This has been another tough week for most growth-oriented small cap stocks as the sellers have clearly taken control. There are easy targets to point to as driving the decline, namely fear of inflation. But the reality is it is mostly just a of...
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Fears of rising inflation hammered Wall Street this week so today we are selling two lagging positions and adding a blue chip inflation hedge.
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It looks like the relentless bull market is finally running into trouble. The market indexes are down a lot for the third straight day.
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Cloudflare (NET) earnings are out today as sector rotation and scrutiny of SPAC-acquired target company valuations continue. Electric vehicle (EVs) stocks are struggling a bit and could be presenting us with attractive entry points.
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May hasn’t started out exuberantly, with an early pull-back in the high-momentum tech stocks dragging down the broader indexes.
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It’s earnings season. And it’s a weird one.
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Even though stocks have been wobbly today the last week has been very constructive for our portfolio. As of mid-day today, our portfolio is up an average of 4% from last Thursday’s close, and only two positions are down (neither by more than 2%).
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Major corporations are sitting on a pile of cash. Wouldn’t that be a nice problem for all of us? This has been a decade-long cash buildup but it has gotten quite a boost from the pandemic. And the trend is even starker outside America.
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In the last 48 hours I have received two unsolicited offers to buy property we own. The first was for our second home in Vermont, a handyman’s special I bought in 2004 and sank nearly a decade of blood, sweat and tears into completing...
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I believe the market’s churn over the last month or so is understandable given its sharp rebound over the last year. Investors and analysts alike are now assessing valuations of stocks relative to expected growth. In some cases it is giving pause; in it...
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
AtriCure (ATRC)
$3.10 billion
68.00
Rapid Growth – MedTech
Bentley Systems (BSY)
$13.6 billion
49.71
Growth – Software
Endava (DAVA)
$4.48 billion
82.29
Rapid Growth – Digital Transformation
HubSpot (HUBS)
$23.1 billion
497.7
Rapid Growth – Software
Vail Resorts (MTN)
$12.5 billion
310.3
Growth – Hospitality & Leisure
Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!
In the last 48 hours I have received unsolicited...
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It’s earnings season. So far, it has mainly been just the big banks that have reported. And the results have been largely positive.
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Markets seem to be pausing a bit, with some stocks losing momentum while a few show surprising strength.
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It’s been another mostly constructive week as many of our stocks inch higher and the economic picture continues to improve.
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This is an incredible market that just keeps creeping higher. The promise of a booming recovery with trillions in stimulus ahead continues to pull stocks to new all-time highs.
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There’s no doubt things are looking a little better out there as many software, MedTech and other growth stocks retested their March lows late last week then turned north. The timing of that short-term reversal, coinciding with the end of the first quarter, definitely...
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Nearly 95% of companies in the S&P 500 are now trading above their 200-day moving average, according to Dow Jones Market Data, the highest percentage since May 2013. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, as of late February, investors had a..
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Yesterday’s market drivers are taking a back seat while previously jilted and ignored stocks are taking the baton.
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Determining a company’s underlying value is difficult, and clearly more of an art than a science.
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Tech stocks struggle a bit but some EV stocks bounce back as investors look to play the long game.
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