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Cabot Weekly Review (Video)
In this week’s video, Mike Cintolo says so far, so good when it comes to the market’s two-week consolidation, with most indexes and stocks holding firm and with his intermediate-term indicators still bullish. Mike still wants to see more institutional-quality leadership emerge before getting heavily invested, but he’s been slowly putting money to work and has a watch list full of names that could kick into gear if the market follows through on the upside.
Stocks Discussed: VEEV, CRWV, NRG BA, PLTR, SNOW, PODD, DUOL, CPNG, SE, CRK, EXE, GWRE
Cabot Street Check (Podcast)
This week on Street Check, with Brad on a European family vacation Chris welcomed on Cabot Turnaround Letter Chief Analyst Clif Droke to discuss his favorite turnaround sectors, why he thinks this week’s tariff ruling could be the biggest market catalyst of 2025, and why he thinks gold is headed to $4,000 an ounce. Also, Producer Madison asks for Chris’s favorite “get-rich-quick” stocks. We also talked about Tom Cruise’s teeth. For more information about the offer mentioned on this episode, visit cabotwealth.com/street.
Cabot Webinar
Quarterly Cabot Analyst Meeting
The recording of the Cabot Prime Members Meeting with the Analysts is now available for you to listen to at your convenience—click here for access. This private call with our analysts is one of your exclusive Cabot Prime Plus member benefits.
RECENT BUY AND SELL ACTIVITY
This table lists stocks bought or sold in the most recent Issues or Updates.
Portfolio Updates This Week
Cabot Growth Investor
Bi-weekly Issue May 29: The market has handled itself well during the past couple of weeks, consolidating normally, with our intermediate-term indicators still positive, which is all to the good. Still, leadership remains somewhat lacking and, while coming close, our Cabot Trend Lines are still negative, so we’re content to take things step by step while waiting for more institutional-quality names to get going. Tonight, we are extending our line a bit more, but will hold onto a 36% cash position and want to see added upside confirmation before we put too much more money to work.
Bi-weekly Update May 22: WHAT TO DO NOW: The market has pulled back a bit this week after a big recent run, but most things have taken the selling in stride. Further weakness can’t be ruled out, especially in the near term, but with the market digesting well and our intermediate-term indicators looking good, we have a few moves tonight. First, we’re going to sell our small position in Flutter (FLUT), but we’re also adding half-sized positions in Axon Enterprise (AXON) and ProShares Ultra S&P 500 Fund (SSO), the latter of which we’re averaging up in. We’re also placing Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) on Hold. Our cash position will still be around 47% after these moves.
Cabot Top Ten Trader
Weekly Issue May 27: After a big rally, the market had earned the right to retrench a bit, and that came about last week. Still, the action has been normal thus far, with most indexes and stocks losing ground but doing so relatively grudgingly while remaining north of key support. Of course, we’re still dealing with a thinner batch of leadership, as relatively few stocks are hitting virgin turf and there’s already a good number of smaller, more speculative names moving. Even so, we’re taking things on a step-by-step basis, and it’s been so far, so good for the rally—we’ll leave our Market Monitor at a level 7 and see how things go.
This week’s list has something for everyone, though again, most are either showing great strength (often after earnings) or pulling back normally after big recoveries. Our Top Pick has stormed back on record volume as earnings blew away estimates.
Movers & Shakers May 30: The major indexes are all up this week as the headlines continued to hit the wires (Nvidia’s earnings, renewed U.S.-China trade tension), and the big-cap indexes briefly nosed to new recovery highs yesterday morning. But overall, we still see the market as in the midst of a consolidation phase, with most indexes, sectors and stocks catching their breath after the prior run-up.
Cabot Value Investor
Monthly Issue May 1: Few industries were more negatively impacted by Covid than the cruise industry. And few have come roaring back faster in Covid’s wake. And yet, share prices haven’t kept up with the record sales and passenger numbers. So today, we recommend a major cruise-industry stock that has the largest disparity between sales and earnings growth and share price growth. We also have updates on all our existing stocks as investors mercifully put a historically choppy April for the market in the rear-view mirror and flip the calendar to what will hopefully be a far more fruitful May.
Details inside. Enjoy!
Weekly Update May 29: Wall Street analysts expect stocks to be flat for the rest of the year. That’s according to a new Reuters poll, which surveyed 51 strategists, analysts, brokers and portfolio managers. Among them, the average year-end target for the S&P 500 was 5,900 – roughly in line with the current price, and essentially unmoved since the start of the year.
