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The generalizations about market behavior in August will tell you what history says about the climate.

Tesla and Elon Musk have taken a lot of heat lately. But let’s compare TSLA stock to the charts of Volkswagen (VWAPY) and Fiat Chrysler (FCAU).

The Magic of Compound Interest and how it can increase retirement savings.

Chipmakers and data centers were the first beneficiaries of AI, but stocks like utilities and information management companies are poised to surge as the next AI trade.

Things are looking better. The market stopped going down. Now it’s going sideways. That’s better.

Stocks have moved above the bear market precipice as investors have apparently priced in the fact that inflation will be persistent and the Fed will have to raise rates aggressively this year. That’s a major bummer to factor in. The market appears to have absorbed that shock, at least for now.

It was a solid week for the major indexes, and even better has been some notable improvement in the broad market—in late December, we saw a key positive divergence from a broad market measure for the Nasdaq, and now we’re starting to see some legit improvement elsewhere, too. Don’t get us wrong, at this point, the major trends are still pointed sideways-to-down, so we’re not going to make too much out of what we see, but it’s fair to say we’re approaching another key juncture: If the market and (importantly) individual stocks are able to build on their recent action, we could get a green light or two and have something to work with. For now, our Market Monitor remains a level 4, but our antennae are up.


This week’s list features a wide array of names, with some commodity and value names combined with a few turnaround and growth titles. Our Top Pick is a solid long-term grower that has some catalysts for this year—as usual, aim to enter on dips.

When the market picture gets confusing, as it often does, it pays to have some reliable indicators to depend on—rather than the guy on the evening news. So today, after a couple of weeks of market correction that have done serious damage to some leading stocks and led many pundits to ask whether we’ve seen the market top, we turn to our indicators and ask whether the bull market is truly over, and here’s what they say...

The November market rally continues, as signs of renewed health among stocks are popping up in more and more places – including in the Stock of the Week portfolio. So today, we’re only adding – and upgrading. The new addition is a longtime recommendation by Cabot Dividend Investor Chief Analyst, Tom Hutchinson, and one that’s having a surprisingly good year. Lately, it’s gone into overdrive and yet still trades well below its highs. We try and capture the stock’s newfound momentum as we head into the holiday season.

Enjoy – and Happy Thanksgiving!

This market is officially flirting with ugly. The S&P is now down about 7% from the 52-week high and not far from correction territory, down 10% from the high.

The selling intensified over the last week after the Fed struck an unexpectedly hawkish tone at last week’s meeting. The gist of the Fed’s message is that rates may well go higher and will stay higher for longer. The statement pours cold water on the notion that rates will be cut in the near future and reinforces the realization that higher rates are here to stay.

The market is distinctly more optimistic this month as “soft landing’ hopes revive.

After a rough couple of months, the S&P is trending higher in October. The economy is still solid. In fact, retail sales numbers for September blew away expectations, once again showing that a recession is nowhere in sight.

The Federal Reserve, or “the Fed,” is all investors can talk about these days. So, let’s explore what it is, what it does, and why it matters to investors.

I spent a good portion of this past week working on my 2018 Small-Cap Outlook. We’ll be publishing that soon, but I wanted to share a few thoughts from it today, starting with my year-end target for the S&P 600 Small Cap Index.

The Cabot Emerging Markets Timer is heading in the direction of a new buy signal, but isn’t there yet.

The bears sure enjoyed a rare day in the sun on Monday. The Dow had its worst day of the year, down more than 3%. Pessimists haven’t loved life like that since March of 2020.

Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.

Remain bullish. The bull market rolls on, and while there are legitimate shorter-term yellow flags (a good reason to be choosy on the buy side), the big-picture outlook is solid. We have no changes in the Model Portfolio today.