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 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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Take Advantage of Recent Volatility
Over the Labor Day holiday, I was up with my extended family in Arrowsic, Maine. We enjoyed going for a cruise on the Kennebec River and also got in one last beach day. It was also a peaceful setting reflect...
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The Big Idea
In the early days of social media people mostly wanted to connect with friends and family members to share stories and a few pictures about their lives. There were also those that wanted to network with colleagues and make connections to land...
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There isn’t any major news for any of our stocks.
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As far as the last week goes our stocks are up an average of 3%.
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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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Getting Defensive
This week, I’m on vacation in scenic Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. We chose Manchester-by-the-Sea because of the beautiful beaches, but just as importantly, because that’s where my in-laws live.
My wife and I have learned (the hard way) that going on vacation isn’t much of vacation...
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The Big Idea
To say that the U.S. healthcare system is complicated, confusing, and expensive would be a colossal understatement.
One could argue that “system,” defined as an organized framework or method, isn’t a very good term at all. Perhaps “landscape,” which encompasses both existing transitory...
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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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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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The standout action this week has been in tech stocks, and it hasn’t been good. With the Nasdaq starting off the week with a big drop and large-/mega-cap leaders like Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Netflix (NFLX) moving materially lower as the week progressed it has felt disheartening...
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The big-picture story out there continues to be the battle between bad news (rising infections, high unemployment, too many crumbling businesses) and good news (progress toward vaccines, therapeutics, etc.; accommodative policies from the Fed; improving fundamentals for some businesses arising from the pandemic). there’s...
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Micro Caps Continue to be Ignored
This week, we profile Greystone Logistics (GLGI), a classic micro-cap company that is growing earnings 140% this year but only trades at 6.6x earnings.
Why is the company so cheap? Because it’s a micro cap!
If this company had a cap...
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The Big Idea
If there was ever any doubt that digital payments is a big trend the coronavirus pandemic has squashed the argument.
Locked up at home, people have still needed to buy things and pay their bills. Businesses, from car and boat dealerships to to...
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The big news affecting the market this week is the upward trend in coronavirus cases in some states and the resulting concern that an economic rebound will be curbed sooner than hoped.
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The market continues to recover from last week’s short but intense decline. In our portfolio there’s been a dearth of news flow. That’s fine with me. I think we could all use a little less stimulation and step back from our computers and devices...
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We’re finally starting to see signs that investors are realizing that risk actually does exist in the market (I think).
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Patience Will Pay Off
This week, we profile Liberated Syndication (LSYN), an under-the-radar podcast hosting company in secular growth that is about to announce the results of a strategic review. Make sure to use limits when buying LSYN as the stock is very illiquid.
Our recommendations...
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The Big Idea
We’ve enjoyed tremendous success investing early in off-the-beaten path insurance brokerage companies.
This success is due, in large part, to selecting technology-enabled companies with business plans developed around efficiently capturing, and keeping, clients.
These companies include Goosehead Insurance (GSHD) and Everquote (EVER). Both rapid-growth,...
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