That’s not exactly exciting news, even if 5,900 would have felt like a win in early April, when the benchmark index dipped below 5,000 after President Trump’s now-infamous “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariff announcement. The rally since then has been impressive, but analysts aren’t confident we’ll get much more movement through the final seven months of the year.
Cabot Stock of the Week
Weekly Issue May 27: Stocks took a bit of a breather this week after weeks of positive gains fueled by tariff deals and pauses, sinking inflation and a very strong Q1 earnings season. Which way the market goes from here may depend on the headlines, but also on whether the bulls have the appetite for another big push to new highs. One area of the market we know is working? Precious metals. Gold has attracted most of the attention. But silver is starting to play catch-up. So today, we add a high-upside silver play via Cabot Explorer Chief Analyst Carl Delfeld.
Details inside.
Cabot Explorer
Bi-weekly Issue May 22: The gold-silver ratio is an intimate relationship. It indicates how many ounces of silver are needed to buy one ounce of gold. In the last century, this ratio reached its lowest point at just under 15:1 at the end of 1979 and peaked at over 110:1 during the COVID crisis.
This year, we passed the 100:1 mark for only the fourth time in a hundred years – a strong signal that silver may be underpriced.
So today, we add an aggressive silver play to the Explorer portfolio as a bet that it will close the gap on gold.
Bi-weekly Update May 29: Closely watched Nvidia (NVDA) reported its first-quarter earnings yesterday, beating expectations nicely on revenue despite restrictions on shipments of its H20 chips to China. The company posted revenue of $44.1 billion, up 69% from a year ago, but Nvidia expects to miss out on roughly $8 billion in sales of H20s to China in the second quarter.
Cabot Small-Cap Confidential
Monthly Issue May 1: We’re putting our mining helmets back on today and taking a position in a speculative micro-cap gold and copper exploration company that’s just about to get the drills turning.
This type of stock is intended to scratch the speculator’s itch. It’s not suitable for investing money that you need. That said, if things go well – and I think there’s a good chance they will – the returns could be spectacular.
But please, go in with eyes wide open. This is supposed to be fun.
Weekly Update May 29: The S&P 600 Small Cap Index popped right back up this week after selling off and landing on its intersecting 50- and 25-day moving average lines last Friday.
Despite the holiday-shortened week, it feels like a lot has happened at the macro level since last Thursday’s update.
Cabot Dividend Investor
Monthly Issue May 14: Just a little over a month ago, stocks were crashing. But things are changing fast.
The tariff uncertainty has vastly improved with the announcement of trade deals with the U.K. and positive negotiations with China. The S&P has soared 22% from the intraday low on April 7. The index is now in positive territory YTD and within 5% of the all-time high. The technology-laden Nasdaq index is up 28% from the April low.
But the market tends to overreact in the near term. Tariff trouble isn’t over yet. There could still be setbacks. A negative headline can roil the market on any day. There’s also the economy. Growth is slowing. It may pick up or slow further. What will be waiting beyond the tariffs?
Fortunately, there is a trend to bank on that will thrive regardless of the near-term gyrations of the market or economy.
Artificial intelligence is a massive growth catalyst that will endure and thrive in any environment. It is a generational phenomenon that will drive certain stocks to huge gains. The dominant trend has sold down and consolidated in recent months. Such a move was overdue. But technology is coming back strong. It’s the hottest sector again.
In this issue, I highlight a goliath in the technology industry that is poised for a huge growth windfall from artificial intelligence in the years ahead. The stock has fallen far from the high. But the AI trend is revving up again and will likely transcend the current unpredictable environment.
Weekly Update May 28: The market is looking good. Sure, it pulled back last week. But not by much. After the huge spike it had, the lack of a more significant pullback is encouraging. Stocks also started this week with a big up day on Tuesday.
Cabot Early Opportunities
Monthly Issue May 21: The stock market has perked up considerably since the Liberation Day turmoil in early April, igniting shares of stocks across the market cap spectrum.
We look under the hood of five names that span the risk spectrum this month, including a couple of old names that might be familiar and a new one that’s been hard to ignore.
Cabot Profit Booster
Weekly Issue May 28: After a big rally, the market had earned the right to retrench a bit, and that came about last week after stocks were hit with a few “bad” news items, starting with the downgrade of U.S. debt, followed by a new high in longer-term (30-year) Treasury rates and capped by a threat of higher tariffs on Europe.
