It’s been a relatively quiet week for the major indexes despite some bad news (Iran, big warning from Broadcom today), which we take as a constructive sign following the strong push higher after last Monday’s market low. As we write this, the S&P up...
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With the market having come back strong since its swift retreat in early June the immediate threat of a larger correction has diminished. The S&P 500 index is back above its 50-day line and within a couple percentage points of its all-time high.
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From Cabot Top Ten Trader
Our intermediate-term trend model has yet to turn positive—it’s relatively close, we’d probably need to see the Nasdaq lift a couple of percentage points from here for it to happen. There are also a couple of yellow flags we’re an...
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This Chinese internet company is expected to grow at an annual rate of 26.9% over the next five years.
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Our Cabot Tides are yet to flash a green light, and thus we’re content to hold our strong, profitable stocks, but also to keep a chunk of cash on the sideline.
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Our Emerging Markets Timer is still solidly in the bull camp, with the recent pullback being modest compared to the year-to-date upmove.
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The market found its mojo after the Fed vaguely insinuated that it could conceivably consider cutting rates before the end of the year. But it looks like the momentum is gone.
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This appliance manufacturer beat earnings estimates by $0.25 last quarter.
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Six analysts have increased their EPS estimates for this childcare company in the past 30 days.
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The market remains strong and I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in a well-diversified portfolio that meets your investment needs.
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The market has been up for six straight days, marijuana stocks look good, overall, and while we don’t quite have a buy signal from our intermediate-term trend-following indicator, we are very close. Today we are averaging up in three stocks.
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We’re looking at economic data that could push interest rates upward (rising food price inflation and business expansion) and we’re also looking at economic data that could push rates downward (GDP potentially falling due to China tariffs, and slowing employment numbers).
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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Stock Recommendation Tracker
The Stock Recommendation Tracker is a table that features all of the current recommendations in all of our portfolios. It’s a quick way for you to see what stocks are currently in our portfolios and will highlight new additions or any to...
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THE BIG IDEA
On a whim, I recently reviewed our car insurance.
Something didn’t feel right, so I went online and got a quote from another provider. It turns out they could cover our two cars with essentially the same coverage – for half the was...
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The market started this week with another sharp selloff, continuing the May weakness and bringing the major indexes down 7.65% (S&P 500) to 10.8% (Nasdaq) from their peaks. But since Monday, the action has been excellent, and the major indexes are working on gains,...
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Pieces are in Place
We’re about five weeks into this market correction, and it’s been a pretty nasty one when looking at the major indexes—from high to low, the S&P 500 has fallen as much as 7.6% and the Nasdaq by 10.8%, with small- mid-cap...
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Emerging markets (EEM) and Chinese stocks in particular continue to struggle a bit this week. The EEM is trading right at its 200-day moving average and below its 50-day moving average so the portfolio remains in a defensive stance.
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The broad market has advanced nicely since mid-day Monday when news that the Fed might lower interest rates sparked a wave of buying. Long-term, the future is bright. But short-term, the portfolio is happy holding a cash level of 23%, deferring new buying.
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This semiconductor company has been hurt by its Huawei business, but the market’s reaction has been overstated.
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