Throwing Darts at the Ticker Tape and Other Investment Strategies
October is a significant time for me, because that’s when I begin embracing companies that didn’t previously have strong enough numbers to join these portfolios, but now have excellent prognoses for the coming year. (This only...
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A New Format for Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor
Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor is taking on a new format. I enjoyed writing about the pertinent news on affected companies in recent weeks, without updating minor news and numbers for the rest of the portfolio companies. going...
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Trade War Turmoil Trumps a Good Earnings Season
U.S. stock markets took quite a tumble in the last few business days. For those of you wondering, “Should I buy low?”, the answer to that question is usually “yes, but let’s first wait for the to...
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More on the Baby Boomer Housing Forecast
In the June 18 update of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, I wrote about a very serious change in the housing market that could take place over the next decade, as Baby Boomers sell their big homes and to...
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Assessing the Retail Stock Landscape
After rising 25.3% from Christmas Eve 2018 through April 30, 2019, the S&P 500 stock index fell 6.6% in May. A pullback was clearly overdue, and there was plenty of fuel to keep investors on the edge of their Many...
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Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks Are On My Radar
Today I’m taking the opportunity to remove two stocks from the portfolios, in the quest to (a) pare back the number of stocks in the portfolios and (b) add new stocks to the portfolios. Clearly, two...
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A Rising Stock Market Brings Opportunites Today
U.S. stock market indexes have emerged from recent trading ranges and embarked on renewed uptrends as they seek to retrace all-time highs that were established in August through October 2018. Your stock portfolios will likely achieve additional appreciation...
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The Calm Before the Next Market Run-Up
I suppose it makes sense that a calendar quarter that was characterized by two big stock market downdrafts could be followed by a calendar quarter that delivers two stock market run-ups. And while I anticipated and frequently about...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
As value investors, we have ample reasons to believe that investing in stocks today is not as easy as it was a few years ago. is...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
This month we have seen unusual volatility among our stocks. Gilead Sciences (+11%), Target (+9%), Lowe’s (+7%) and Gentex (+5%) were on the upside while Industries...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
As we begin 2018, let me start with a brief review of our portfolio and the market.
We transitioned from the Value Model and Enterprise Model the...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
Value investing is a marathon, and it requires patience and perseverance. Usually, it is not the intent of a value investor to make a quick but...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
In the last issue, we started with the thesis that the upside potential from investing in stocks is getting increasingly constrained due to the elevated of...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
Finding Value at Current Market Valuation
I’m pleased to present my first issue as the new chief analyst of Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Investor. After accepting role,...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
Harvey's Impact
The suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana impacted by Hurricane Harvey is felt across the country. We hope Harvey’s will...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
Patient Value Investors Will Be Rewarded
So far, 2017 has been a bummer for value stocks. Cabot Value Model stocks have gained only 8.78% in 2017 to...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
My 30-Day Dow Forecast
The stock market moved slightly higher during the past month, led by the materials, technology and industrial sectors. Real estate, consumer staples utility...
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Benjamin Graham is called The Father of Value Investing. His influence has inspired many successful investors, including Warren Buffett.
Another Mini Portfolio
The stock market moved higher in May, led by large-cap growth stocks, such as Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB). stocks...
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Financial stocks could be on the brink of a major rally if President Trump's executive order to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act goes through.
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Another Fed rate hike is on the near horizon. Before it happens, you should buy these three stocks in this red-hot sector.
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