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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Pent-Up Demand
I recently stumbled upon the below chart showing that savings rates in 2020 were 50% to 500% higher than the previous 20 years.
What is the takeaway? There is plenty of pent-up demand around the world. In other words, people have money burning hole...
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The Big Idea
It should come as no surprise that streaming is a huge trend.
Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Disney+ have enjoyed massive success, so much so that everybody else has realized they need a streaming presence and are entering the market too. We see Peacock,...
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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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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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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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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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The Big Idea
For over a year we have been forced to hold back from doing so many things we all took for granted.
Now, with vaccination rates rising quickly, spring in the air and summer right around the corner there is massive pent-up demand travel,...
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It continues to be a very tough market, and with our exposure to small- and mid-cap growth stocks our portfolio continues to feel pressure. After some signs of stabilization last week the sellers are back in control this week and many names look to...
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Neither the broad market nor the S&P 600 Small Cap index have done much over the last week. But both received a small boost yesterday after the Fed upgraded its 2021 growth outlook and said it didn’t expect to raise rates until 2024.
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As promised in yesterday’s Special Bulletin today we’re looking past the big picture stuff to focus on our stocks. With one quick note … we just may have a three-day streak going! Yields have backed off and a lot of stocks from different are...
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Value is Pulling Away From Growth
Value investors have waited a long time for this.
After suffering through one of the worst periods of relative underperformance ever, value is outperforming.
Not only is value outperforming, but it feels like some of the froth is being sucked of...
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The Big Idea
One of the unsung heroes of the online retail boom is a largely unknown technology – digital printing on fabrics and textiles.
While many traditional manufacturers and retailers of clothes, fashion items and home décor were destroyed during the pandemic, the inverse true...
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The big picture for the market is that the uptrend is intact but under the surface we’re continuing to see pockets of turbulence. While the S&P 500 is just 2% off its high from last week and the S&P 600 Small Cap Index a..
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As mentioned last week, today’s Weekly Update will be an abbreviated version owing to the short work week and because of family commitments as our kids are out of school and I am solo parenting, making free writing time hard to come by. said,...
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Suffice to say we are in a bull market. Areas of it are most definitely frothy. But stepping back and thinking about where we are in a bigger cycle I continue to feel as though we are entering a more sustained economic recovery (hopefully)...
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The Market is Expensive But Don’t Fight the Tape
Depending on who you follow to get your financial news, you may be aware that the U.S. stock market is quite expensive and there are several warning signs that prospective returns could be weak.
For example, S&P...
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The Big Idea
There are nearly 6 million men across the U.S. and Europe currently living with prostate cancer. Roughly 625,000 more are added to the list each year. That makes prostate cancer easily one of the most common types of cancer affecting men.
Toss benign...
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For some time I’ve felt that we should be bumping up the upper end of our market cap range since the market’s evolution, and rising share prices, has made for somewhat slim pickings for high growth names in the under $3 billion market range...
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The big news this week was, of course, the swearing in of President Biden and all the associated stories about the transition. Fun fact – portfolio holding Everbridge (EVBG) supplied its Mass Notification system to help keep Washington, D.C. area residents and visitors safe and in...
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