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Stock Market Video: Keep Your Powder Dry

August 12, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Keep Your Powder Dry

In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says now is a great time to use moving averages to determine the momentum of the markets. Paul looks at the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, where the 25-, 50- and 200-day moving averages indicate that the short-, intermediate- and long-term trend of the markets is down. Right now, you should be watching the market closely, building your watch list and keeping your powder dry. Stocks discussed: Netflix (NFLX), Lukoil (LUKOY), Baidu (BIDU) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). Click below to watch!

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Special Report: What the Market Sell-Off Means for You

August 9, 2011
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Special Report: What the Market Sell-Off Means for You

Today, I’m bringing you a special post featuring a special video bulletin from Cabot Market Letter Editor Mike Cintolo. In it, he discusses the stock market’s recent sell-off and what it means for your portfolio. Mike dissects the market’s recent action, comparing it to historical sell-offs to provide a long-term perspective on what could happen going forward. The market is likely close to a primary low, but we’ll probably see several bounces off and retests of the low before the market takes off again. Mike thinks the market has reached an exhaustion selling point and that internal measurements will...

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Don’t Try to Play the Market All the Time

August 9, 2011
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Don’t Try to Play the Market All the Time

A few weeks ago, I wrote an issue of Cabot Wealth Advisory about seven lessons that apply to both running (one of my favorite hobbies) and investing (a big part of my professional life). You can review that issue here. One thing I didn’t discuss, but want to today because it’s especially timely, is taking breaks. Most people who love to run (or really love any hobby), want to do it all the time. The problem is that too much physical activity can actually be harmful. Take it from me, increasing my mileage too quickly last week was a...

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Growth Stock Investing: Streaky and Skewed

August 7, 2011
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Growth Stock Investing: Streaky and Skewed

Switching gears, I wanted to expound about something I wrote in the recent Cabot Market Letter; I got a good response to it, and I feel it teaches us a couple of lessons about the current market environment. What I wrote was that, in a growth stock investing system, your results are almost guaranteed to be both skewed (meaning a few stocks will account for the majority of your gains) and streaky (you’ll make big money for a few weeks, but then stagnate for months). I also included a chart of the Market Letter’s Model Portfolio from last year,...

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Stock Market Video: Breaking Down

August 5, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Breaking Down

In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot Market Letter Editor Mike Cintolo says that the stock market has decisively broken down after the Dow’s 500-point drop on Thursday. The broad market is weak and it, along with many sectors and stock, has likely put in an intermediate-term top. Be defensive and protect your capital, so you have cash and confidence when the market gets going again. Stocks discussed: Baidu (BIDU), Apple (AAPL), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) and Lululemon (LULU). Click below to watch!

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