The Iconoclast Investor

As my two daughters came home during the holidays and reconnected with old friends and classmates, it slowly became clear to me that many of these young people, mainly college-educated, are unemployed, and about this I have a few thoughts.
One, times are tough.  Companies are thinking more about laying off than hiring.
Two, many of these [...]

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The U.S. stock market has been showing a few signs of life recently, which is good.  I hope the period of catastrophic declines we’ve been going through hasn’t hurt your portfolio too badly (although I suspect the pain has been pretty widespread).
In fact, just about two weeks ago, we received a buy signal for the [...]

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It’s been a crazy year, with bank failures, bailouts and a historic election behind us, 2008 will definitely be one to remember. In honor of the New Year, I’ve been looking back at 2008–all its ups and downs–and came up with a few investing New Year’s resolutions based on what’s happened.
1.) Don’t get caught up [...]

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This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going to re-print [...]

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Happy New Year!
This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going [...]

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This year has certainly been a wild ride for investors, the volatility in the market has been extraordinary, we’re “officially” in a recession and the financial landscape has been dramatically altered. But we’ve been here with you through it all, giving you our best advice. Today, and in several other posts, I’m going to re-print [...]

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I recently had the opportunity to talk to one of ours editors who you don’t hear from regularly in Cabot Wealth Advisory, Thomas Garrity, editor of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential. Today I’ve got a Q&A to share with you about why Tom prefers to invest in small-caps, what he thinks the best investment strategy is now [...]

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My father, Carlton, was and is an avid growth stock investor, and he began writing and publishing the Cabot Market Letter back in 1970 because he wanted to share his ideas with other investors.
I grew up with the business, so l know a lot about both investing and publishing, but at heart I’m more of [...]

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It was just over one year ago that my wife Jeanne gave birth to our first child, Lila. No doubt last Christmas was wonderful, but I have to be honest and say I remember very little of it as we struggled to immediately adjust to this extra person. Our lives had consisted of slow rising [...]

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It’s been a dark year for equity investors, and everyone is stressed, so I’m going to lighten things up a bit and give you a little commentary in verse.  I wrote this the other day for our free email newsletter, Cabot Wealth Advisory. I hope you enjoy it.
 
When people recall the bad year of ‘08
It’s [...]

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