Why You Shouldn’t Judge Small-Cap Stocks By the Russell 2000
The best small-cap stocks don't necessarily reside - or stay - in their signature index, the Russell 2000. Here's a better way to find them.
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor 819
Trade War Turmoil Trumps a Good Earnings Season
U.S. stock markets took quite a tumble in the last few business days. For those of you wondering, “Should I buy low?”, the answer to that question is usually “yes, but let’s first wait for the to...
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor 719
More on the Baby Boomer Housing Forecast
In the June 18 update of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, I wrote about a very serious change in the housing market that could take place over the next decade, as Baby Boomers sell their big homes and to...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
Early Tuesday morning Biopharmaceutical giant AbbVie (ABBV) announced plans to acquire Ireland-based Allergan plc (AGN) for $63 billion. The market hates the deal and AbbVie stock plummeted over 16% on the day. Let’s take a look at the deal and see what’s going on.
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Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor 619
Assessing the Retail Stock Landscape
After rising 25.3% from Christmas Eve 2018 through April 30, 2019, the S&P 500 stock index fell 6.6% in May. A pullback was clearly overdue, and there was plenty of fuel to keep investors on the edge of their Many...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
As you noticed, yesterday’s issue of Cabot Dividend Investor was jointly edited by Chloe Lutts Jensen, for whom it was the final issue, and Tom Hutchinson, for whom it was the first.
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5 Year-End Tips to Minimize Your Investment Taxes
There are ways to reduce your investment taxes, especially after a year in which you probably sold some losing stocks. Here are 5 tips to limit the damage.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
One of our positions reported middling third-quarter results this morning, and the stock opened 6% lower, although it’s already making up some of those losses. As a result, we're moving it to Hold.
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Is It Time to Hedge Your Portfolio with Options?
With the VIX just coming off a three-year low, it may be time to hedge your portfolio with options. Here are a few ways you can do it.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
Yesterday brought widespread carnage to the markets, which has carried on to today, but some tech stocks have found support. For now we are going to be watching and waiting, but I want to comment on three current holdings.
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Don’t Do This! World-Class Investing Mistakes
Want to feel better about yourself as an individual investor? Consider these classic investing mistakes - some of which weren't actually "mistakes."
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What FANG Stock Earnings Bombs Mean for the Market
The FANG stocks have had a really rough week. What does it mean for the market as earnings season rolls on? Here's what recent history tells us.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
One of our positions fell nearly 7% after reporting earnings Friday, and the stock started today with further losses. With the lack of support, it means more downside is the most likely near-term scenario here and it's time to sell.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
Markets pulled back yesterday and the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all closed lower. A couple of our holdings were hit particularly hard, so I wanted to send a quick update on two of our positions even though I’m not recommending any action.
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Wall Street’s Best Dividend Stocks Daily Alert
This manufactured home Real Estate Investment Trust beat analysts’ estimates by $0.10 last quarter.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
One of our stocks reported EPS that missed estimates and lowered its guidance range this morning, and the stock opened 4% lower. We’ll look for an opportunity to unload the rest of our shares over the coming few days.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
Given the shakiness of the broad market, we want to be reducing our exposure to weak stocks today. As noted in yesterday’s update, we’re going to reduce risk today by taking partial profits in one of our positions.
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Brazilian ADRs Don’t Have a Tariff Problem
While the U.S. and China have been playing tariff tug-of-war, Brazil has experienced a quiet resurgence. And Brazilian ADRs have been on a tear.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Special Bulletin
Markets ended last week on a sour note as the U.S. and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs and Facebook continued to drag tech stocks lower. The major indexes all declined more than 5% for the week, their worst weekly performance in over two years. moving...
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Update on My Bitcoin Options Trade
Last month, I made the decision to short bitcoin. Turns out, this bitcoin options trade was one of my best investment decisions of the past year.
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