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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Characteristics of Solid Small-Cap Stocks

September 13, 2009
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Characteristics of Solid Small-Cap Stocks

This month marks the two-year anniversary of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential and in honor of that, I’m going to be bringing you a multi-part series with Editor Thomas Garrity. Tom will explain how he got interested in small-cap stocks, where he thinks the market is going and some of his time-tested investing rules. I hope you enjoy it! Question: What characteristics are you looking for in the individual stocks you recommend? Answer: One of my investment hallmarks has always been to give Wall Street’s unknown stocks a chance, and I will continue to do that and rely on the metrics...

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Happy Anniversary Cabot Small-Cap Confidential

September 12, 2009
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Happy Anniversary Cabot Small-Cap Confidential

This month marks the two-year anniversary of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential and in honor of that, I’m going to be bringing you a multi-part series with Editor Thomas Garrity. Tom will explain how he got interested in small-cap stocks, where he thinks the market is going and some of his time-tested investing rules. I hope you enjoy it! Question: What are your thoughts on the two-year anniversary of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential? Answer: I’m pleased with the performance of the individual stocks in Cabot Small-Cap Confidential, especially since the March stock market bottom. Since that time, the Dow is up 41%...

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AMX: Latin American Wireless Takes Off

September 11, 2009
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AMX: Latin American Wireless Takes Off

My investment idea today is a Mexican telecom company that’s turning into a regionally dominant provider of voice and data network services.  Founded in 2000, American Movil (AMX) provides both wireless and fixed-line communications, but it’s clearly the buildout of the wireless network that’s stirring things up. The company offers the whole spectrum of cellular services, such as short messaging, content downloading, video streaming, GPS and Internet access in addition to standard fixed-line services like Internet, cable TV and data transmission. With more than 180 million wireless subscribers and nearly four million fixed-line subscribers, America Movil has a presence...

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No Consensus on Sorry September

September 10, 2009
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No Consensus on Sorry September

Statistics are like mushrooms; you’d better be pretty darned careful which ones you swallow. Specifically, I have in mind the statistic that shows that September is the worst month of the year in which to invest. Here are the specifics. Since the inception of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896, the 11 months of the year that are not September have averaged a gain of 0.7% per month. September, on the other hand, has averaged a loss of 1.2%! There’s also a decade-by-decade comparison that shows September finishing 12th out of the months of the year in performance...

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A Quick Note on Today’s Date

September 9, 2009
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A Quick Note on Today’s Date

Today’s date is September 9, 2009, or 9/9/09.  That’s a lot of nines.  This must be at least as significant as 8/8/08, 7/7/07, and so on, right? The reaction to this calendar phenomenon hasn’t been anywhere near the ruckus surrounding the big odometer clickover of Y2K, but the major Web sites tell us that people are paying attention. So, in the spirit of trying to help Cabot Wealth Advisory readers to make sense of the potential numerological significance of today’s nine-rich date, I went looking for someone who could explain it all. But I didn’t want just any cosmic...

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