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It’s been a solid, steady post-holiday week for the market, with the major indexes generally flat (small and mid-caps) to up (S&P 500 and Nasdaq) 1% or so. That keeps the intermediate-term trend pointed solidly up, with all indexes we track a few percent above their 50-day lines.

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It’s been a very solid week for the market—at the close last Friday, the market’s overall intermediate-term trend was close to cracking, but the upmove in recent days has pushed most indexes nicely higher. In fact, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have nosed to new highs, which, as trend followers, is all to the good.

The markets had a mostly positive week, with most indexes up, and interestingly, the strength has been relatively broad based—whether it’s the big-cap indexes or small-cap indexes, growth or value, everything seems to be up in the 1% to 2.5% range.

WHAT TO DO NOW: Remain bullish, but take action where needed. The market (and especially growth stocks) have taken a beating in the first two days of the year—there are reasons to believe this is partly due to seasonal shenanigans, so we’re not overreacting, but we’re also not holding and hoping. In the Model Portfolio, we’ll sell half of DraftKings (DKNG), which is our weakest stock, and place Duolingo (DUOL) on Hold, leaving us with around 25% in cash. We do see some potential buys setting up, but we’ll hold the cash for now and see if growth stocks (and the market) can find support.

Note: As a reminder, there will be no Top Ten issue next week—it’s one of our two weeks off and we’ll be busy relaxing with the family for much of it. For those that celebrate, have a fantastic Christmas and we’ll be back in touch later next week with another Movers & Shakers Update. I will be in and out of the office next week but should be able to get back to any questions you have on individual stocks—you can email me directly at mike@cabotwealth.com.

It’s been a relatively quiet and mildly positive week for the major indexes, with most up less than 1% (though small caps have been a little stronger) following this morning’s jobs report. It’s a similar story with interest rates, which, despite a pop higher today, are unchanged to slightly higher on the week.

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It’s been a fairly wild week, which isn’t a surprise given the recent volatility, Nvidia’s earnings and this morning’s Jackson Hole Fed speech—as we write this morning (about 45 minutes after the Fed speech was released), most indexes are flat to down by 1% on the week, though the Nasdaq is up a bit more than 1%.

This week was looking a lot like last week, with the major indexes and lots of individual stocks and sectors hitting the skids earlier this week before bouncing—but today’s better-than-expected jobs report is erasing any good tidings from that. Including the indicated open, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are off in the 1% range, while broader small- and mid-cap indexes are off more than 3%.