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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Chipotle: A Great Growth Stock

July 11, 2011
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It’s not easy to pick just one stock to write about now because many are starting to look good. So today I’m going with a classic that we’ve written about before but still looks like a great growth stock (and it’s one of my favorite lunch places!): Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). Here’s what Cabot Top Ten Trader Mike wrote about it recently: “Retail stocks can have long shelf lives in the market, because if a firm has a successful concept, it can take years before the company has maxed out its potential. Chipotle Mexican Grill is a perfect example;...

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Uncertainty is not Chaos

July 8, 2011
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Uncertainty is not Chaos

Now for this week’s Contrary Opinion Button. Remember, you can always view all of the buttons by clicking here. Uncertainty Is Not Chaos In the field of Contrary Opinion, uncertainty and doubt are good things, because they allow truth to creep in. Certainty sometimes shuts out truth, and thus wisdom. Chaos means utter lack of order and unpredictability, and if that’s your state of mind–or the state of the market–you’ll be better off in cash until there is some order in both.

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Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD): A Hot Stock

July 5, 2011
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Speaking of good stocks for your watch list, I’ve got one for you today. It’s Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), a chain sports bar/restaurant that recently opened a location near the Cabot offices. I haven’t been yet, but I’ve heard good things about their wings. Here’s what Cabot Top Ten Trader Editor Mike Cintolo had to say in a recent issue: “When Buffalo Wild Wings made the last of its seven appearances in Cabot Top Ten Trader back in January 2010, this sports bar/quick casual restaurant chain had about 560 locations in 38 states. The thesis then was that the...

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The Importance of Staying Flexible

July 4, 2011
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The Importance of Staying Flexible

A few weeks ago, I was visiting my parents in New Hampshire for Father’s Day and we reminisced about some of the advice they’ve given my brother and me over the years. Then my dad remembered a little piece of advice I gave him nearly two decades ago, when I was a mere 10 years old: “Be flexible!” Now, this advice was not unsolicited at the time. My dad had recently signed up to coach my Odyssey of the Mind (OM) team and wanted to know whether there was anything he should be aware of before we got started...

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Patience Is Sustained Courage

July 2, 2011
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Patience Is Sustained Courage

Now for today’s Contrary Opinion Button. Remember, you can always view all of the buttons by clicking here. Patience Is Sustained Courage Found in the book Speculation as a Fine Art and Thoughts on Life by Dickson G. Watts, this quote transforms patience from a passive enterprise to an active one … and thus endows patience with a greater respectability. To an investor, patience can often be extremely valuable. In bull markets, you want to hold your winners, so your profits compound. In bear markets, you want to keep some cash patiently on the sidelines, waiting for conditions that...

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