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Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Next Cisco

February 14, 2011
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Cisco (CSCO) was one of the greatest investments of the 1990s, surging from a low of eight cents (adjusted for many splits) at the start of 1990 to a high of 82 in 2000. If you’d been lucky enough and courageous enough to enjoy the whole ride, you could have turned $10,000 into more than $10 million. Of course, at the start of 1990, few investors knew about Cisco. But even if you’d waited until the start of 1995, when Cisco was very well known, you still could have done very well, turning $10,000 into more than $440,000 …...

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Stock Market Analysis Video: Another Good Week

February 11, 2011
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Stock Market Analysis Video: Another Good Week

In this week’s Stock Market Analysis Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says that it’s been another good one for the stock market in a string of many positive weeks. Paul also takes a look at the top industries in the market right now. Stocks discussed include Sina Corp. (SINA), Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD), Baidu (BIDU), JDS Uniphase (JDSU), Finisar (FNSR), CIENA (CIEN), Cisco (CSCO), Greenbrier (GBX) and Twin Disc (TWIN). Click below to watch.

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Investing in the Pyramids

February 10, 2011
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Investing in the Pyramids

If you know almost nothing about emerging market stocks, you know that they come with high risk attached, including political risk, corruption, structural weakness and currency exposure. But for some investors, even emerging markets are too tame, and for these people the lure of frontier markets can be strong. A frontier market is one that hasn’t yet achieved the economic development, transparency or free flow of capital to qualify as emerging. Want an example? Well how about Egypt? Egypt has been dominating headlines for weeks, and if you want to see what political turmoil looks like when you translate...

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Shutterfly: Flashing a Green Light

February 8, 2011
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The Internet promises numerous communities, from Facebook to Twitter to thimblecollectors.com, and while they can’t duplicate the experiences of geographic communities, they do provide great opportunities for education, entertainment and profit. Which brings me to today’s recommended stock. It’s Shutterfly (SFLY), which bills itself as a “social expression and personalized publishing service,” but is basically the world leader in digital photo publishing. If you’ve got a digital camera, and an Internet connection, they want your business, so you can create photo albums, print pictures on coffee mugs, and generally “share life’s joy.” The stock was recommended by Cabot Top...

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Small Stock, Big Potential

February 7, 2011
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Every so often, I like to check in with Cabot Small-Cap Confidential Editor Thomas Garrity and bring you his latest thoughts on the markets and individual stocks. I find his picks fascinating (from the latest medical discoveries to the technologies of the future) and the research he does on each investment is astounding. Most of the Cabot newsletters have certain trading volume thresholds that must be met before we recommend a stock, but Tom’s favorite stocks are often thinly traded, volatile and unknown to most investors. These stocks might sound risky (and they can be!), but investing in them...

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