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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Enter Our FREE Report Contest

April 10, 2009
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Welcome to The Iconoclast Investor! We’re having a contest for our newest Special Report: 18 Top Healthcare Stocks to Buy Now: The Best of the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Sectors, written by our value investing expert, Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter Editor J. Royden Ward. We’re giving away five FREE copies of this Special Report (valued at $29.95) before we offer it to the general public. Don’t miss your opportunity to access this valuable information for free before anyone else has the chance! All you have to do is follow us on Twitter (Name: IconoInvestor) and tweet the...

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Warning: Earnings Season Ahead

April 10, 2009
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Warning: Earnings Season Ahead

In any big sports event, there’s always a pound of hype, analysis, trash talk and odds-making for every ounce of actual play. I’m thinking particularly of Monday’s NCAA Basketball Championship Game that crowned the University of North Carolina Tarheels and brought an end to the Final Four and March (April) Madness. The game itself didn’t live up to the build-up. But then, nothing short of a triple-overtime squeaker with Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan bounding out of the stands for a tie-breaking game of H*O*R*S*E would have paid off the anticipation. Championship games are often disappointments, and the game...

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An Unbalanced SNaC is No Way to Pick Stocks

April 9, 2009
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An Unbalanced SNaC is No Way to Pick Stocks

In trying to explain the Cabot approach to picking growth stocks–especially the approach I use in the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report–I’ve come up with an acronym.  If you have a system, you need to have an acronym! I call it the SNaC approach. That means that a great growth stock must have a compelling Story, excellent Numbers and a technically supportive Chart.  Story, Numbers and Chart.  Cute, ain’t it? But it’s more than cute; I think it really makes sense.  And using it can make you a better stock picker for one big reason: it forces you...

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Where the G-20 Told Me to Invest

April 8, 2009
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Where the G-20 Told Me to Invest

Note from Cabot Wealth Advisory Editor Elyse Andrews: Today we have a special post written by Nathan Slaughter of StreetAuthority. Nathan Slaughter has a long and very successful track record investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and deeply discounted value securities. He has developed a proprietary ETF ranking system that combines fundamental and technical criteria with careful research of industry, managerial talent, economic climate, and growth potential. His market-proven formula has been shown to accurately identify the ETFs poised for breakout profits. Nathan’s online advisory service, The ETF Authority, has become one of the most popular and valued resources for...

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Poll: Americans More Optimistic About Economy

April 7, 2009
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Poll: Americans More Optimistic About Economy

The market’s recent climb from it’s early March lows certainly showed that at least some people are feeling more optimistic about the economy and now a new poll shows the outlook on the economy is indeed brighter since President Barack Obama took office. The latest New York Times/CBS poll shows that Americans are indeed more optimistic about the direction of the country and the economy since President Obama took office 11 weeks ago. Fully two-thirds of those polled said they approved of the president’s job performance, while only 31% said they had a favorable view of the Republican party,...

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