Author: Vivian Lewis Covestor model: International Yield Disclosure: None After going to see the brilliantly performed but puzzling play Jerusalem last night, I think we need some more simple truths. So here are remarks by Mark Mobius, from his Passport to Profits book of 1999. I grabbed it to read while sitting […]
Author: Mark Holder Model: Net Payout Yields Model Disclosure: Long GPS, ETR March was another solid month for this model, as it beat the benchmark – up 1.95% versus a slight loss for the S&P 500. The model also wrapped up a solid first quarter with a 6.57% gain. For […]
Author: GEARS Model: Speedboat Disclosure: Long BLC, TIE I continue to trim the Speedboat model for more rapidly accelerating companies. It has become more difficult in recent weeks. The market is overbought and shares are commonly trading near the top of ranges. Corporate wealth is accelerating broadly and strongly. For […]
Author: Michael Wagner Model: Small-Cap Swing Trader Disclosure: Long MCZ, CRME It was a pretty good month of March for my model, up approximately 5%. There were not a whole lot of winners, but a big win on Mad Catz Interactive (AMEX: MCZ) more than made up for lots of […]
Author: Phil Pecoraro Model: Biotechnology Disclosure: None Since January 1, 2011, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) has ranged from a low of $126 to a high of nearly $135. At the time of this writing (4/7/11) it is at $133. Likewise the biotechnology ETFs have made progress, with […]
stocks listed on US exchanges are just like a rat crossing the street in the old Chinese saying, and the sentiment, valuation, and lack of financial clarity
From David Brooks’ latest New York Times column: The psychologist Michael Morris points out that when the stock market is going up, we tend to use agent metaphors, implying the market is a living thing with clear intentions. We say the market climbs or soars or fights its way upward. […]
Author: Mark Holder Models: Opportunistic Arbitrage Long Only Disclosure: Long RDWR, CCIH, LNC March was another volatile month. The month ended on a solid note with the Opportunistic Arbitrage Long Only model ending with a 1.7% gain compared to a slight loss for the S&P500. Considering this model ended the month […]
Covestor model manager Fat Pitch Financials focuses on special situation stocks and is a value investor. George Silva runs the company and is an economist who did his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and his Masters at Yale University. George has twenty years of experience investing in individual stocks. Fat Pitch […]
Author: Robert Gay, GEARS Model: Earnings Surprise Disclosure: Long DAKT, COHU, SMP, FWRD, BMI, NANO, LLTC, MXIM, LOJN I created the Earnings Surprise Model to exploit the earnings surprise pattern in fundamental data. The components of the surprise pattern are rising sales growth, higher gross profit margins, high and falling […]
Capital Ideas manages Covestor’s Macro Plus Income portfolio. On April 6 and 8th, NXP Semiconductor NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) was added to the portfolio. NCP Semiconductor is a global semiconductor company and supplier to the electronics industry. We asked Capital Ideas manager CJ Brott if he could provide some insight into the decision […]
Dan Plettner seeks to exploit inefficiencies in Closed-End Funds and other under-followed exchange-traded securities across multiple asset categories. He first entered the Investment Industry directly out of college in 1997. After achieving “NSD award” as retail Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, he relocated to Morgan Stanley’s International Headquarters […]