While some segments of the broad market have experienced a sharp correction over the past month (growth stocks in particular), the broad market has not fallen apart; in fact, many indexes hit new highs just last week. And, of course, today’s big jump rather...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The bull market is alive and well, as investors look forward to vaccines that enable economic reopening. So I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a diversified portfolio of stocks.
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The bull market rolls on, with today’s news about Moderna’s vaccine providing a high-profile reason to be optimistic about reopening the economy.
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The news that Pfizer has a promising Covid vaccine, combined with the weekend news that Biden/Harris won the presidential election, triggered a wave of buying (and selling) on Wall Street this morning, rewarding both large caps and small caps while penalizing (at least stocks...
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With the election tomorrow a nearly universal concern, my optimistic expectation is that it will quickly pass, and investors’ attention will revert to what really matters—growth and valuation.
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The overall investing environment remains positive, though recent weakness in growth stocks in particular means buyers of aggressive stocks should favor low-risk entry points.
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Some of the best stock performers throughout history have been what are known as “follow-on” opportunities—companies that thrive as a secondary effect of some major change going on in the world.
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The overall investing environment continues to improve, with our intermediate-term trend-following indicator now back in positive mode and growth stocks in particular seeing strong buying.
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Officially, Cabot’s trend-following indicators now tell us that the intermediate-term trend of the market is down—and this means it’s prudent to increase your cash position, while leaning toward caution in new investments.
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