The stock market has been swinging up and down in recent days as investors digest fourth-quarter earnings results and look for the next catalyst to move markets. That said, it’s a good idea to get a bit more defensive with new positions, focusing established...
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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It's been another good week for the market, though we’re seeing an increasing amount of crosscurrents and rotation—even with this morning’s dump, the big-cap indexes are solidly positive on the week, but the leading small- and mid-cap indexes are flat-to-down.
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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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Not much has changed with the market’s picture—most stocks (especially cyclical stocks) are very strong, and we’re happy that the Model Portfolio is off to a good start this year after a great 2020. However, things are also quite frothy, few stocks are attractive...
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Today, I have a new recommendation that links three high profile growth trends: SPACs, e-commerce and internet gaming, and mobile payments.
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Stock Name
Market Cap
Price
Investment Type
Arcosa (ACA)
$3.0 billion
62.01
Growth & Value – Infrastructure & Energy
Castle Biosciences (CSTL)
$1.9 billion
81.48
Rapid Growth – Genetic Testing
Certara (CERT)
$5.6 billion
36.60
Growth – Biosimulation Software
Lyft (LYFT)
$15.5 billion
48.94
Rapid Growth – Ridesharing
Purple (PRPL)
$2.2 billion
35.07
Rapid Growth – DTC Mattresses
Still Rallying
As we wade deeper into winter here in Northeast,...
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The market is off to a good start this year and anticipating wonderful things for 2021.
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January was another good month for the Cabot Profit Booster portfolio as we closed our two positions for profits:
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The broader stock market continues to perform well. In fact, the S&P 500 has gained 12% since the election. This is the most ever (starting date 1950), according to Ryan Detrick of LPL Financial.
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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Late yesterday Accolade (ACCD) announced it was diving deeper into the telehealth market by acquiring 2nd.MD, a small start-up based in Houston, TX. The acquisition target provides expert medical consultation services to patients, typically at a critical point in the patients’ lives when a second and/or...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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What a market! Despite all the noise out there our portfolio’s performance continues to exceed expectations. Our average gain across 30 positions is hovering between 80% and 85% as I write.
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From a top-down perspective, the week has been fine—the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are down less than 1% on the week as of this morning, while broader indexes (small and mid-caps) are up decently. All in all, that keeps the intermediate-term trend pointed higher,...
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Taking Things on a Stock-by-Stock Basis
We believe one of the main reasons our system has proved durable is that it doesn’t focus on just one or two factors, but incorporates things from different angles. For instance, when selecting stocks, we’re not only looking charts...
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As we near the end of the second week of 2021 and approach inauguration day, the market is barreling full steam ahead, seemingly unaware of the dung piles that are consistently thrown in its path.
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