treasury yield goes below the 2-year yield.
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Apple and Amazon are two of the most recognizable names on the planet, and good stocks. Which is the better buy? Let's break down Amazon vs. Apple stock.
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The market has been up, down and all over the place lately. So have our stocks. Oddly enough, from last Thursday’s close through yesterday’s close our portfolio is relatively unchanged—down just 2% using a simple average of each stock’s weekly return.
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Emerging markets (EEM) moved more solidly into bullish territory this week moving ahead of both its 20-day and 50-day moving averages.
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Market Views
No Longer Overbought
Technically, the S&P 500 has corrected most of an overbought condition with a 2.73% decline from its July 16 high. News-related volatility will likely continue as the market enters its least favorable season. But, sentiment gauges have begun to improve a..
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Our portfolio is outperforming the index by roughly 100%, on average. But we’re not the only ones. Many targeted mutual funds are also demolishing the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index.
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For-profit education is flourishing under the Trump administration. Here are the for-profit education stocks I like best.
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Emerging markets (EEM) moved more solidly into bullish territory this week moving ahead of both its 20-day and 50-day moving averages.
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This week marks the beginning of the second-quarter earnings season. I don't foresee any major changes in the trends in any of our companies, but stock price reactions and trends don't always line up in the short term.
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This week’s market recap is a familiar story—the major big-cap market indices are doing great! But the small cap index is still wallowing in the mud.
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Emerging markets (EEM) moved more solidly into bullish territory this week moving ahead of both its 20-day and 50-day moving averages.
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Congrats to the Top Picks 2019, Mid-Year
Congratulations to our Top Picks for 2019! For the first half of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 11.8%; the S&P 500 gained 14.3%, and the NASDAQ has returned 16.1%. But, as you can from...
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What has the Trump effect on the stock market truly been? The returns suggest a very positive one. But how much do they really have to do with Trump?
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Not surprisingly, this week wasn’t a great one for our portfolio. I had a feeling the party was winding down last week, when we had an average gain of 105% going and had just seen our stocks pop an average of 6% over days...
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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This was another one of those weeks where you look at what the S&P 500 did—up 1.5% to a 52-week high—and you look at what the S&P 600 Small Cap Index did—up 1% to 945 and back above its 50-day line, but well its...
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With the market having come back strong since its swift retreat in early June the immediate threat of a larger correction has diminished. The S&P 500 index is back above its 50-day line and within a couple percentage points of its all-time high.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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Market Views
Mixed Signals
The $SPX chart is still bearish, because there are lower highs and lower lows on its chart. Oversold rallies typically carry from their lows up to and slightly above the declining 20-day moving average. That’s exactly what this rally has done far...
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