The market remains in good shape, though near-term, pullbacks and potholes are possible given the big run and the fact that we’re finally seeing a few leaders hit resistance. Long story short, we think the market will go higher over time, though we’re through...
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U.S. stocks continue to defy gravity, with their audacious 2019 year-to-date gains mirroring their equally extreme fourth quarter 2018 descent.
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U.S. stocks delivered great performance in January and are now taking a breather. As such, I expect the S&P 500 index to trade between 2625 and 2825 for a while. The trading range might end up being a little higher or a little but...
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The sellers finally showed up today, with some negative headlines causing the market to pull back. In the Model Portfolio, we’re standing pat tonight with 35% in cash, though we’re spying a few names for possible new buying.
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The stock market recovery continues in a slightly better style than I had hoped for. I had expected big upswings followed by pullbacks, which is normal for a recovery.
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It's time to do some more buying. Our Cabot Tides has flashed a new buy signal, and while the near term could easily see some retrenchment, the evidence is building that the worst of the market’s downturn is over and that another bull could...
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Crista writes about four patterns she is looking at in the market.
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It's time to do a little buying. The market’s trends are still pointed down, so we still think going slow and stepping lightly makes sense. We are adding three new half positions to the portfolio tonight and keeping our cash position around 67%.
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Remain defensive. Stocks are finally mustering a bounce today, though after the market’s meltdown of recent weeks, the intermediate- and longer-term trends remain firmly down.
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Following last week’s big decline, the market has shown some resilience, and we continue to see a growing number of stocks showing great resilience. Even so, our Cabot Tides green light from two weeks ago has disappeared and the longer-term Cabot Trend Lines down,...
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Remain defensive, but stay tuned as we could get a Cabot Tides buy signal as early as tomorrow if the market cooperates. Tonight, we’ll stand pat with our huge (90%-plus) cash position, but we’ll send out a bulletin if we get a green light.
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There’s been plenty of volatility in recent weeks, but nothing has really changed with the market (trends are down) or our stance (highly defensive). We’re not heading to our Panic Room, though, as a strong rally from here could actually produce a Cabot buy...
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Cabot Weekly Review
In this week's stock market video, Mike Cintolo discusses the uniformly bullish market action, where most indexes, stocks and sectors are in gear on the upside. Short-term, he does think it's important to keep your feet on the ground; earnings season is and...
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