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 […]
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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 […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor The positive surprise pattern is traced in fundamental data. Companies with rising sales growth, higher gross profit margins, lower fixed costs to sales, lower financing cost, and rising profitability are more likely to announce a positive surprise. The Earnings Surprise Model […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke today before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He discussed many economic issues including the slow improvement of the unemployment rate. He mentioned that a “significant amount of time” would be needed to restore all the jobs that have been lost over […]
VisitGlobal Equity Analytics and Research Services(GEARS) on Covestor Positive surprises continue to outnumber negative ones by a wide margin. Maybe that should not be such a surprise when during 1Q2010 over 80% of companies showed a rising sales growth rate and nearly 70% recorded a profit margin improvement (according to […]