Manager: Gehman Capital Model: Undervalued Growth Companies Last Month I wrote that “The stocks in my portfolio got hammered in March.” I concluded that “I think profits and future projections will cause the portfolio to move to levels even higher than in the past.” Seven of the stocks in the […]
Manager: Bob Freedland Models: Buy and Hold Value On May 13, 2011, I purchased shares of Danaher (NYSE: DHR) for the model. I would like to share some of my observations and things that made this stock attractive to me. According to the Yahoo profile on Danaher, the company …designs, manufactures, […]
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 […]
Manager: Ben Dickey, BSG&L Financial Services Model: Pure Growth and Growth Plus Income The U.S. economy is slowly gaining momentum, but it is still too slow to reduce unemployment. My belief is that the U.S. economy will stay slow and will expand at an annual rate of about 2%. The one […]
Manager: Cheng Yuan Model: Value with Catalyst April was another lethargic month for my model portfolio. The opportunity that I have been waiting for did not come. So I continue to hold on to cash. Despite the inactivity, the portfolio rode the mild market ebb and flow to end up about 1% […]
Manager: Tom Konrad Covestor model: Alt Energy Stocks Disclosure: Long RAMPF, NGPLF, MGMXF, PUOPF Which company might snatch battered Nevada Geothermal Power out of the scratch-and-dent bin for a song? When Raser Technologies (OTC: RZTI) declared bankruptcy at the end of April, I shrugged it off. I saw the writing on the wall […]
Manager: Leif Eriksen Covestor models: Performance with Protection and Global Growth Brands I made a few changes to my portfolio and, most importantly, a resolution to avoid chasing performance in the current market. Investors rarely make money trying to figure out where the market is going in the short term. […]
Manager: Harloff Capital Management Covestor model: Opportunistic ETF U.S. equity markets moved higher last month. As of the end of April, the S&P500 is up 8.43% year to date, and our Opportunistic ETF Covestor model is up 21.68%. We are currently bullish on the S&P500, NDX, gold, and bonds. Our analysis […]
Manager: Vivian Lewis Covestor model: International Yield Last week I dined with a Pimco employee who will remain nameless for his own protection. He told me that the $238-bn (under management) firm’s CEO and co-chief investment officer, Mohammed El-Erian, took his family to Egypt last December. There the fund manager […]
Manager: John Linnemeier Model: Opportunistic and Adventurous John Linnemeier is the author of How an Average Man Lived an Adventurous Life, an autobiography that traces his travels through more than 125 countries. He brings his wealth of worldly experience to investment management, hunting for fundamentally sound companies with exceptional growth potential. John manages […]
Author: Tom Konrad Covestor model: Alt Energy Stocks Richard Branson-backed nonprofit the Carbon War Room is a group that thinks big in the battle against catastrophic climate change. They’re only interested in attacking problems with the potential to reduce carbon emissions on the gigaton scale – that is, reducing emissions by a […]