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Mike Cintolo shares tips based on how the market actually works...as opposed to how many investors think it works.

I expect a strong bull market on the other side of the election and pandemic, but things could be dicey in the near term.

Results of the annual Dodd-Frank Act stress test (DFAST) and the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) are due on June 21 and June 27, respectively, after the markets close.

The Emerging Markets Timer (EEM) has managed to maintain its positive stance this week as most of our positions moved forward. While this is a good sign, I remain somewhat cautious and awaiting a stronger signal to put more of our cash to work.

Despite some Iran-related uncertainties, stocks have put on another good show this week, with many major indexes punching out to new highs. As we write this Friday morning, the S&P is up around 1.5% on the week, while the Nasdaq is up more than 2%.

Growth has trounced value over the last five years, but is value investing dead? Here are six facts that should make you think twice.

Ahead of the long holiday weekend the market had yet another good week. The S&P 500 gained 1.75%, the Dow rallied 1.5%, and the Nasdaq rose another 1.9%.

This week in an attempt to diversify the portfolio we are adding an energy play.

Looking only at the fundamentals of a company can leave you blind to investor sentiment while watching only technical indicators can allow fundamentally weak stocks to sneak onto your radar. So, why not use both?

More than almost any other indicator, trading volume can be an important “tell” as to when a stock is about to take off.

One of my favorite mutual funds used to be one that took the favorite picks of the company’s fund managers and put them all into one fund.

Why you shouldn’t alter your investing system too much based on just one time period.

There’s been some softening in the broad market this past week and yesterday’s action looked a little erratic to me. By the time the market closed yesterday, small caps were down less than 1%. But they traded in a wide range.

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The market is always changing its tune. Therefore, try to be a master of one type of investing, and not a jack-of-all-trades.

Small-cap stocks have underperformed their larger-cap peers by a wide margin since Jerome Powell’s Congressional Testimony just over three weeks ago.


Part of that is because of the hawkish tone he struck. But mostly it’s because of the fallout of the SVB debacle, concerns over a 2023 financial crisis and what the spillover effects could be on the broader economy.

Investors are always looking for the latest and greatest trading strategy. Unfortunately, many overlook my favorite options strategy to generate premium regardless of market direction.

No one likes to get whipsawed, but that is simply going to happen from time to time with a trend-following system.

We at Cabot value education very highly. Just last week, Editor Timothy Lutts implored you to read the Education section of our Web site. And in that spirit, I’ve been at a conference in Las Vegas this week learning how to be a better editor and more effectively communicate with you, our readers.

My guess is that, once the uncertainties are lifted, the market and many stocks have some real upside ahead of them.

The market has undergone a radical personality transformation since I released the July issue last week. I’m not hitting the panic button, yet. But it is certainly a situation I will closely monitor.