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Summer Reading: Investment Books

May 1, 2009
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Summer Reading: Investment Books

The weather has finally turned nice here in New England, with a consistent string of 60-degree days and a couple of scorchers thrown in (we set records on Tuesday, with temperatures north of 90 degrees!).  That means it’s nearly vacation time!  And with vacation comes reading; I’m always on the lookout for good books, investment or otherwise, to help me unwind while I watch waves lap against the sand. Since this is a wealth advisory, of course, I’ll offer up some of my favorite investment-related book recommendations.  Heck, I might even re-read one or two of these this summer. ...

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How to Handle Losses in Stocks

April 16, 2009
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How to Handle Losses in Stocks

One of the reasons I love the stock market (though sometimes it’s more of a love-hate relationship) is that it’s such a battle of the mind.  Of course, few pundits or analysts will tell you that–to them, it’s all about number crunching, research, valuation and industry analysis.  And all of those are important. But when you get down to it, with money on the line, buying and selling stocks becomes emotional.  We’ve all experienced the range of emotions–not just fear and greed, but euphoria when your stock gaps up on earnings, depression when it gaps down, etc.  Moreover, there’s...

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The Early Bird Gets the Worm … Except in the Stock Market

April 3, 2009
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The Early Bird Gets the Worm … Except in the Stock Market

In my last Cabot Wealth Advisory (dated March 19), I gave you 10 tricks of the trade to help you become a better investor.  I also tried to make the point that, when developing your system (you are following a system, right?), you want to base it on how the market ACTUALLY works, and not how some pundit or TV personality THINKS it works. One point that I’ve touched on in the past but want to expand on today is the issue of patience.  Everyone’s heard from their parents that patience is a virtue, and that definitely comes into...

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5 Rules for Successful Growth Investing

March 24, 2009
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I was talking with a long-time subscriber last week–a professional money manager–when the topic of education came up.  He told me, “The thing I’ve always liked about Cabot is you educate your readers.  You don’t just tell them what to buy and sell, you explain why.” Today, recognizing the value of that thought, I’m going back to basics, bringing you five rules for successful growth investing, complete with the all-important reasons why. 1.  Use market timing to guide your investing.  In bull markets, we say, “A rising tide floats all boats.” In bear markets, we say, “It’s hard to...

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10 Tools to Help you Make More Money

March 20, 2009
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10 Tools to Help you Make More Money

In preparation for today’s Cabot Wealth Advisory, I went back and read our in-house recap of a recent survey we sent you.  While it was expressed a few different ways, the most common response was some form of “Help me make money by helping me know when to buy, sell, be in and out of the market …” and so on. Part of that, of course, involves what stocks to buy–and I’ll get to that later in this Advisory. But most of it (far more than most investors understand) comes from having a solid foundation of what works, and...

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