Despite a global economic crisis, a less than stellar success rate for stopping the oil leak in the Gulf, and the introduction of hurricane season, investors on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average up to a 225.52 point increase closing at 10,249.54. Even news that AT&T (NYSE: T) was […]
Portfolio manager David Fried puts his focus on those companies that have bought back some of their own shares, reducing some of the dilution of the market. In addition to buy backs, Diversified Buybacks pays close attention to the financial health and stability of the companies he buys and analyzes their […]
With all Asian and European markets (except Germany’s DAX) down on Tuesday and the Euro reduced to a 4-year low, U.S. investors shifted easily and resolutely into sell mode early this morning. Within just minutes of opening, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 90 points below Friday’s close. By […]
The market had a rocky day on the last trading day of May as Fitch downgraded Spain’s bonds from an AAA rating to an AA+ rating. Although that is still a good rating and Fitch still considers Spain’s debt to be “stable” the downgrade was enough to throw the U.S. […]
Manager Douglas Estadt is a manager who focuses his short-term holding model on companies with growth stories that are credible but whose price in the market shows that they are still under-valued. This week Douglas bought Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU). At just over 72, BIDU’s price to earnings ratio is pretty […]
Asian and European markets ushered in a second consecutive day of gains on Thursday, laying the foundation for the U.S. markets to follow suit as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,259.51, a gain of 285 points. The Nasdaq was up 81 points and the S&P up 35. This […]
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With so many varied models available for replication in a Covestor Managed Account we have updated the search functionality on CVIM. When you visit the CVIM site (cv.im) you will notice the new feature, that allows you to easier filter and sort for models of interest to you. Use the […]
We are shortly going to pass the fifty mark of people managing models available for live replication in a single managed account and it seemed timely to share this visual of the diversity of managers on there. There are an incredible mix, from Andy Djordjalian down in Argentina managing a […]
When a model manager submits an order, their broker sometimes breaks down the order into multiple fills for execution to optimize the price achieved. For example, a model manager enters an order to Buy 1,000 ICXT. The broker is able to fill 400 immediately at two different prices and breaks […]
We are working at Covestor on continuously improving the profiles of the Model Managers available for auto trading in a CVIM managed account. Today we put live a number of these elements which should make it easier for clients and prospective clients to find appropriate models, and understand what they […]
As the first asset management firm to provide our clients open access to investment strategies, Covestor has opened its investment platform, Covestor Investment Management to all individual or professional investors. Any investor can now earn fees as others follow their lead. To join the platform a model manager must be willing to […]