Investing in micro-caps is fun because you can invest in growth companies at value prices. When investing in pure “value” stocks, your goal is to buy a dollar for 50 cents. The problem is that the dollar of value can shrink over time 80...
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Pullbacks in the market are never fun. It’s way more fun when we are all making money together and stocks are going up. But it’s important to keep the recent market action in perspective. LPL Strategist Ryan Detrick recently shared a couple charts that helped the...
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Before we get into this week’s update, I want to share a few thoughts on my favorite free investing resource: Twitter. From 2006 to 2018, I worked at Eaton Vance and then at Citi, and didn’t really see the use for Twitter. It seemed...
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We have a lot to cover this week, so I’m going to use my intro to cover one company: BBX Capital (BBXIA). Last week, BBX announced that it increased its tender offer to buy back shares up to 8.00 per share, up from 6.75. Currently, the is...
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Do you consider yourself a growth stock investor or a value stock investor? I think growth or value framework is a false dichotomy. Warren Buffett summed it up well when he said: “Most analysts feel they must choose between two approaches customarily thought be...
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The market continues to be strong with the S&P 500 near all-time highs. And micro-caps continue to chug along. In aggregate, our micro-cap recommendations continue to do quite well, and I continue to find many excellent opportunities, especially in “cyclical” areas of the Before...
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My favorite market strategist, Ryan Detrick, is always good for some interesting factoids. According to Ryan, when the S&P 500 is up >10% through the first 100 days of the year, it increases 8.6% on average during the remaining portion of the year.
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In the stock market (and in life), incentives matter. Charlie Munger summed it up well when he said, “Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome. I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my in...
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During his 30+ year career, my dad was a professional investor in Boston, Massachusetts. He worked for several firms, but always specialized in managing value portfolios worth hundreds of millions of dollars for institutional clients. I am lucky that he’s a great teacher enjoyed...
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We at Cabot Micro-cap Insider are long-term investors and try not to time the market. However, we are aware that there is seasonality to market returns. You have probably heard the term, “Sell in May and Go Away.” That’s because on average, the six months May...
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The big news this week is taxes. President Biden proposed to raise the capital gains income tax on long-term capital gains from 20% to 39.6% for millionaires. Who knows if this law will actually get passed. I have my doubts. For years, Republican Democratic...
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Even the S&P 500 is back near all-time highs. So why does it feel like there’s been a pullback in the market? Because there has … if you’re a micro-cap investor. The Russell Micro-cap index has pulled back and has underperformed the S&P by...
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After a volatile March, the market has found its footing. Month to date, the S&P 500 is up 2.8%, and is back to an all-time high. Our open recommendations are up 81% on average from when they were initially profiled. In total (including recommendations),...
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The big news this week (completely unrelated to our recommendations) is that a family office called Archegos Capital Management has blown up and caused a mini-meltdown in the market.
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Over the past couple of weeks, the market has been flat despite a lot of news flow. There are rumors that the Biden administration may try to push through a tax hike on high earners and separately propose a massive infrastructure bill. Meanwhile, round...
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After a little volatility in the past couple of weeks, most of our recommendations are at or close to all-time highs. The S&P 500 is back to all-time highs. The NASDAQ Index, after pulling back ~11.0%, has rebounded sharply and is up ~8.0% a..
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Vaccines are being rolled out, and the economic recovery will be strong in 2021. Stocks that will benefit from the economic recover should have strong tailwinds. While our entire portfolio should benefit from an improving economy, two stand out to me.
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Judging by some headlines and my Twitter feed, you would think the markets are in meltdown mode. But I just checked and the S&P 500 is only 1.9% down from its all-time high. And the Russell Micro-Cap Index is down 4.0% from its high...
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The market continues to perform incredibly well with the S&P 500 at an all-time high. And there continues to be signs of froth. The latest data point that I’ve found is the average SPAC is trading at a 26.4% premium to its cash value.
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What a wild week! Even though I’m not long or short GameStop (GME), it was hard to take my eyes off its stock over the past week. There are a lot of different takes on what it all means. Some believe it’s a sign reckless...
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