A report released today by the White House Council of Economic Advisors shows that GDP grew at a 2.4% annual rate during quarter two of 2010. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter showing growth. The report also revised the amount of growth experienced in the first quarter of the year […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
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Author: Amin Khakiani Disclaimer: Focal Point Advisors (Amin Khakiani) owns GDX and SPY in its Covestor Quantitative Hedging model. July 30, 2010: After a difficult May and June, July saw marked improvement in the equity market. Our technical indicators led to us to increase our long positions, particularly as we […]
Today let’s look at two bearish additions in the form of a short sale and an ETF. In his Opportunistic Arbitrage model Mark Holder takes advantage of opportunities he sees in the market. This includes investing in sectors that have been beaten down. This week, Holder sold short shares of […]
Our daily market and manager blog, Covestor Live, has had a face lift and is rapidly building its reputation. The blog, that covers the moves of our model managers, as well as the movements of the markets, news and analysis is now a featured provider on both Google Finance and […]
Author: Mark Holder Disclaimer: Mark Holder owns TER in his Covestor Opportunistic Arbitrage Model. July 29, 2010: Teradyne (TER) reported results that were explosive after market hours on July 28, 2010. Earnings of $.69 beat analyst estimates by $.22 or over 40% for the 2nd straight quarter. Revenue was up […]
It seems that investors may be unable to shake their concerns over the economy this week because even in light of some positive news today, U.S. markets still ended the day with losses. The Labor Department announced today that unemployment claims had fallen slightly. And even though the drop was […]
Author: Michael Arold Disclaimer: Michael Arold owns MELI in his Covestor Technical Swing model. July 29, 2010: Mercardo Libre is an online commerce platform in Latin America. The company is often called the “EBay of Latin America” and has been on my watchlist for a while since it has been […]
Let’s take a look at two positions added by our Covestor model managers this week. One manager looks beyond creative accounting for his model while the other uses a rotational approach to investing in sectors and market indices. We’ve talked about Sean Hannon’s Bottom-Up Analysis portfolio before and mentioned its […]
U.S. markets were down today thanks to a combination of mixed and negative news about business and the economy. Among the mixed news today was The Federal Reserve Board’s Beige Book snapshot report on the economy (you can read the full report here ). The overall consensus within the report […]
Covestor model manager Lance Langenhoven has an easy to remember goal for investing in his Rule Number 1 model: Don’t lose money. Langenhoven adopted this rule after reading the Phil Town book “Rule #1”. As you might have guessed already, that first rule is not to lose money. Predictably, the […]
It was a rocky day on the Dow today as stocks began the day itching for another rally, but quickly sunk after depressing consumer confidence news was released. You might remember that back in June we mentioned that the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index® had fallen for the first time […]
Covestor model manager Richard Moore uses a buy and hold approach in his Market Comparables model. When choosing positions, Moore looks for price movement and valuation and then examines each potential position’s financial forecast to determine whether there is any hidden value or prospect for growth. One of the first […]