Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The real short version of what’s going on out there is … we’re officially in a bear market in growth. And it’s been particularly tough going in the super-fast-growing small-cap stock arena.
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Cabot Growth Investor Bi-weekly Update
Stocks started off on a positive note today, but once again sold off sharply into the close. At day’s end, the Dow was down another 313 points, and the Nasdaq was off 186 points.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1489
Well, 2021 is in the books, which we’re happy is the case, as it was far from a fruitful growth stock year—effectively payback for the amazing 2020 environment.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
It continues to be a very bumpy ride for small-cap growth stocks, while those names with a slightly more value-oriented profile are providing a somewhat smoother ride. Big picture, there is no doubt the risk-off environment continues. The good news for more aggressive is...
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Cabot Explorer Bi-weekly Update
There is this widely held belief that January is a great month for investors. But I always throw cold water on this claim because the fact is, over the past 25 years, it’s been one of the worst months for stocks.
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Cabot Micro-Cap Insider 122
Why I Love Micro Caps
Over the long term, investing in stocks has been a great decision as equities (no matter the market cap) have outperformed almost every asset class.
Historically, stocks have returned about 10% per year, an excellent result. But what if you to...
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Cabot Dividend Investor 122
The world has undergone a massive disruption over the last two years. Such events almost always create opportunity. The global pandemic hit the world like a meteor. The ensuing lockdowns crashed the economy overnight. And the end of those lockdowns revived the economy as...
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Cabot Growth Investor Bi-weekly Update
Stocks failed to even bounce today despite all the selling of late. At day’s end, the Dow was off 171 points and the Nasdaq dropped 19 points.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1488
We have most growth-oriented indexes and funds still stuck in intermediate-term downtrends, many former leaders that look awful and very few individual growth stocks really set up for a sustained run.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
As we approach the final trading day of 2021, we see a market in a period of relative calm after what felt like a very volatile November and December, especially for those invested in individual stocks.
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Cabot Marijuana Investor 1221
Don’t Buy Cannabis ETFs—Buy Cannabis Stocks
In most sectors of the investment world, buying an ETF is a reasonable strategy if you don’t want to take the trouble to invest in individual stocks. The main downside is that you won’t have any huge winners, for...
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
Big picture, the prominent topics of debate out there continue to be the potential economic impact of Omicron and the longer-term market/stock valuation/investor risk tolerance impact of a rate hike cycle (assuming the Fed can pull that off).
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Cabot Growth Investor Bi-weekly Update
The market is higher so far today, though volumes and volatility are already fading ahead of the long holiday weekend. As of 11 am EST, the Dow is up 177 points and the Nasdaq is up 98 points.
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Cabot Growth Investor 1487
After the huge market and growth stock selloff into early December, stocks flashed a relatively rare show of buying power—yes, the indexes popped higher, but even better was the under-the-surface action.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
The biggest thing happening is the change in fiscal stimulus and interest rate policy. Yesterday the Fed said it intends to accelerate the tapering process by reducing purchases by $30 billion a month (from $90 billion to $60 billion) starting in January. This half...
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Cabot Explorer Bi-weekly Update
It’s been a challenging week for growth investors as the stocks that climbed the fastest are getting hit the hardest, such as our Cloudflare (NET) position, despite still posting strong numbers. On the other hand, Oracle (ORCL), where expectations are more modest, jumped 89...
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Cabot Growth Investor Bi-weekly Update
After a solid three-day rally, stocks sold off again today—the Dow was actually up a point but the Nasdaq fell 270 points (1.7%) and most growth stocks were down in the 3% to 5% range.
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Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Weekly Update
Despite another dip in the Nasdaq today higher growth stocks have mostly come up off of last week’s lows as early indications suggest the Omicron variant can be held at bay with vaccinations (especially booster shots).
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Cabot Dividend Investor 1221
We come to the end of another year again. But more importantly, it’s the beginning of a new year. This is the time of year when predictions are everywhere.
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Cabot Micro-Cap Insider 1221
A Correction in Micro-Cap Land
Many high-quality micro-caps have pulled back in the past month.
In aggregate, the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) is down ~12% from all-time highs in the last four weeks.
And some of our names are down even more than that.
While the benefit micro-caps...
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