As value investors in a remarkably robust (exuberant) stock market, full valuation impels us to want to sell a stock. Such is the case with General Motors. On most conventional metrics, the stock is fairly priced. Through the courtesy of several friends, we’ve some...
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January was another good month for the Cabot Profit Booster portfolio as we closed our two positions for profits:
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The broader stock market continues to perform well. In fact, the S&P 500 has gained 12% since the election. This is the most ever (starting date 1950), according to Ryan Detrick of LPL Financial.
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Overall, the market remains very healthy. Yes, sentiment is a bit high, and yes, valuations are a bit high, but I learned long ago not to fight the trend.
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Apple and Amazon are two of the most recognizable names on the planet, and good stocks. Which is the better buy? Let's break down Amazon vs. Apple stock.
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The phrase you hear more than ever from market prognosticators these days is that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the state of the stock market. In some ways this is pretty useless advice, but in another it hits the nail on the head. market...
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Most stocks on the Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor recommended list had strong performance this past week. Part of the strength was perhaps due to money managers’ general optimism that seems to brighten with turn of the calendar. With last year’s bonuses firmly in bag,...
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This week, Cabot Profit Booster features a top new-economy recommendation in the fast-growing social media space whose stock is just short of its all-time high.
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The first week of the year saw buyers dominate, pushing the major indexes to higher heights on most days. Thus the major uptrend is intact, but extended, which means this is probably not the best time to buy an aggressive growth stock.
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As I think about the market in 2021, I’m conflicted. While I see signs of market excess, I have high conviction in our list of open recommendations and continue to find a bunch of additional companies that look attractive.
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Sometimes the most appealing stocks are those that superficially seem to go against trends (leading to investors avoiding them) yet have either fundamental traits that sidestep these trends or have overly discounted valuations.
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The Cabot Profit Booster portfolio had a spectacular 2020, aided by great stock picks from Cabot Top Ten Trader Chief Analyst Mike Cintolo, “juicy” call premiums which we sold via our covered call strategy, and a generally strong market. Now that the calendar has flipped to 2021, will...
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After closing out 2020 with a bang, delivering profits that were inconceivable in the depths of the March selloff, the broad market turned down today.
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As we head into a new year, I would like to thank all of you for your support and wish you all both good health and profits in 2021. But today, we have a piece of unfinished business that needs to be dealt - Alibaba...
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With the turn of the calendar only a few days ahead, just about every investor is mapping out their market views for the coming year. Some do this formally, like Wall Street brokerage firms who publish their opinions on where the S&P 500 interest...
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Zweig’s research indicates that the market rallies 0.53% or 176% on an annualized basis on the day before New Year’s Day. Who knows what next year will bring, but odds are the market will finish 2020 on a high note!
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This is one of the two weeks a year where Cabot Top Ten Trader is not published, which means there won’t be a new Profit Booster covered call trade this week. That being said, I did want to note that our four open positions (AA, UBER, CDE)...
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The Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor has an investment horizon that is generally one to two years. As long as our companies are making fundamental progress, we’re comfortable with waiting for periods that easily extend past December 31st. However, the market doesn’t necessarily share that perspective. many...
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I started my career as an equity research associate at Eaton Vance, a $100BN+ asset manager. It was a great place to start out because the equity research department was small relative to its assets under management. As a result, even as an level...
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Last Friday was the expiration of our December covered call positions, and I’m happy to report it was yet another great month. Here were our final profits and yields:
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