Covestor model manager Philip Pecoraro is a psychiatrist turned investor, with 26 years of clinical practice experience and a lifetime of market exposure, having grown up in a household led by an active investor. Phil focuses on the biotechnology and healthcare sector, utilizing his experience in general internal medicine, emergency medicine […]
Yesterday we showed how the price of gold has gone hyperbolic. Given the rise, we thought it would be useful to touch base with some of Covestor’s model managers who run portfolios whohold the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD), the world’s largest gold ETF. One such manager is Bill DeShurko […]
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Covestor manager Jesse Barkasy has traded his own accounts for 24 years and has worked as a professional trader for 13 years. He describes himself as a “trend follower and chart reader.” Barkasy manages Covestor’s Trend Following model, which uses trend following and chart reading techniques. The model will take big risks […]
Covestor model manager Mitch Jones is an accomplished software engineer who has always had an interest in the financial markets. He believes data analysis is a key to investing and can be harnessed for financial gain. He has been involved in the stock market ever since he opened his own account […]
Following the turmoil in the middle east, Japanese earthquake and renewed worries over European debt, gold has resumed its seemingly inexorable march higher. Metals industry resource Kitco reports: Comex gold futures on Wednesday closed higher and set another new all-time record high of $1,467.00 an ounce, basis the active June […]
Richard Moore is a Covestor manager with more than 40 years of investment experience. Richard has worked for banks, mutual funds and investment advisors. He believes it’s counterproductive to spend time trying to outguess the market on large, widely-followed stocks, so he screens broad US market with models he has […]
Covestor model manager Global Equity Analytics and Research Services LLC (GEARS) – a proprietary learning-based electronic documentation interpretation software company – was founded by Robert Gay (pictured) . Prior to founding GEARS, Robert was Vice President and Director of Quantitative Research at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette in New York. Robert was selected […]
Author: Jerry Gehman Covestor model: Undervalued Growth Companies Disclosure: Long FNSR The stocks in my portfolio got hammered in March, but I believe current prices provide an excellent buying opportunity. Some issues that caused these declines are: (1) Small cap stocks were over-valued because of early 2011 price increases. (2) […]
Matthew Yglesias (at right), Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, is frustrated, and for good reason. Yglesias was considering investing some of his 401(k) for retirement in John Hancock’s International Value Fund, a mutual fund available within his employer’s plan. Of course, one of the things Yglesias […]
Covestor model manager Bill Deshurko, who manages the Dividend and Income Plus model, was interviewed on News@7 to discuss investing in high dividend yielding stocks. Bill mentions his investment thesis for Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Nightsbridge Tankers (Nasdaq: VLCCF), along with his general investment strategy for producing income from stock […]
Two important developments for investors in Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and the streaming TV sector today. First off, the Wall St. Journal reports that AMC’s hit show ‘Mad Men’ will be carried on Netflix soon. Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF), which produces the show, struck a deal with Netflix to stream […]