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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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Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt

December 24, 2011
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Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt

Here’s this week’s Contrary Opinion Button. Remember, you can always view all of the buttons by clicking here. Rigidly Defined Areas Of Uncertainty And Doubt The original phrase, by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, was “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.” It’s uttered by a philosopher who argues that the Quest for Ultimate Truth is the inalienable prerogative of working human thinkers, and not suitable for computers. In investing, there are facts, which relate to the past, and there’s doubt and uncertainty, which characterize the future … and which you can only...

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Stock Market Video: Holiday Edition

December 23, 2011
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Stock Market Video: Holiday Edition

For this week’s Stock Market Video, the last one of the year, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin decided to do something a little different to look back at all that has happened in 2011. Paul recited a poem that he wrote re-capping both the high lights and low lights of the year to the beat of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Click below to watch the video!

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An Interview with Mike Cintolo

December 21, 2011
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For my last issue of 2011–a very challenging and, in many ways, confusing year for investors–our fantastic editor Elyse Andrews thought it would be a neat idea to interview me and get my thoughts on the market, what the future might hold and address some of the knowing questions on everyone’s mind.  Here’s what came out over our 30-minute chat. As this is my last issue of the year, I want to first wish you and yours the very best of holiday seasons, and to thank you for reading my (and all of our editors’) musings this year.  We...

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A Great Healthcare Stock

December 20, 2011
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I’m tired of the word “choppy.”  I’m tired of reading about choppy markets, stocks that chopped up and down, and sectors that are chopping around. Don’t writers know any other words? More importantly, don’t you think that when there’s such unanimity of opinion about the market, it’s ripe for a change? I think so, and I think the market’s next major move will be up. My reasons are these: One, the market’s been down a pretty long time, and the selling pressures, which peaked in August, have been easing.  Institutions are clearly using the big dips to accumulate shares...

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