The Big Idea
How psyched would you be if you went to your healthcare provider and they said the following:
“I can make a health optimization recommendation for you, informed not only by the latest clinical trials, but also by local and regional data about like...
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THE BIG IDEA
In its 2017 infrastructure report card the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave America’s infrastructure a grade of “D+”.
America received the same grade in 2013. That was an improvement over 2009 (and 2005) when we received a “D”.
Suffice to say, room...
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THE BIG IDEA
There are over 100 million people around the world suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition in which a partially blocked airway prevents airflow to the lungs when a person is asleep. The typical length of a breathing pause is seconds...
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THE BIG IDEA
I have vague memories of the Electrolux vacuum salesman coming to our house to sell his wares. Over the last 40 or so years, the basic idea of enticing people to take advantage of a “deal” hasn’t changed much. But the and...
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THE BIG IDEA
Back in the late 1800s if you called a company for information you were routed through a telephone exchange and were able to speak with a person that could help.
The last switchboard operator for a hand-crank phone, Susan Glines, walked away her...
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THE BIG IDEA
A few years back the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report with an astounding conclusion:
Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.
That’s not cool.
Diagnostic accuracy of some conditions is staggeringly bad. For the...
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THE BIG IDEA
On a whim, I recently reviewed our car insurance.
Something didn’t feel right, so I went online and got a quote from another provider. It turns out they could cover our two cars with essentially the same coverage – for half the was...
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THE BIG IDEA
One of the big challenges for organizations in the fast-moving digital age is to understand what’s going on in their businesses right now.
Look at Facebook (FB). For a company that specializes in harvesting detailed user data and selling targeted ads you’d they...
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THE BIG IDEA
What if your doctor had a simple blood test that could predict Alzheimer’s Disease 15 years before any symptoms begin? Would you take it?
How about a test that could predict the likelihood of getting Parkinson’s Disease, multiple sclerosis, and dementia?
Let’s say Miracle...
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THE BIG IDEA
Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, “I’m fired up to buy stock in an Enterprise Work Management software company today.”
But not all investment ideas are sexy. Or make for a good story to tell friends. Or even sound a bit...
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THE BIG IDEA
On June 21, 2018 Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued his final decision before retiring, and reshaped the laws that will govern future taxation on interstate e-commerce sales.
For decades, states had been prohibited from collecting sales taxes on residents’ transactions when were...
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Small-cap investing can be a bit scary if you don't know what you're doing. Here are five steps toward alleviating those fears, and earnings high returns.
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Small caps have outperformed large-cap stocks by a wide margin in 2018, hitting a new milestone this week. The reason behind the outperformance is simple.
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Two of our positions reported this week. One was up over 8% the day after reporting. And the other is up nicely in early trade today after reporting yesterday.
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Small caps have been on a tear in the last year. But there are plenty of reasons to believe they'll perform just as well this year.
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Often overlooked, small-cap stocks can be a highly profitable asset class.
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This month marks the two-year anniversary of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential, so I'm going to be bringing you a series with Editor Thomas Garrity, where he explain how he got interested in small-cap stocks, where he thinks the market is going and some of time-tested...
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Carlton Lutts, the founder of our company, used to say that all you need to get from a book to make it worth the reading is one good idea. Cabot is headquartered in a decommissioned branch library, and the wall next to where sit...
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I recently had the opportunity to talk to one of ours editors who you don't hear from regularly in Cabot Wealth Advisory, Thomas Garrity, editor of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential. Today I've got a Q&A to share with you about why Tom prefers to in...
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