Lots of Crosscurrents!
The good news is that yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the SAFE Banking Act (the acronym stands for "Secure and Fair Enforcement"), which would shield banks and other financial institutions from being held liable for serving businesses...
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Buying Opportunity
It’s been rather frustrating to see cannabis stocks falling day after day, week after week, while the companies’ quarterly reports (with the exception of Canopy Growth) continue to reveal that business is booming. But that’s how the market works.
First, cannabis stocks attracted slew...
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Bad News Bears
The stock market in general is quite healthy, with the major indexes at or near their highs, and all Cabot’s market timing indicators positive.
But the cannabis sector is still weak.
Part of this weakness stems from the fact that cannabis was the sector...
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Cooling Off
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture of the Marijuana Index tells a story that be summed up in fourteen.
From January through March, marijuana stocks were hot.
Since then, they’ve been cooling off.
The reasons for the strength were From...
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Cannabis News
Fundamentally, the fastest-growing industry in America continues its rapid evolution. Some analysts now estimate that marijuana will be an $80 billion business in few years, while CBD sales will hit $16 billion by 2025.
It’s hard to know. But one big step comes tomorrow the...
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Analyzing Stocks
I didn’t go to business school; I was an English major. But the values learned in our household were firmly grounded in free market capitalism and investing. Sunday mornings, after going to church, we would stop at the local newsstand to buy and...
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Marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in America. And marijuana stocks are growing even faster. Here's how to invest in this red-hot sector.
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CBD Stocks Soar
I take a dose of CBD twice a day. I think it works. I sleep better and have less discomfort in my finger joints—early signs of arthritis. But I’m not sure that it’s working, because there have been no major medical on...
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The recent stock market collapse was both expected and sudden. By looking at history, you can get an idea of what to expect next.
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Most growth stocks missed the late-2016 rally, and many have been stuck in neutral for nearly three years. Expect that to change in a big way next year.
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Status on the Five Steps of a Stock Market Bottom
A month ago, I wrote about the five characteristics of market bottoms, and in this issue, I update our progress toward reaching the market bottom. Happily, we’ve seen some improvement since my update two ago.
I’ll...
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The decade-long secular bull market (early 2000s to 2014) in commodities is over, which means the next 10 years will probably bring generally “low” commodity prices. Who will that benefit? I think it will be retail and consumer-oriented companies, as consumers have more to...
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Weekly Video Review
The Three Best Stocks of 2015
This Week's Fortune Cookie
In Case You Missed It
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In this week's stock market video, Mike Cintolo details his thoughts on this week's big breakdown in the market, including his current stance, what to do if you're still investing,...
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Even though the market rebounded heroically in October, that August correction was just too strong to overcome. Cabot’s growth advisories protected subscribers by moving heavily into cash when things were stormy, but we didn’t have the kind of steady tailwind from the market produces...
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One of my favorite ways to find leading stocks is to look at the list of stocks hitting new highs, to see if there are any new names popping up. So in preparation for 2016, I took a look at the stocks that hitting...
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I write about market's bottom-building because I continue to field questions surrounding energy stocks.
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I’m going to continue my chart series today with the #1 request among subscribers: How to sell better.
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While tweaks and improvements are always necessary, it’s better to stick with a set of rules and tools over time.
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Investing in an ETF can be an attractive option for the conservative investor.
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After the market has motored higher for months, as it has now, few investors are concerned with market timing, and that's a mistake.
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