*See important disclosures. Hengfu Hsu, founder of Analytic Investment, has multiple models on Covestor. One of its newest is the Deep Value model. In this model, the goal is to buy stocks priced at a deep value with low P/E ratios and high dividends. The model generally holds 100 stocks. […]
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Shares of CVS Caremark Corp (NYSE: CVS) fell 4.99 percent today, from $34.65 to $32.92, after it released its fourth quarter 2010 financial results. The company beat analysts estimates but its EPS and revenues fell from the prior year. This comes just a few weeks after the company, which had […]
With the barrage of information and advertisements hitting consumers through social media, television and radio, it can be difficult for a company to get consumers’ attention. This causes many companies to think outside the box for their advertising and promotion ideas, and adopt creative viral marketing tactics. While this can […]
ADM had a 30 percent increase in their EPS, an unexpected rise partially due to reduced global grain supplies. Some are still concerned that ADM might miss
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced today that the recently released Intel® 6 series support chips, which have been highly anticipated for months now, were issued with a design issue that has now been fixed. In the world of business, there are mistakes–and then there are mistakes. In INTC’s case, this faulty […]
January 27th, which fell to $20.20 on January 28th. CMCSA closed at $23.31 on January 27th, then fell to $22.84 on January 28th. In other MA news, Verizon
*See important disclosures. In Raymond Stoudt’s Innovative Companies Covestor model, the focus is on owning the stock of leading edge, unique companies, usually in the technology sector. Stoudt focuses on company analysis and technical data when choosing stocks for the model. He addressed this investment style in his October investment […]
Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI) shares plummeted Thursday after an earnings announcement that slightly exceeded analysts’ expectations, but also acknowledged some weakness in its smartphone business. MMI also forecasted a loss for quarter one 2010, which was not what analysts had anticipated. Investors took heed and the stock fell from […]
*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment’s Dividend model holds 50 dividend stocks at a time. The goal of the model, along with producing income from dividends, is to outperform the S&P 500 while creating a portfolio that is less volatile than the index. In its January 2011 Investment Report, Analytic Investment […]
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) put an extra tremor in the steps of caffeine addicted investors this morning when it announced that it expected the rising cost of coffee to derail profits more than previously anticipated. This announcement followed an adjusted earnings forecast that came in below analysts’ expectations. But even with […]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) revealed some positive information on the company’s 2011 employment front today. On the company’s blog, Alan Eustace, the SVP of Engineering and Research states: I love Google because of our people. It’s inspiring to be part of the team. And that’s why I am excited about 2011—because […]
New Covestor model manager Steve Beamer uses a fundamental and technical approach to investing. He made his first stock purchase back in the 1980s and for the past decade has mostly focused on options trading. On his website, Trading for Yourself, Steve addresses his history with investing, I have been […]