One topic I like to write about every few months (partly to remind myself) is the principle that, in the stock market, early is not always better.  Of course, this is the opposite of the usual wisdom (the early bird catches the worm, and so on), and it also doesn’t jibe with most investors who [...]

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The following email came in last week.
In the Cabot Wealth Advisory of 6/14/10 titled “Is Google Making You Stupid?,” Timothy cited a claim from Mr. Ranalli, founder of Helium website, “that the wisdom of the crowd trumps the wisdom of any one individual,” and agreed with that statement by adding, “it’s a message savvy investors [...]

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In this week’s Stock Market Analysis Video, Cabot Market Letter Editor Mike Cintolo says that after two months of correcting and consolidating, the market is showing some signs that it wants to turn the corner. Stocks discussed include Ctrip.com (CTRP), Netflix (NFLX), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Salesforce.com (CRM) and Dolby Labs (DLB).
Watch the video here!

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The main characteristic of equity markets right now is volatility.
If you take a look at a daily chart of the S&P 500 Index since the beginning of 2009, you can see it immediately.  The S&P bottomed in March 2009, then played the bouncing upward game for most of the rest of the year, looking like [...]

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And now for this week’s Stock Market Analysis Video with Cabot Market Letter and Cabot Top Ten Report Editor Michael Cintolo.
Mike says that the market is a mixed bag right now: The indexes are down, but some leading stocks are doing very well. The market had a 15% correction from top to bottom, but many [...]

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