Cabot Stock of the Week 338
My quest to add some growthy stocks with a cyclical dimension and downside protection brings us to our latest recommendation.
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My quest to add some growthy stocks with a cyclical dimension and downside protection brings us to our latest recommendation.
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I’m tempted—I really am—to take some of our 46% cash position and move it back into marijuana stocks. Since the sector peaked three weeks ago, most of the stocks have had a decent pullback and now the best are moving up again, heading those...
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We’re watching market sentiment gyrate sharply between “the economic reopening will boost earnings” and “the economic reopening will boost inflation”. Both outcomes are likely.
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While some segments of the broad market have experienced a sharp correction over the past month (growth stocks in particular), the broad market has not fallen apart; in fact, many indexes hit new highs just last week. And, of course, today’s big jump rather...
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The stock market is clearly accelerating the “reopening” trade. Small cap and cyclical stocks as well as commodity prices are surging, interest rates continue to tick up (the 10-year Treasury yield is now 1.38%, up from 0.92% at year-end), and novel financial vehicles SPACs,...
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With this week’s recommendation, I’m swinging back to the more conservative side with a solid technology company poised for big gains from the 5G communications rollout.
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With the stock market regularly surging to record highs, it may seem like an unusual time to focus on valuation. After all, many stocks are remarkably expensive on traditional measures, and even somewhat lofty on non-traditional measures. But valuation still matters, especially if market...
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This week’s recommendation is a small company with no earnings, minimal revenues and a lot of competition.
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As I’ve explained previously, I’ve become increasingly concerned that the blistering advance of the marijuana sector had progressed so far so fast that it was getting increasingly ripe for a correction. But as long as the stocks were advancing, I was happy to fully...
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Last week, we outlined four ingredients of a market bubble that were usefully outlined in a recently published book1”and briefly described how it clearly appears that our stock market is in a bubble. These ingredients include easy trading of assets, cheap and easy rising...
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The Market Just Keeps on Going
The bull market keeps raging. All three major indexes just made still new all-time highs. The S&P 500 is up about 20% since the end of October and 78% since the low of last March. How long can keep...
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Today I’m swinging back to pure growth with a very interesting stock that has a great story—and no direct competition.
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The GameStop Affair last week offered great entertainment for those of us neither long nor short the stock, but in the end what does it mean? In my opinion, the market worked; I don’t see any real problems revealed (aside from naivety of of...
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With the now-infamous Reddit trades unraveling, and the rebalancing done, the market is free to rebound.
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The market’s main trend remains up, and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested.
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Intel’s recently publicized struggles with its own chip production highlight the trajectory of this story. The company has been unable to successfully transition to leading-edge manufacturing technologies, and is seriously considering outsourcing to companies like Taiwan Semiconductor. Intel has long been the industry’s in...
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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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Over the long run, the S&P 500 has produced an average annual return of about 10% per year. Our aim at Cabot, through our various services, is to do better, and in the long run we do.
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As value investors in a remarkably robust (exuberant) stock market, full valuation impels us to want to sell a stock. Such is the case with General Motors. On most conventional metrics, the stock is fairly priced. Through the courtesy of several friends, we’ve some...
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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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