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Is Main Street Finally Catching on to Options?

December 26, 2011
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Is Main Street Finally Catching on to Options?

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to lunch with Tim Lutts, the president of Cabot. Fortunately for me, Tim was in Miami for a conference and I didn’t have to travel up to the office in Massachusetts during the month of December! During our lunch, we discussed the market and how pathetic the volume has been for stocks lately. Our conversation turned to options and whether there had been the same kind of drop off in volume. This simple conversation sent me down a path that led me to some pretty staggering findings. After doing...

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Stock Market Video: Rough Week

December 16, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Rough Week

In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot Top Ten Trader Editor Mike Cintolo says that the market had a rough week and the sellers gained some traction. But the big picture remains the same, with the market stuck in a trading range. Mike discusses some important levels to watch among the sloppy, choppy action. Stocks discussed: Baidu (BIDU), Priceline.com (PCLN), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Google (GOOG), Rackspace Hosting (RAX), MercadoLibre (MELI) and GNC Holdings (GNC). Click below to watch the video!

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Stock Market Video: Tightening Range

December 12, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Tightening Range

In this week’s Stock Market Video Review, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin sees the market’s range of motion tightening up–with swings much narrower than they had been. This is a good sign, says Paul, as continuing tightening could lead to a new rally. But right now, there’s still lots of resistance, so Paul’s advice is to remain heavily in cash until the market direction becomes clearer. He names four stocks that he’s keeping a close eye on: Sohu.com (SOHU), Colfax Corp. (CFX), FMC Technologies and Fortinet (FTNT). Click below to watch the video!

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What Wall Street Experts Are Saying This Week

November 25, 2011
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What Wall Street Experts Are Saying This Week

I have something different for you in the video department today … a special clip from Dick Davis Digests Editor Chloe Lutts. In the latest edition of What Wall Street Experts Are Saying This Week, Chloe reviews the reaction to Monday’s market collapse, and how it affected advisors’ short- and intermediate-term outlooks. Stocks discussed: HealthStream (HSTM), Standard Motor Products (SMP) and American Campus Communities (ACC).

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A Tricky Market

November 7, 2011
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A Tricky Market

Halloween was last Monday, but it seems like the stock market has been playing tricks on investors all year. After the market’s meteoric rise last fall and early in 2011, it got tripped up in March. The market made an effort to get going again in the spring only to be dragged lower in the summer and pulled violently down in August. Since then, the market has chopped around wildly, creating whipsaws in market timing systems and leaving investors’ heads spinning. A chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average below illustrates this roller coaster action. Just this week, the...

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