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Studies show that most investors get caught up in panic selling when positions move against them. You can prevent that by having a plan in place to manage the risk in your portfolio, and these four tips can help.

Dividends are a useful way to add yield to your portfolio and these three dividend-paying stocks look good for 2023.

Today’s CPI reading showed inflation moderating a little (not a huge surprise) and the market has, so far, loved the result. The Nasdaq has been up over 2% in the early going.

With rates rising and bonds losing value, dividends are all the rage these days. And these little-known dividend payers are offering some attractive yields.

Stock spin-offs are one of my favorite types of “special situation” investing, this is just one reason why.

It’s not a value stock in the classical sense, but with the bad news priced in, investors saw Tesla (TSLA) for what it is, a great company trading at a fair price.

WHAT TO DO NOW: The market is acting powerfully since Tuesday’s election, and we’re seeing some outsized moves on earnings this week. We’ll have our full update of Growth Investor tonight, but this bulletin concerns AppLovin (APP), which is skyrocketing this morning after earnings, and of course, this comes after a big run. We’re going to lean against the wind here and take some partial profits, selling one-third of our position and holding the rest. Again, more color tonight.

WHAT TO DO NOW: As we write about in tonight’s issue, there are many crosscurrents out there, with some growth names cracking while others emerge on the upside, so we’re selling laggards while aiming to add fresher, stronger names. In the Model Portfolio, we sold MP and GEV last week, and today we’re going to sell Oracle (ORCL), which tripped our mental stop today. That said, we’re also going to fill out our position in CrowdStrike (CRWD), adding another half-sized stake, and start a new half position in Vertiv Holding (VRT), all of which will leave us with around 38% in cash.

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Buying the dip has paid off handsomely for investors for years, but with the current meltdown, you should wait for the dust to settle.

We frequently write about the power of dividend reinvestment, compounding returns, and staying in the market. But when should investors stop reinvesting dividends?

If you want investing success, keep it simple. A simple strategy with a strong core portfolio and exploratory upside keeps your returns sustainable.

Following company insiders is a great way to identify opportunities the market is overlooking, and this cannabis sector investment just saw a major buy signal.

Given recent market volatility, it’s time to refocus on managing portfolios and reducing stock investing risk. These tips will help.

After struggling all year, is Tesla (TSLA) stock oversold? Based on the reaction to the latest earnings report, the market sure seems to think so.

The past month has been the best of the year for our marijuana stocks, and while there’s a chance the sector could top out now (there’s so much good news out there), I learned long ago that it doesn’t pay to fight the trend.

The fact is, this sector strength could easily run to the end of the year as investors rush into this high-growth sector. So, we’ll now become fully invested, adding one new stock at the same time.



Full details in the issue.

We’ve studied the characteristics of bull and bear markets going back decades, and we know that bear phases often end with big selloffs caused by scary, headline-grabbing news. The Bear Stearns debacle certainly qualifies, and this financial panic could result in a sustainable low. So if you have a huge cash position (60% or more of your account), buying a few shares here or there could work out well. Just be sure to stick with what’s working–namely oil and natural gas stocks, as well as some steel names that are acting better–and remember to cut all losses short. Overall, you should stay in a mainly defensive posture until we see real signs of improvement. Our favorite stock this week is Steel Dynamics (STLD). The company raised its earnings guidance last week and the sector as a whole seems to be gaining sponsorship. We think you can buy a little on weakness.

Stock Name	Price	Buy Range	Loss Limit
DVN (DVN)	0.00	97 1/2 - 101 1/2	-
EAC (EAC)	0.00	35 1/2 - 38 1/2	-
HLF (HLF)	0.00	43-46	-
NFLX (NFLX)	0.00	31-33	-
NUE (NUE)	0.00	66-70	-
SLW (SLW)	0.00	17 1/2 - 18 1/2	-
STLD (STLD)	0.00	62-65	-
SWC (SWC)	0.00	15 1/2 - 18	-
SWN (SWN)	0.00	62-66	-
WDC (WDC)	0.00	29-31	-

As I mentioned recently, I’m now in Europe looking for intelligence and ideas.

This week I’m in Madrid and visited the stock exchange (bourse) and met with some local brokers to try to get a feel for the market and region. Like brokers always are, they were bullish on stocks and especially gold. One stock we discussed which I have followed from time to time is Banco Santander (SAN). It is in a nice uptrend and still well below book value, but I need to do some research and reach out to some friends who previously worked for Santander to get their views before considering a recommendation.

Instead, today I have a new gold stock recommendation.

Please note that next Thursday is July 4^th and therefore there will not be a Cabot Explorer issue though I will send out an alert if there is any significant news on our stocks.

For Explorer stocks this week, Neo Performance (NOPMF) shares were up 12%, and Super Micro (SMCI) gave back half of last week’s 20% gain.

The dollar rose to its highest level since last year as the Federal Reserve breaks with other central banks by keeping interest rates elevated, giving global investors an incentive to move cash to the U.S. to capture higher bond yields.

In today’s note, we discuss pertinent developments and ratings changes for some of the stocks in the portfolio, including Alcoa (AA), Atlassian (TEAM), GE Aerospace (GE), SLB Ltd. (SLB), Starbucks (SBUX), Super Hi International Holding (HDL) and Teladoc Health (TDOC).