Covestor model manager Brendan Burke’s Emotional Momentum model is focused on the psychology of investors as well as technology trends. It focuses on the number of outstanding shares a company has, price movement, news and earnings for its momentum-based approach. The top position in the model is Guided Therapeutics Incorporated […]
Yolander Prinzel
371 posts
Today, the Department of Commerce released its report on New Residential Sales in October 2010. The report (found here) shows an 8.1 percent decrease in new single-family home sales from September numbers. This decline was likely influenced by a lack of home-buying tax credit incentives in 2010. The Department of […]
As a day trading model looking for credible growth stories and company news to affect stock price, Management Access (managed by Douglas Estadt) sees a lot of new positions each month. Last month, the model gained many positions including Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE: S) and Ctrip.com International Ltd (NASDAQ: CTRP). […]
The National Association of Realtors announced today that October home sales had declined by 2.2 percent. This puts home sales 25.9 percent below October 2009 levels. Much of this difference can be attributed to the tax incentives offered to home buyers during 2009 that are lacking this year. Also affecting […]
Though it didn’t come as much of a surprise, Ireland’s request for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union had a dramatic, if temporary, affect on U.S. markets on Monday. By midday the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost as many as 139 points while the S&P […]
In the Systematic Long-Only model managed by Ascendere Associates, the goal is to find stocks and ADRs with the potential for growth at reasonable prices and a market cap greater than $2.5 billion. Let’s take a look at three different positions recently added to the model. The first is American […]
Richard Moore manages the Covestor model Market Comparables by using financial models that have been long refined. He looks at the financial forecast of companies and assesses their potential for earnings growth. During the last few weeks, Moore has added many additional positions to the model. One of these is […]
The Technical Swing model managed by Michael Arold uses technical indicators and movements in the market to determine which equities to add. As a short-term model, the goal is to take advantage of short-term price swings. On November 2nd, Arold added Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to the model. AAPL had […]
This week we talked to Ascendere Associates founder J. Stephen Castellano about the financial models and consensus estimates used to help choose investments for his Systematic Long-Only model. Covestor LIVE: Can you tell us a little bit about the financial models utilized to pick equities and ADRs for the Systematic […]
Fund (EWD), a fund that attempts to mirror the performance of the MSCI Sweden index. On November 10th, the fund was trading at a discount to NAV. EWD’s price
In his Price Volatility Volume model, manager William Smith uses quantitative analysis to find equities that have been overbought or oversold. Recently, he added Exact Sciences Corp (NASDAQ: EXAS) to the model. EXAS, a colorectal cancer-focused molecular diagnostics company, recently had a jump in stock price. On August 24th EXAS […]
Sometimes, it can be difficult to figure out what economic catalyst prompted the day’s market movement. Today is not one of those days. While there were no major economic reports released today and yesterday’s reported drop in jobless claims was good news, the 2011 fiscal year outlook of Cisco Systems […]