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We’ve grown incrementally more bullish in recent days for three reasons, and we’ll probably bump up our Market Monitor another notch on Monday; the way we run our portfolio, something in the 65% to 70% invested range makes sense at this point.

The market took a step back this week, as Tuesday’s big selloff dropped the Nasdaq and small-cap indexes below their 50-day lines, and pushed other indexes further away from their 50-day lines.

I have a number of notes and recommended actions regarding several of our stocks that have made earnings-related moves recently.

The market’s had a solid week, with most of the major indexes reaching new high ground, including the Dow Industrials’ much-hyped push above the 20,000 level. Better yet, we’ve seen many individual stocks resume their post-election uptrends in powerful fashion, often on big volume.

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Stick with a lean-bullish stance as we wait for the market to show its hand. Our Cabot Trend Lines and Two-Second Indicator are still bullish, but our Cabot Tides remain effectively neutral, and until that changes, stocks and indexes will see lots of choppy action. In the Model Portfolio, we’re sticking with our current 30% in cash and our crop of seven stocks.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but inflation data and the moves in the bond market continue to be the major drivers of the market’s moves. And last week traders weren’t thrilled with these inputs as the S&P 500 fell by 1%, the Dow gained 0.5% and the Nasdaq continued its recent weakness with a further decline of 2%.

You may have noticed media articles last Friday regarding U.S. listed Chinese stocks that had a negative impact on share prices.

It’s been a great couple of weeks in the market, with the major indexes lifting nicely since the election and, more important, with leading growth stocks acting very well—while there have been some earnings wobbles, there’s been even more big rallies, with some stocks going into the stratosphere. It’s been a good couple of weeks, and with the evidence bullish, we are too—but we’re also keeping our feet on the ground, trimming some names on the way up and aiming to enter some fresher leaders, ideally on weakness.

Once a very popular stock (or sector) falls from favor, it takes far more than six months’ time to make it an attractive stock again.

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I expect the Trump effect to favor value stocks at the detriment of growth stocks in 2017. If stocks continue to rise next year, albeit at a slower pace, the advance will certainly spread to other sectors. Technology stocks, except those with sky-high valuations, should perform well, and I include Alliance Data Systems and Facebook among my 10 Top Value Stocks.

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The market finished mixed today, with the Dow up 36 points while the Nasdaq was up 159 points and most growth stocks acted well.

Our Cabot Tides are yet to flash a green light, and thus we’re content to hold our strong, profitable stocks, but also to keep a chunk of cash on the sideline.

The indexes are near all-time highs in what is now the oldest bull market and recovery in history. And risks are mounting. There’s the trade war with China, the sputtering global economy, weaker growth at home and impeachment. The market is really struggling to muster the enthusiasm to forge higher from here.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) convened on Wednesday and Chairman Jerome Powell and colleagues seem to be inclined to raise benchmark rates sometime next year. At least for now, the Fed kept rates on hold and signaled it would continue its quantitative easing.

What started out looking like another positive week for the market later turned into a week of little gains or losses, as economic data and Fed speak weighed on stocks on Thursday and Friday. For the week the S&P 500 and Dow fell marginally, while the Nasdaq rose just over 0.5%.