Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
A few weeks ago, at the annual Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, two investing icons debated the merits of value versus growth. On the value side was Rob Arnott, founder and head of Research Affiliates, with Cathie Wood, founder and head of ARK Management,...
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Cabot Profit Booster 197
Before we dive too deep into this week’s idea I have decided to sell our PureStorage (PSTG) stock position as the stock has not been participating in the recent market rally. This could prove to be a mistake, but I would prefer to lock in small...
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
Last week, we wrote about how lower quality, in both home appliances and tangible money, debases value and is a form of inflation. Today’s note includes some of our current views on inflation and capital markets, and what investors can do to help inflation’s...
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Cabot Dividend Investor 1021
As financial markets have grown in sophistication, private equity investing is no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.
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Cabot Profit Booster 196
The three leading indexes pushed higher this past week as the S&P 500 rose 0.78%, the Dow gained 1.22%, and the Nasdaq added 0.08%. Following a choppy and volatile start to the week, on Thursday politicians kicked the debt-ceiling can down the road, seemed...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
So far, October has been volatile. There have been strong rallies that quickly become undone in the following days. The market is still even for the month, but it looks very unsteady.
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Cabot Profit Booster 195
Last week the major indices pulled back in a meaningful way. The S&P 500 lost 2.20%, the Dow declined 1.36%, and the Nasdaq pulled back 3.20%.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The market had its worse day since March yesterday. The worry de jour was the debt limit. I believe the issue will be resolved long before a default occurs one way or another.
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
Across almost the entire length of the yield curve, interest rates are ticking up. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached 1.53% and may be headed back toward its December 2019 rate of about 1.90%. In an economy that is showing rapid growth, with well...
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Cabot Profit Booster 194
Last week, despite a large market decline on Monday, the major indices took a baby step forward. The S&P 500 gained 0.51%, the Dow rose 0.62%, and the Nasdaq eked out 0.02%. The advance came despite ongoing uncertainties around Chinese property developer Evergrande the...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
Today, markets are rallying as much as they fell on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting this afternoon.
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
It’s not news that the stock market has been sloppy lately. After the steady march upward to a doubling of the S&P 500 from the early 2020 low, and a 33% increase from year-end 2019 before the pandemic, one can hardly be disappointed the...
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Cabot Profit Booster 193
The one trade from the September expiration cycle that was not closed last week was CFX, which leaves us with the stock and no option position. While it is possible that CFX will rebound in the days/weeks to come, because of the market weakness, am...
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
After a stunningly strong market so far this year, with the S&P 500 producing a 20% total return through Monday, the slow grind-down of most stocks since early September has seemed interminable. The 1,100 largest stocks in our 3,000-stock database have declined only in...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
So far, the post-Labor Day market has been just a little bit crummy. Stocks have drifted slightly lower over the past week. While that’s nothing alarming, it is a reversal of the summer market where stocks were drifting slightly higher. It could be the...
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Cabot Profit Booster 192
Last week all the major indices took a small step back. The S&P 500 lost 1.69%, the Dow fell 2.15%, and the Nasdaq declined 1.61%.
The headlines say the 5-day pullback was the largest for the S&P 500 since February. But considering that the of...
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor Weekly Update
This week, we are rolling forward our valuation comments – generally dropping our valuation based on 2021 estimates, where appropriate, while adding commentary based on estimates for 2023. Most analysts project that all of their companies will have higher earnings in future years, we...
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Cabot Profit Booster 191
Ahead of the long holiday weekend, it was a mixed bag last week as the S&P 500 rose 0.58%, the Dow lost 0.25%, and the Nasdaq climbed 1.55%.
This week traders will keep a close eye on inflation as the Labor Department releases its index...
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Cabot Dividend Investor 921
It’s still an amazing market. The S&P is up 96% from the bear market low in March of 2020. The index is also up over 20% so far this year.
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