The Explorer portfolio had another good week despite a sharp pullback by ElectraMeccanica (SOLO). We still have a big profit there, so I advise you to sell half your position and let the rest ride. As you review your stock portfolios going into 2021, I you...
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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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For most of the calendar year, investors focus on buying and selling stocks based on where they believe the best returns are. However, as year-end approaches, other factors come into play that can create selling pressure unrelated to a stock’s outlook.
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Stocks showing strength and breadth like we haven’t seen in a long time, particularly with the broad market at a record high. Despite flattish returns from the formerly high-flying mega-cap tech stocks, the broad stock market is no longer grinding higher, it is higher,...
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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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Markets steadied this week as the political situation became clearer and prospects for Covid-19 vaccines becoming available in the first half of 2021 seem more promising. The Explorer portfolio performed well this week, with a couple of ideas breaking out to new highs.
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While pulling back a bit from the sharp jump on Monday, November 9th, the market rebounded on additional encouraging Covid vaccine results this week.
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Election results seem clear and will have a mixed impact on investor appetites.
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Just like that, the stock market emerged from its dark mood of October 30th to surge 8.6% in six trading days, with reinvigorated optimism following the evaporation of the election cloud and news of a very promising Covid vaccine.
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Bruce is selling three portfolio stocks.
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It appears that we will have a sharply divided government in Washington, which Wall Street initially is taking as a positive. A better way of putting it is that it could have been much worse for investors.
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At Least One Uncertainty Cloud Should be Evaporating
There remains a lot going on. The pandemic, domestic and international economies struggling, zero/negative interest rates, and an unusually high number of other clouds still obscure the investing horizon. But, with election season rapidly approaching its one...
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We're selling this portfolio stock with a 54% profit since its December 2019 recommendation.
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Markets are choppy, which is normal considering uncertainty is high and we’re less than a week from the presidential election. Today I look at what history can teach us about politics and markets and why it might be a bit different this time.
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While the market action has been somewhat exciting this week (though in the wrong direction), it was fairly dull for Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor recommended stocks in terms of news. This news drought will fade as five companies report later this week, with six more following...
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We looked through the market to find companies that would benefit greatly from a post-Covid world yet still have weak stock prices. We bypassed companies with heavy debt burdens, like many cruise lines, airlines and other companies with permanently impaired value that may up...
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Stocks trading on U.S. markets faced some resistance as hopes for some sort of stimulus bill fade and as mixed earnings report begin rolling in. A key question is whether the pandemic boom stocks will have the revenue and earnings growth to support sharp...
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With low interest rates and easy borrowing terms, and some supportive jaw-boning and incremental buying by the Federal Reserve, new corporate debt issuance in the United States is reaching record highs.
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The Explorer portfolio held steady this week, though Cloudflare (NET) broke out with a 42% gain and our newest recommendation, Vipshop (VIPS), was up 12%. A few other stocks moved nicely higher.
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Chart is an interesting company, for sure, and we would be happy to buy again at much lower prices.
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