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Monthly Archives: October 2008

More Investing Terms Defined

October 26, 2008
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Today I’m giving you some terms most frequently used when talking about the emerging markets, although Pauls’ SNaC system can be used for any stock. Please leave us a note here with any other terms you’d like defined. BRIC — The BRIC countries are Brazil, Russia, India and China, and we often refer to the acronym when writing about the emerging markets. ADRs – Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report recommends stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which are dollar-denominated stock equivalents. This avoids any currency risk and gives investors the protection of knowing...

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Investing Terms Defined

October 25, 2008
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I recently received a question from a reader asking about some of the terms we use when writing about investing. I’ll bet the questioner isn’t the only reader who’s confused about some of our investing terminology. So today I’m going to rundown a list of terms that appear frequently in our writing. I’ll post some more in the next couple of days. More definitions and educational information can be found at Cabot. Gaps – Gaps occur when a stock begins a new trading day at a price that’s vastly different from the previous day’s closing price. In effect, there...

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IBM is a Bargain

October 24, 2008
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International Business Machines (IBM) is a company that is transforming itself from a slow-growing company into a market leader with faster revenue and earnings growth. IBM is the world’s largest and most recognized technology company.  The company makes and sells computer hardware equipment, application and system software, and offers consulting and outsourcing services.  Revenues will top $100 billion in 2008, yet despite IBM’s size, its earnings are expected to grow at a 15% clip during the next three to five years.  Top-notch research–IBM garnered more new patents than any other company in 2007–and overseas expansion will fuel future growth....

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The Green Dawn

October 24, 2008
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With the end of one era, another must replace it. While investors are scrambling to play defense, it’s worth noting that the family of Cabot growth newsletters positioned our readers to be largely in cash by the time the market began its knife-like plunge last month. And we’re already looking ahead to what the next great investment trend will be. As editor of the Cabot Green Investor, I see the next market boom as one based on sounder fundamentals and more sustainable demand than the latest Wall Street bubble. The gathering movement to cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy...

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Kicking off the White Shoes

October 23, 2008
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A team of reporters from Reuters calculated how much the world’s investment banks had disclosed writing down from derivatives in the past year, from the third quarter of 2007 through the second quarter in 2008, ending July 31. The total? $404 billion. In just four quarters, Wall Street wiped out its previous 10 years of profits. Even the airlines aren’t that bad. And that $404 billion doesn’t include the losses the financial services industry incurred in the last few weeks on those black-box creations of collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps that blew up in their faces. JP...

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