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
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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 […]
Manager: Michael Arold Covestor model: Technical Swing Disclosure: Long S Sprint’s (NYSE: S) stock is currently printing a wonderful chart. The stock is a classical turnaround play and the weekly pattern is showing a nice pennant structure: Source: StockCharts.com From a technical standpoint, the stock could easily run significantly higher. […]
Bitcoin is a digital currency that has no central bank issuer and can be exchanged directly online, with no bank intermediary. The goal is to mitigate the instability of fiat currencies, including unpredictable inflation. Here’s how its creators present it: Sounds interesting, and as Matthew Ingram notes, Bitcoin is gaining […]
yield and income. Market expectations (as reflected in Futures and forwards price) are that the Fed Funds Rate will not be raised until 2012. Given that the
The smartest actionable portfolio ideas from around the financial blogophere today: – Bespoke illustrates the relative strength of stocks vs. bonds over the past year. – How does inflation impact stock returns? Eddy Elfenbein finds the “magic inflation rate” below which the market historically performs well. – Famed value-investor-with-hedges John […]
Economist John Harvey says it’s not supply and demand: Today’s spike is being driven by speculation, just as it was up to the financial crisis. Don’t take my word for it. Consider the data… Today, not only have known reserves risen substantially, but we are only just emerging from the […]
Suze Orman is a voice of financial reason for American women who struggle with overspending and debt. She’s become the Oprah of personal finance – and a force for good for American consumers – by insisting on a common-sense, brutally honest approach to money. When discussing investing, Orman has generally […]
Author: John King, Quacera Covestor model: QPM Radar Disclosure: none The regulators are doing nothing if not causing conflict. Ben Bernanke last week opined that the reason QE1 and 2 are not moving things along as advertised is because loans are not being made. That’s not technically correct but insofar […]
Within a great post on how much you can learn while hitting rock bottom, Leo Kolivakis shares this gem (bold added): During a recent lunch with my former boss at PSP, Pierre Malo, we talked about what we value most in life. In our previous lunch, Pierre and I discussed […]
In this series, we’ve asked Covestor managers: “What is the single most important lesson you’ve learned about being a successful investor, and how do you try to apply that today?” Author: Brendan Ruchert-Dixon Covestor model: Alpha Trapper Investing has never been my full-time profession, but I have had an interest […]