Author: Peter Kurata Covestor model: CANSLIM Disclosure: None In a first ever post-Fed meeting press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said QE II will continue to be supported after June. This news helped sparked the NASDAQ to move to a new new 10-year high, giving the March 29th rally new […]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Author: John Linnemeier Model: Opportunistic and Adventurous Disclosure: Long FEIC, ILMN, IPGP, WLK at time of writing Here’s a short review of my four positions as of end of day 5/6/11: FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC) It’s got everything I like to see in a stock: It’s in an emerging business […]
Manager: Craigmillar, LLC Model: Global Clean Energy, Clean Tech The Craigmillar Clean Energy portfolio was up 3.31% for the month of April, while Covestor’s new benchmark for the model – the S&P Global Clean Energy Index – was down 2.28%. The broad market, as represented by the S&P 500 Index, […]
From this weekend’s Saturday Night Live: SNL – Dominique Strauss-Kahn by Palmking512 Source: Dailymotion, 5/22/11 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiufnv_snl-dominique-strauss-kahn_fun
Manager: Vista Investment Management Model: Core Holding A central investment tenet is that diversification can reduce portfolio risk without detracting from returns. There are many ways for equity investors to diversify – for example, by industry, by size of company (large and small caps), by investment style (growth and value), […]
oil via Powershares DB Crude Oil Double Short ETN (NYSE: DTO) Fundamentals The U.S. economy continues to improve, albeit at a very slow pace. The April jobs
products, and medical devices. It has a decade-long legacy of superior management and exceptional returns. Operational Issues Fixable JJ’s reputation has been
Back in March, Henry Blodget shared internal traffic data from Google Analytics indicating 7.8 million monthly uniques for his site for February, 2011. While Quantcast is apparently directly measuring BI traffic (it’s ‘Quantified’), that service indicates just 6 million visitors for March. So let’s assume the two metrics services use […]
Author: Andrew Schornack Model: Financial Services Disclosure: Long TWGP, PBCT The month of April posted mixed results in the portfolio. While the portfolio outperformed the newly added benchmark SPSY (S&P Financials Index) by 2.13%, it underperformed the S&P 500 Index by 0.82% according to Covestor’s calculations. The existing portfolio as […]
companies approached their targets and may be sold in the near future. Additionally, some energy stocks may soon be sold to lower the portfolio’s exposure to
Manager: Bob Freedland Covestor model: Buy and Hold Value Reviewing the activity in the “Buy & Hold” model during the month of April, 2011, I sold my shares in McDonald’s (MCD) and Smucker (SJM) on concerns of food inflation pressuring margins. I was similarly concerned about the sharp rise in […]
Author: Czar Reyes Covestor model: Abandon Stock Abandon Stock gained 4.21% for April 2011 compared to the S&P500’s 2.85% gain. I was able to outperform the benchmark by 1.36%. The market enjoyed a solid gain in April that made up for the loss in March. The appreciation of the stock […]