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 […]
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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 […]
Author: Bob Gay – GEARS Disclaimer: Bob Gay owns RFMD, LSI and MHO in his Covestor Earnings Surprise Model. It was a light week for filings last week with only 4% of the GEARS company population presenting their most recent financial statements. The fundamentals improvement continues and cash flow growth […]
We have recently run a survey which supported our own evidence that 2010 is the year that Investment Advisors really embrace the internet. Held back by concerns about compliance they now seem to be looking to sites like our own to help them find and better engage with clients. Some […]
The United States Department of Commerce released a statement today discussing the results of new residential sales for single-family homes in June 2010. The statement explains that single-family home sales jumped 23.6% in June 2010. Since expectations were for a 3.7% increase this news was happily received by investors as […]
General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) announced today that they would be raising their dividend by 20%, motivating investors to bump their price by just over 3%. While this means their dividend is still lower than it was in 2009 before they were forced to reduce it, the increase indicates a positive […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor Disclaimer: The Covestor Earnings Surprise model owns ETM, SLAB, VECO) The earnings surprise pattern in fundamental data has a history. Over the past 15 years since filings began to appear on the Internet, we have observed many thousands of surprise […]
After Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took the wind out of investors’ sails on Wednesday with his gloomy predictions of slow economic improvement, Thursday brought in some good news that lifted spirits and the Dow. Among the good news was United Parcel Service Inc.’s (NYSE:UPS) announcement that they had nearly […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services(GEARS) on Covestor I have chosen companies that will report their earnings on July, 23 that have a positive surprise pattern in their 2Q2010 fundamentals. I have pared down that list to focus on companies with depressed share prices. These should give us the […]
Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Freeport McMoran Cop-Gold (FCX) $67.97 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=fcx) Current Positive factors are: Lower interest costs/sales(inverted) Higher income taxes to sales Lower SGA costs to sales(inverted) Lower shareholders capital(inverted) Lower inventory turnover(inverted) Higher net […]
Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Blackrock Inc (BLK) $171.00 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=blk) Current Positive factors are: Lower shareholders capital(inverted) Increased cash from operations ROI Higher net shareholder wealth Rising gross margin Current Negative factors are: Decreased cash from […]
Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Western Digital Corp (WDC) $39.08 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=wdc) Current Positive factors are: Lower interest costs/sales(inverted) Higher net shareholder wealth Increased cash from operations ROI Increased cash from operating atv ROI Rising gross margin […]