During the month of December, model managers Ascendere Associates added several new financial stocks to their Systematic Long-Only model. In this model, the goal is to find stocks and ADRs that illustrate the potential for growth at a reasonable price with a market cap of more than $2.5 billion. Ascendere […]
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Manger Craig Steury uses initial screening criteria to identify top performers and then reviews key indicators to choose equities for his Algorithmic Trading model. The model trades on a computerized system and utilizes short-term trading strategies. While it is no longer in the model, on December 20th he added shares […]
The Department of Labor released its Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary for November today. The report (which you can read here) shows that the unemployment rate increased in 21 states and the District of Columbia. The unemployment rate decreased in 15 states and remained the same in 14. […]
The Bottom-Up Analysis Agg model managed by Epic Advisors is the result of financial analysis and market timing. The model is a combination of day trading positions and core positions that are held until the stock reaches intrinsic fair value. The goal for market timed day trades is a return […]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the trade deficit dropped 13 percent–from $44.6 billion in September to $38.7 billion in October. The report (which you can view here) illustrates this increase in demand for U.S. goods, but also shows that the gap between imported goods and exported goods is still […]
According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, new residential construction rose 3.9 percent in November. Unfortunately, this was not enough to help us compete with November 2009 levels which we are still 5.8 percent below. Building permits for private homes were also increased, a total of 4 percent […]
The Labor Department’s Weekly Claims Report for initial unemployment claims showed that claims decreased by 17,000 last week. This was an encouraging development given all the concern about employment—or the lack thereof—during recent weeks after the unemployment rate was raised to 9.8 percent and initial jobless claims rose last week. […]
The weekly mortgage application survey released by Mortgage Bankers Association today gave some bad news. The report (which you can read here) shows a decrease of 2.3 percent in mortgage applications seasonally and a 2.7 percent decrease from last week’s numbers. According to the Department of Labor, the Consumer Price […]
In her International Yield model, manager Vivian Lewis uses closed-end funds, stocks and preferred shares from countries outside the United States in order to create a portfolio with a target yield of 5 percent. Last week, she added offshore deepwater drilling company SeaDrill Ltd (NYSE: SDRL) to the model. After […]
The MergerArb model managed by Atlas Capital stays focused on US companies that are definite or potential takeover targets. Atlas Capital uses screening guidelines to choose which pre-takeover companies to add to the model. These guidelines consider liquidity, premium and share prices of the company. When a certain premium yield […]
While we have a slew of economic data coming this week, today gave us nothing but corporate acquisitions. Some of the major players in the merger and acquisition activity today included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) who completed its acquisition of LineSider Technologies Inc., Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) who announced […]
There weren’t many new economic revelations today. The Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from Mortgage Bankers Association was released and it did not bring good news for the housing sector, although that wasn’t completely unexpected. According to the report (which you can find here), mortgage loan applications decreased by .9 percent […]