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ETF inflows (and outflows) are a useful way to measure how money is flowing in the market and to identify sector rotation and opportunity.

Today’s opportunity is a cloud software stock that’s recovered nicely from its December lows and is moving back up near its 2018 high.
The company is growing quickly, mainly because of an acquisition-led growth strategy. Evidence is building that organic growth is starting to kick in too now that the company has acquired enough solutions to start bundling them into product suites.
This M&A growth strategy is a slightly different one than pursued by the other cloud software vendors in our portfolio. I think it’s compelling. And if I’m right that organic growth will be steadier moving forward, we should see shares perform very well in 2019 and beyond.

One of the portfolio stocks reported last night and, as is typical, the company surpassed expectations and gave us a bare bones report.

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Porch Group (PRCH) reported yesterday afternoon with results coming in ahead of management guidance and significant contributions from acquired companies. Despite the strong high-level numbers, the stock is selling off today and we’re going to step aside with the modest profit we still have (around 25%).

Shares of Arena (ARNA) are up over 80% today to around 92 on news that Pfizer (PFE) is seeking to acquire the company for $6.7 billion in cash. The implied takeout price is 100 a share.

College remains as expensive as ever, so it’s important to take steps now to save for the future. Here are two ways to start saving for your child’s college education.

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The global trend toward financial technology has made fintech stocks a hot commodity. Here are seven worth your consideration.

2021 is off to a good start thanks to strong earnings and continued investor enthusiasm for big technology companies and a new administration. The backstop from governments and central banks, as well as the consensus among investors that a strong economic recovery is coming this year, has for now pushed volatility out of the market.

The Explorer portfolio had a good week and today we add another SPAC merging with an established, fast-growing financial payments firm based in the United Kingdom.

Overall, cannabis/marijuana stocks still look fine, even though the stocks were generally soft yesterday, so I’m not doing a full update, but there has been action, both good and bad, in a few stocks worth mentioning.

Twilio (TWLO) has acquired SendGrid (SEND) for $2 billion, a 19% premium to its share price. What does it mean for small cap SaaS stocks moving forward?

Rapid7 (RPD) and Q2 Holdings (QTWO) Report Q3 Earnings

If you own a large dollar amount of individual MLPs, you may be best off holding them in a regular taxable brokerage account, and here’s why.

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Enovix (ENVX) reported Q1 results yesterday after the close that met revenue expectations with $5.1 million. Operating expenses rose in the quarter and will continue to do so into Q2 to support the ramp up to mass production and to prepare for higher production capacity at the newly acquired South Korean battery manufacturing plant.

Precision Castparts (PCP) has grown from a small manufacturer of investment castings for a wide variety of applications to a global market leader producing investment castings, forgings and fasteners for aerospace, power and general industrial markets. In fiscal 2014, aerospace markets accounted for 68% of sales, power markets...