model manager Gator Capital Management was founded by Derek Pilecki in 2008. Derek is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a former portfolio manager for Goldman
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Despite primarily positive quarterly financial results from reporting companies this week, concerns over China’s interest rate and currency value kept trading restrained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed on Friday down 14.38 points to 11,132.19 which is still a gain over its Friday, October 15th closing of 11,062.78. The Nasdaq […]
Atlas Capital manages the Broad ETF model on Covestor with the goal of representing about 80 percent of the investable universe of equities within the model. The top holding in the model is Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), a fund that attempts to replicate the MSCI US Broad Market […]
This week’s initial jobless claims report from the Department of Labor (see the full report here) showed a total of 23,000 fewer claims for the week ending October 16th. This drop helped reduce the 4-week moving average by 4,250 claims. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index had a .3 percent […]
Today was a big day for economic data. First, the Mortgage Bankers Association released its Weekly Application Survey for last week. According to the survey, mortgage loan applications reduced by 10.5 percent from the previous week, indicating a possible further slowdown in the housing market. Then, the Federal Reserve Board […]
Model manager GEARS looks for accelerating Canadian companies that trade on U.S. exchanges to add to their Bluenose model. They find positions by analyzing financial statements and look for recent improvements in growth. The top holding in the model is EnCana Corp (NYSE: ECA). ECA specializes in the exploration and […]
The Census Bureau released its new residential construction data from September today. While building permits for privately-owned homes were down 10.9 percent compared to September of 2009, they were up from August 2010. Single-family housing starts were up 4.4 percent and single-family completions were up 4.8 percent from the previous […]
The National Association of Homebuilders released their Housing Market Index stats today and showed that the number of housing starts and building permits obtained in October had increased right along with builder confidence. One concern mentioned in the report (which you can access here) was that while consumers seem more […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index Summary for September today (you can access the release here). The data shows a 1.1 percent unadjusted increase over the past 12 months and an increase of .1 percent during the month of September. The Census Bureau also released September […]
Investors got some negative news today on the never-ending seesaw of economic data. The Department of Labor’s weekly Unemployment Claims Report released today (which you can read here) showed an increase of 13,000 claims last week. Also released today were the September Producer Price Indexes (see them here). The index […]
In the Cash Flow model managed by Jose Betancourt, the focus is on fundamental analysis and free cash flow with negative net debt. He uses bottom-up analysis and doesn’t restrict his investment choices to any particular industry, country or market capitalization. The top holding in the model is ChinaCast Education […]
The waiting is over—today, several companies released financial results for the prior quarter and so far, so good. JPMorgan Chase and Co (NYSE: JPM), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) all released positive financial results and cheered investors into staging a major midday rally (click on each […]