The market's nascent bounce two weeks ago has morphed into a very impressive rally, led by a gaggle of growth stocks that are acting better than they have since late last year and early 2021. We're not completely out of the woods, and season...
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A few weeks ago, at the annual Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, two investing icons debated the merits of value versus growth. On the value side was Rob Arnott, founder and head of Research Affiliates, with Cathie Wood, founder and head of ARK Management,...
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Long-term market trends remain positive, but short-term trends remain troubling. Still, growth stocks snapped back strongly last week, so it’s possible the weakness has passed and the market will become more cohesive and begin a renewed advance.
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Get ahead of the recovery in aviation. Our new recommendation is a global leader in aviation with a niche market in private and corporate markets.
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Last week, we wrote about how lower quality, in both home appliances and tangible money, debases value and is a form of inflation. Today’s note includes some of our current views on inflation and capital markets, and what investors can do to help inflation’s...
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As financial markets have grown in sophistication, private equity investing is no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.
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Long-term market trends remain positive, but short-term trends have become troubling in recent weeks (last week we sold three stocks), so I’m now recommending scaling back on your market exposure.
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Encouraging Bounce, but Need to See More
We’re now about a month into this market correction, which to this point has been relatively garden-variety—from the high in early September to its low earlier this week, the S&P 500 slipped 5.9%, while growth-oriented indexes did bit...
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In the olden days, when kings and governments minted coins made of gold and silver, people were tempted to shave tiny amounts off the edges of the coins, thus stealing some value for themselves.
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Today’s recommendation is an established retailer with a stable of familiar names—and it pays a dividend!
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The big picture is that economic growth and retail sales were much weaker than expected last month in China, led by slow car sales.
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Across almost the entire length of the yield curve, interest rates are ticking up. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached 1.53% and may be headed back toward its December 2019 rate of about 1.90%. In an economy that is showing rapid growth, with well...
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Last Monday brought the market’s biggest selloff since the spring, but the rebound since then has been impressive, telling us this long bull market is not over yet.
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This list of the best investment sites to research stocks aims to help individual investors navigate the sea of stock-related information on the web.
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Market Iffy, but Growth Stocks Buoyant
Back when I started at Cabot in 1999, it was the middle of the internet bubble, which itself occurred at the tail end of what was a massive five-year run in the market. Every dip was bought, and need...
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It’s not news that the stock market has been sloppy lately. After the steady march upward to a doubling of the S&P 500 from the early 2020 low, and a 33% increase from year-end 2019 before the pandemic, one can hardly be disappointed the...
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The long bull market continues, despite this morning’s sharp selloff, and thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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After a stunningly strong market so far this year, with the S&P 500 producing a 20% total return through Monday, the slow grind-down of most stocks since early September has seemed interminable. The 1,100 largest stocks in our 3,000-stock database have declined only in...
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With more than 10,000 baby boomers reaching 65 each day in America, you can bet that medical services aimed at this giant group are growth markets.
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You can either sell the entire holding, keep the entire holding or sell some to book a profit and hold the rest.
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