Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
Small caps keep grinding higher. And many of the stocks in our portfolio are trading at, or near, all-time highs.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1413
It’s Not the News that Counts
One of the biggest banana peels that many investors slip up on is the desire to focus on the news, be it economic reports, high-profile earnings releases or important political rumors (like the current U.S.-China trade talks). But it...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The market continues to look good as stocks are grinding higher with a few normal-looking down days mixed in (like yesterday) to keep investors honest. Average in, spread out your buys across different stocks, and take note of the current trading range and support,...
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Cabot Growth Investor 1412
Going According to Script
A punishing, out-of-nowhere, three-month decline that takes apart many popular stocks and sends the indexes reeling. A wave of panic selling at the bottom that produces historic oversold readings and massive pessimism—even though many growth stocks show resilience during the weeks...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
As we close out the fourth week of 2019 small caps are looking good.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The market looks a lot better less than three weeks into 2019.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1411
We’re Optimistic
Just three weeks ago the market was on its knees, as the major indexes were down more than 20% from their highs, the average growth stock was in tatters and there were air pockets galore—the final four days of the decline saw Dow...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
In the fourth quarter of 2018 it felt like we all finally succumbed to some festering illness that landed us in the intensive care unit. Thus far, the beginning of 2019 has the feeling of a trip home from the hospital and the of...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
I think it’s fair to say most market observers were not surprised that stocks retreated in late-2018.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1410
Reasons for Hope, but Not for Buying
The market has been a bummer during the past three months, with two massive downlegs (12% to 16% during the first three weeks of October, and then after some choppiness, another 16% to 18% during the first weeks...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
One big picture thing worth mentioning: We’ve all seen various data points about just how bad this market is and how it’s “the worst” in this dimension or that. All of this stuff is just saying what we know—the market stinks and is a..
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Cabot Growth Investor 1409
Keep Your Powder Dry
Investing isn’t easy, but most people make it far more difficult than it really is. Every day all day, there are commentators and analysts on TV and dozens of articles pumped out by the online financial media dissecting recent earnings (FedEx...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The Japanese phrase, hara hachi bu, translates into something like “belly 80 percent full,” or “eat until you are eight parts full.”
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Cabot Growth Investor 1408
Sellers Still Lurking
The first three and a half weeks of October were brutal, with the S&P 500 (down 11%) and Nasdaq (down 14%) cascading significantly, turning both our Cabot Tides and Cabot Trend Lines bearish as we raised a boatload of cash. But those...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
We have three changes in the portfolio this week.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
I think we can all use a break from this market, and there’s no new fundamental news related to any of our positions. So today I’m just going speak for a few minutes on the state of the market and small caps.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1407
Over the Falls
During the past few weeks, we’ve seen huge up days, crushing down days, dramatic reversals (like today’s), big earnings gaps (up and down) and a slew of big-font headlines ranging from U.S.-China trade rumors, views from Fed members concerning rate hikes, resignations...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The major market indexes have been retracing their steps back to their late-October lows. With the trend down, it should come as no surprise that most of our stocks lost ground over the last five trading days, too.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The market’s volatility is a relatively normal correction. But for now, my plan is to keep making incremental moves to try to limit risk and pursue opportunities. Hopefully that will mean a number of positions move back to buy in November but there one...
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Cabot Growth Investor 1406
Positive Action, but Need to See More
After a hellacious October that saw many indexes, sectors and stocks crash over a three-week period, the past week and half has been a welcome relief. With today’s solid post-election rally, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have about...
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