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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Should You Buy this Chinese IPO?

December 6, 2010
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Should You Buy this Chinese IPO?

Trying to decide whether a new IPO will be a winner just after it comes public is a tough job.  Sure, you have some information about the company’s sales and earnings before its IPO, so it’s not like trying to decide whether a newborn baby is going to grow up to be a CEO or a burger flipper.  But it’s much harder to gauge the potential of a stock that doesn’t have a chart to show how well it’s being received by investors. I look for stocks with a good combination of Story, Numbers and Chart, which translates to...

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Not the Only Game in Town

December 4, 2010
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We’ve written extensively in Cabot Wealth Advisory (and several other Cabot newsletters) about Netflix (NFLX), which has almost single-handedly revolutionized the movie rental business. From its DVD-by-mail strategy to its online streaming movie service, Netflix has put several bricks-and-mortar video rental stores out of business. And in the future, Netflix will clearly be concentrating on its instant streaming option: It recently announced a new streaming-only plan for $7.99 a month, while at the same time increasing the cost of its existing DVD-by-mail plans. But not all movies are available to stream and the company’s DVDs still have to go...

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Stock Market Analysis Video: Uptrend Continues

December 3, 2010
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In this week’s Stock Market Analysis Video, Cabot Market Letter Editor Mike Cintolo says that the market’s uptrend continues, and it’s showing signs that its three-week correction is fading. Mike touches on some market timing issues and discusses Apple (AAPL), Priceline (PCLN), Fortinet (FTNT) and Globe Speciality Metals (GSM). Click to watch.

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When to Sell Your Stocks

December 2, 2010
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I got a question from a subscriber recently asking for my opinion about a book called Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown.  What I had to tell him was that I don’t really have an opinion because I haven’t read the book.  And probably won’t. I also didn’t read Surviving the Coming Mutual Fund Crisis: How You Can Take Defensive Measures to Protect Your Money, which was published in 1994.  Nor did I read Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression published last year or The Ultimate Depression Survival...

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