Cabot Stock of the Week 336
With this week’s recommendation, I’m swinging back to the more conservative side with a solid technology company poised for big gains from the 5G communications rollout.
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A double bottom chart pattern is a chart pattern used in technical stock analysis to describe the fall in price of a stock or index, followed by a rebound, then another drop to a level that’s roughly similar to the original drop, and finally another rebound. Consequently, the double bottom chart pattern resembles the letter “W”.
This “W” pattern forms when prices register two distinct lows on a chart. However, the definition of a true double bottom is only achieved when prices rise above the high end of the point that formed the secondary low.
Put another way, the double bottom is a “reversal pattern” in an equity price’s downward trend. The price drops to a floor—a “support level”—before rallying, pulling back up, and then falling to the support level again, before rising. A double bottom is characterized by two well-defined lows at roughly the same price level. Double bottoms are among the most commonly occurring chart patterns.
Double bottom patterns can be discerned within charts that are intra-day, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and longer-term. The two lows should be distinct. According to technical analysts or “chartists,” the second bottom can be rounded while the first should be distinct and sharp. The pattern is complete when prices rise above the highest high in the formation. The highest high is termed the confirmation point.
Typically, a double bottom’s volume is greater on the left of the bottom than on the right. Volume usually is downward as the pattern forms and accelerates as the pattern hits its lows. Volume increases again when the pattern completes, punching through the confirmation point.
If accurately identified, the double bottom can signal a fortunate entry point for investors. To chartists, the double bottom formation indicates that the stock has reached a crucial support level and is encountering difficulty moving lower. That implies the stock has formed a low and is now positioned for an upward move.
With this week’s recommendation, I’m swinging back to the more conservative side with a solid technology company poised for big gains from the 5G communications rollout.
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Some investors are bracing for the possibility that all this will lead to a surge in the cruelest tax of all – inflation.
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This week’s recommendation is a small company with no earnings, minimal revenues and a lot of competition.
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Today I’m swinging back to pure growth with a very interesting stock that has a great story—and no direct competition.
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Today, I have a new recommendation that links three high profile growth trends: SPACs, e-commerce and internet gaming, and mobile payments.
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With the now-infamous Reddit trades unraveling, and the rebalancing done, the market is free to rebound.
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The market’s main trend remains up, and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested.
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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Today, I have a new recommendation that links three high profile growth trends: SPACs, e-commerce and internet gaming, and mobile payments.
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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The first week of the year saw buyers dominate, pushing the major indexes to higher heights on most days. Thus the major uptrend is intact, but extended, which means this is probably not the best time to buy an aggressive growth stock.
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The most important catalyst for America’s political upheaval as well as the prime generator of wealth over the last three decades has been the inexorable rise of finance and technology and the relative decline in terms of jobs, growth and profits from manufacturing industry...
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Sometimes the most appealing stocks are those that superficially seem to go against trends (leading to investors avoiding them) yet have either fundamental traits that sidestep these trends or have overly discounted valuations.
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After closing out 2020 with a bang, delivering profits that were inconceivable in the depths of the March selloff, the broad market turned down today.
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As we approach the year-end, market trends remain strong (notwithstanding today’s opening action), and odds are that the strength will continue a little longer, as our tax laws favor delaying profit-taking until the new year.
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Today’s recommendation is a fast-growing firm in the very healthy cybersecurity market, with a particular focus on the security of cloud-based data and operations.
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In investing, it pays to lean towards optimism and independent thinking, but sometimes it helps to consider a different view.
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The overall investing environment remains positive, with all major indexes in strong uptrends and minimal signs of divergence. But investor sentiment is high by many measures.
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Stocks have surged this past month, with the S&P 500 returning 11% in November. Other major indices, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite, produced similarly strong returns. These kinds of returns would make a good year in most investors’ eyes.
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This is probably going to be an unusual Thanksgiving for many of you as we head into the last month of a turbulent year. While the overall market is up only a bit over 10%, there have been pockets that have delivered much, higher...
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