The flavor of the market hasn’t changed in the last week, in my view. There is still a sense that many high growth stocks have run too far. I think the lesser-informed general public hears about the recent slide in the mega-caps (AAPL, MSFT,...
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The trend favoring highly scalable, high growth U.S. technology stocks is unlikely to change in the near future but diversifying into different countries and sectors is a good idea as we move into the fourth quarter.
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
Kinsale Capital (KNSL)
$4.2 billion
191.94
Rapid Growth – P&C Insurance
Nevro (NVRO)
$4.9 billion
144.55
Rapid Growth – MedTech
Peloton (PTON)
$24.7 billion
85.45
Rapid Growth – Exercise Equipment
Varonis (VRNS)
$3.6 billion
112.46
Rapid Growth – Software
Vital Farms (VITL)
$1.5 billion
36.65
Rapid Growth – Eggs & Butter
Time Is on Our Side
In 1964 the Rolling Stones their...
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The market has served up a good deal of volatility lately and for the most part our stocks have handled it well (so far).
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Markets were abuzz this week with talk of a “tech meltdown,” with Tesla (TSLA) getting hit rather hard on Tuesday, falling more than 20% before bouncing back 10% yesterday.
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With the exception of another nice gain by NovoCure (NVCR), this was a quiet week for the Cabot Global Stocks Explorer portfolio as the Nasdaq continues its march, up almost 35% so far in 2020.
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Don’t Fight the Fed?
The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, called by its colloquial name “the Fed” even on its website, made its informal but landmark policy change official last week. For the foreseeable future, the Fed will keep interest rates near zero, focusing almost on...
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There isn’t any major news for any of our stocks.
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The Cabot Global Stocks Explorer portfolio had another good week, with four stocks all making major moves.
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
Altair Engineering (ALTR)
$3.0 billion
42.25
Growth – Industrial Software
Azek (AZEK)
$6.0 billion
38.76
Growth – Construction Materials
Jamf (JAMF)
$4.5 billion
38.54
Rapid Growth – Software
Nikola (NKLA)
$14.9 billion
39.18
Development – Electric/Hydrogen Auto
TFF Pharma (TFFP)
$271 million
12.98
Development – Biotech
Is The Hydrogen Economy Becoming Reality?
Hydrogen has been a hot topic among investors lately of...
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As far as the last week goes our stocks are up an average of 3%.
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2020 has surely been one for the record books—the sharpest selloff in history from a record high to a bear market and then the sharpest rebound in history from a bear market to a new record high.
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With most of our companies having now reported we are turning our attention back to the longer-term future. For the most part, earnings from our companies were good and we’ve only made a few incremental ratings changes here and there.
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Markets are showing great resiliency as the S&P 500 nears a record and stocks have risen all but one day in August. Optimism about an eventual stimulus bill and the prospect of declining Covid-19 cases and a vaccine are still supporting the economy markets...
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All eyes are on Washington this week as markets, which have risen over the last four trading sessions, are counting on lawmakers hammering out another stimulus bill. Our emerging markets market timer remains positive.
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A Few Thoughts on Rising Market Speculation
The stock market continues to favor high-tech “digital economy” growth companies, particularly after the remarkably strong earnings reports from Apple, Amazon and others. The performance spread between “digital economy” stocks and “physical economy” stocks suggest that speculative is...
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Our portfolio has been largely treading water for a few weeks. That’s not surprising given that we’ve been waiting for earnings season to start (it finally has!) and that there’s this persistent sense that bad news for the economy resulting from the coronavirus more...
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Earnings reports have been mixed and market activity muted this week, but today the four technology giants will report after the market closes. Germany reported that its economy contracted the most on record, shrinking 10.1% in the second quarter.Â
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After last week’s selloff in tech, this week has been relatively calm, though the action at mid-day today suggests we could see more selling before the closing bell.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer as found support in recent weeks, but that hasn’t been enough to produce a new buy signal.
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