What Covestor managers are buying: Synaptics, Open Text, Power-One (SYNA, OTEX, PWER)

In his Small Cap Growth model, manager Michael Simon of Alpha Mark Advisors looks for “growth companies with sustainable business models, reliable cash flows and strong management.” Performance of his model as of end of day 2/18/11:

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Last week Simon made a number of interesting purchases for the model, among them:

Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) – initiated position on 2/16. Synaptics produces touchpad surfaces for laptops and mobile devices.  Some interesting recent writeups on SYNA:

Open Text (Nasdaq: OTEX) – initiated position on 2/16. Open Text provides Enterprise Content Management (ECM) applications and solutions. Some interesting recent writeups on OTEX:

Power-One Inc. (Nasdaq: PWER) – initiated position on 2/16. Power-One designs, manufactures, and markets power conversion and power management solutions for the renewable energy, communications infrastructure, and other high technology markets. Some interesting recent writeups on PWER: