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Entries from June 2009

When Investing, Never try to Catch a Falling Knife

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Investing, Market Timing, Stock Market

The steep market correction of the past week or so has dropped lots of stocks back to their 25-day moving averages and more than a few back to their 50-day moving averages and below.  So, since Cabot’s market timing indicators are still positive, this must be a great chance to pick up some real bargains [...]

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Reader Comments on the Newspaper Industry

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Economy, Education, Investing

I received some more great comments from readers over the weekend that I wanted to share with you here. Thanks to everyone for writing in and enjoy!

The newspaper industry is in trouble for myriad reasons. It is not clear to me that daily newspapers will survive in large or mid-sized markets with a few exceptions. [...]

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Readers’ Views on the Newspaper Industry

June 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Cabot, Economy, Education

Last week I wrote about the tumult in the newspaper industry, specifically the battle that’s been raging between the Boston Globe’s Newspaper Guild union and the New York Times company’s management. Many of you wrote to me with insightful comments, a sampling of which appears below. Add your comments here. Thanks to everyone for writing [...]

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How to Profit from Green Lifestyle Trends

June 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cabot, Charts, Earnings, Economy, Education, Green, Growth Investing, Investing, Market Timing, Stock Market, Stocks

In 2000, Time magazine ran a memorable cover story about golden rice, a rice strain genetically modified to contain beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is a scourge in the developing world. The lack of it can lead to blindness in pregnant women, miscarriages and leads to as many as 500,000 children [...]

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Cabot Editor on CNBC

June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Cabot, Emerging Markets, Growth Investing, Investing, Market Timing, Stock Market, Stocks

Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin is CNBC speaking about the enormous opportunities in those areas right now: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1157140862&play=1.
Hulbert Financial Digest ranked his investment advisory as #1 for the last five years, with a return of 22.2% versus a -1.3% return for the Dow Wilshire 5000 over the last five years.

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