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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Learning the Investing Rules

February 16, 2010
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Learning the Investing Rules

When I was at the Large Boston Investment House where I was initiated into the investment fraternity, I was very much aware–at first–of how little I really knew about investing.  (The more I learn, the more I realize that even people who spend their lives studying investing never learn it all, but that’s another story.) My ignorance wasn’t really surprising, since nothing in my earlier life had required such knowledge.  Like most college teachers, I had just shipped my monthly pittance off to TIAA-CREF and forgotten about it.  (When TIAA-CREF used to advertise themselves as serving people “with better...

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Lessons from the Best-Performing Stocks

February 15, 2010
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Lessons from the Best-Performing Stocks

Every January, I track down the list of the top-performing stocks from the previous year.  I like to figure out the stories that catapulted these stocks to such strong performances.  And yes, I like to torture myself with the possibility that there was an opportunity there that I might have been able to grab a piece of. The list for 2009 is a powerhouse; just to make the top 15 in performance terms took a price advance of more than 1,000%! The number one stock of 2009 (the rules require that the stock currently sell for more than $2...

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Checking in with Cabot’s Small-Cap Expert

February 14, 2010
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Checking in with Cabot’s Small-Cap Expert

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have a wonderful holiday full of love, flowers and (especially) chocolate. Today I’m bringing you a question and answer session with Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Editor Thomas Garrity. Tom reveals his current market outlook, his advice for investors scared off by the 2008 bear market and how the economy factors into his stock picks. This is part one of a two-part series, so stay tuned next week for the rest of Tom’s interview … Question: What is your current outlook on the stock market? Answer: The stock market often reflects people’s future perceptions about...

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Cabot Weekly Review: Unimpressive Action

February 13, 2010
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Today I have Cabot Market Letter and Cabot Top Ten Report Editor Michael Cintolo’s Cabot Weekly Review video. We’ve gotten a huge positive response from you and we appreciate all of your feedback! Here’s this week’s video, featuring Mike’s commentary on the stock market’s unimpressive bounce this week. Stocks in the video: Telestone (TSTC), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), Dress Barn (DBRN), Baidu (BIDU), Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). Click here to watch the video.

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All That Glitters … Sometimes It’s Actually Gold

February 12, 2010
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All That Glitters … Sometimes It’s Actually Gold

Today, I’m going to quasi-recommend a stock that has been correcting since last September.  I really admired Fuqi International (FUQI) as it roared from 3 in March 2009 to 33 in September, but I never found the right buy point for the stock. The story is a good one, as Fuqi International is a Chinese jewelry company that sells mostly gold jewelry to wholesalers, who then retail it within China.  The appetite of Chinese consumers for gold is a long-standing taste, as many Chinese families regard gold as a suitable way to safeguard family wealth.  Buy when times are...

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