Those tariff worries eased over the weekend and in reaction the S&P 500 gained 2% on Tuesday.
Cabot Income Advisor
Monthly Issue May 28: It’s been a wild market so far this year. The S&P 500 has gone from the cusp of a bear market to within 5% of the all-time high in just seven weeks.
Uncertainty remains. A negative development could still roil the market on any day. Negotiations will likely take more twists and turns in the weeks and months ahead. But investors appear, at this point, to believe that the tariff situation won’t blow up. The fear of Armageddon is being removed.
But there’s still the economy. It could gain steam or slow toward recession. We are in a place, at least for a while, where anything can happen. It’s tough to pick a horse amid such varying possibilities. Fortunately, there is a trend to bank on that will thrive regardless of the near-term gyrations of the market or economy.
Artificial intelligence is a massive growth catalyst that will endure and thrive in any environment. Investors temporarily forgot all about it. It’s a generational phenomenon that hasn’t gone away. It just took a break. Now, those stocks are soaring back.
In this issue, I highlight a stock that is likely to benefit in the months and years ahead. It is still well off the high with good momentum and has a huge catalyst for growth in the months and years ahead.
Weekly Update May 20: Last week was another up week for the S&P 500. The index has made up all the losses since April and is now in positive territory for the year.
After a multi-month barrage of relentlessly negative headlines, the S&P is within 3% of the all-time high. Seven of the eleven market sectors are higher YTD, and two of the negative sectors are down less than 1% for the year so far.
Cabot Turnaround Letter
Monthly Issue May 28: Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) is no stranger to veteran subscribers of the Cabot Turnaround Letter. The stock was initially recommended in 2022 and was a long-time holding in the portfolio. I made the decision to sell the stock when I took over as chief analyst last summer, which at the time seemed like a good idea.
Indeed, the stock had been underperforming for quite some time, and management had just warned of “weaker underlying trends in the industry” for the second half of 2024, augmented by lower tire volume and higher costs. The stock dropped 16% to a new 52-week low at that time (early August) and was threatening to break a benchmark “support” level in its long-term chart, while the firm’s debt remained disturbingly high.
Weekly Update May 30: In today’s note, we discuss pertinent developments for some of the stocks in the portfolio, including Centuri Holdings (CTRI), GE Aerospace (GE), Intel (INTC) and Paramount Global (PARA).
GE Aerospace (GE) stands to benefit from the recent legal challenge to the White House’s tariffs.
Cabot Cannabis Investor
Monthly Issue May 28: The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved the nomination of Terrance Cole to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The full Senate may vote on Cole’s confirmation as soon as early June.
This could be the start of a significant turning point for cannabis stocks. That’s because Cole will address a Biden-era proposal to move cannabis to Schedule III from Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The change would significantly enhance cannabis company cash flow by neutralizing an IRS rule that bars operating expense deductions against revenue from the sale of Schedule I substances.
Monthly Update May 14: It’s cannabis company earnings season once again. Below, I summarize the highlights from our portfolio companies. But first, here are the major sector trends that emerged from the calls.
Cabot Money Club
Monthly Magazine June: Loading your portfolio with high-flying growth stocks and steady dividend payers can help you generate market-beating returns, but there are also unique, company-specific events that can quickly turn stocks into big winners. This month, we’ll be taking a closer look at stock spin-offs, special dividends, IPOs, mergers, buyouts and more “special situations” that can give you an investing edge.
Stock of the Month May 8: While the volatility continues, the markets made some upward progress since our last issue, with all the broad indexes rising—although both Growth and Value stocks are still negative, year to date.
Sector-wise, all sectors— except for Energy (-6.02%), Technology (-7.34%) and Consumer Discretionary (-11.17%)—are in the black, led by Utilities (+5.10%), Consumer Staples (+3.66%), and Real Estate (+2.98%).
Ask the Experts
Prime Question for Mike: Mike - Seeing that AXON and TMDX were both on your “dropped” list in Cabot Top Ten Trader. I presume the long-term “story” in each case is unchanged … this is more a technical call?
Mike: Correct – “dropped” in Top Ten simply means we didn’t get our buy range within 2 weeks of the recommendation. We could “re-recommend” them at some point, ideally on some tightness/shakeout action. But it wasn’t because the stocks performed poorly or the story changed, etc.