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Big data is big and growing bigger. The market is forecast to reach $103 billion by 2022, with every person generating 1.7 megabytes of data every second, with internet users as a whole expected to generate some 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day.

Precious metal stocks (and their underlying commodities) have become a mixed bag, especially with some global uncertainties seemingly cleared up, but this stock is pushing ahead nonetheless thanks to some company-specific catalysts in addition to higher gold and silver prices.

The major indexes continue to hit new highs, all Cabot’s market timing indicators remain positive, and our portfolio is solid, overall, with the exception of Designer Brands (DBI), which reported third-quarter earnings this morning; more on that in the update section.



As for today’s new recommendation, it’s a brand new business with a familiar name—a high-risk/high-potential investment. It’s not for everyone, and it will be volatile. But it could change the world!



Details in the issue.

As we steamroll toward the holidays, the market remains in great shape, and bigger picture, we continue to expect good things in 2020. Near-term, we are finally seeing a few signs of complacency, so some rocky trading is likely at some point; being choosy on the buy side makes sense. But we’re thinking bigger, aiming to hold our strong leaders with the goal of developing some bigger winners.

In tonight’s issue, we’re adding one half-sized position to the Model Portfolio; that will leave us with 19% in cash, which we’re looking to put to work as opportunities arise. We also review three initial lessons learned from this year, highlight some intriguing names that are setting up well and give you our latest thoughts on all our holdings.

Today’s Covered Call idea is a recent earnings winner that broke out to new highs last week, and has pulled back in marginally early this week.

Precious metal stocks have become mixed of late as economic optimism has increased, but some are still strong, and today’s recommendation is one of them.

The market has hit a little turbulence over the past week, first seeing the major indexes test support and then, this week, as the major indexes rebounded, growth stocks have softened a bit. But net-net, the evidence remains mostly positive, so we remain optimistic. In the Model Portfolio, we did a little trimming last week, but as some growth stocks pull in, we’re adding a half position in a fresh leader.

The overall market continues to look healthy—though we still haven’t yet received an “all-clear” signal from our long-term timing indicator—and our stocks, in general, continue to reward, with many hitting new highs in recent days as the economic outlook improves.

Long-term, the prospects for the economy and market have improved, but short-term, the relative elation of recent days has brought numerous growth stocks to what seem like unsustainable heights—so I’ve lowered the ratings on three of our positions to Hold, and if you’d like to take partial profits, that’s fine with me.



As for today’s recommendation, it’s a very unusual one for me. But the chart is strong and the story has some validity, so we’ll give it a shot!



Full details in the issue.

Eleven weeks off the market bottom, with the S&P 500 up 45% from its low, the news is finally getting good—which to me says that short-term, investing in stocks is likely to become a bit more challenging. That’s one reason I’m recommending selling two stocks today—and putting another two on hold.

Long-term, however, the future remains bright, especially for companies like the one featured today, which are serving global mass markets with products that they’re (literally) hungry for.



Full details in the issue.

Today’s recommendation continues to look like the market’s top networking-related play, as it’s one of the only firms out there that’s firing on all cylinders.

The overall market remains mixed, with most of the market doing just OK but growth stocks acting very well, especially this week, which has brought with it a ton of powerful gaps. Divergent environments lend themselves to rotation and potholes, so we don’t think it’s a time to floor the accelerator, but we are adding one more name to the Model Portfolio tonight, leaving us with around 36% in cash.

Elsewhere in tonight’s letter, we write about the importance of being patient soon after you buy a stock, as well as some very encouraging action from our old Two-Second Indicator. We also review some enticing names and give a full view of all our stocks.