Daily Posts Archive
Today I’m going to give you my two cents on Dow 10,000. No doubt the nightly news programs had a field day with that milestone and a lot of individual investors in the U.S. likely took it as a sign that it was OK to start wading back into the market. Wrong.
Last Monday marked a special day for us at Cabot: The 39th anniversary of the first issue of Cabot Market Letter, our flagship newsletter. In honor of this anniversary, I’ve interviewed Cabot Market Letter’s current steward, Michael Cintolo.
Today, because of some of the questions I’m getting from newer subscribers, and from some who attended my online seminar last week, I want to dispel a handful of other investment myths.
Marketers want to create the illusion that we are listening to trustworthy voices, while in fact we aren’t. This reminds me of another voice people often trust, but really shouldn’t: Wall Street analysts.
Monday marks a special day for us at Cabot: It’s the 39th anniversary of the first issue of Cabot Market Letter. In honor of this anniversary, I’ve interviewed Timothy Lutts, Cabot’s publisher and the son of Cabot’s founder, Carlton Lutts.
This week Conde Nast announced it was killing Gourmet magazine, leaving my wife and thousands of other foodies feeling betrayed. Many blamed Editor in Chief Ruth Reichel for the failure, but to me the termination of Gourmet is one more symbol of the times.
Medifast, Inc. (MED) .... is engaged in the production, distribution, and sale of weight management and disease management products and other consumable health and diet products. MED’s product lines include weight and disease management, meal replacement, and vitamins.... Customers have access to support from qualified nutritional practitioners and customer care...
The annual listing of the Forbes 400 Richest Americans is light on opinions and heavy on data, which means it’s right up my alley. I haven’t delved very deeply into the list beyond the featured Top 20, but there are lots of interesting insights just in that small group.
Most retailers have suffered greatly during the recession, but one is making waves with newly frugal shoppers. The company is Aeropostale (ARO) and it was featured in Cabot Top Ten Report this Monday.
One thing that’s always attracted me to the stock market is that it has a long and storied history. One of the most discussed themes in market history has to do with October--specifically, that October is a month that the market crashes.