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This high dividend stock is Analytic Investment’s top holding in the Dividend Covestor model (WTR)

*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment’s Dividend model holds 50 dividend stocks at a time. The goal of the model, along with producing income from dividends, is to outperform the S&P 500 while creating a portfolio that is less volatile than the index. In its January 2011 Investment Report, Analytic Investment […]

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This high dividend stock is Analytic Investment’s top holding in …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 27, 2011
Higher coffee prices hit Starbucks’ bottom line; Green Mountain, Peet’s also affected (SBUX, GMCR, PEET)

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) put an extra tremor in the steps of caffeine addicted investors this morning when it announced that it expected the rising cost of coffee to derail profits more than previously anticipated. This announcement followed an adjusted earnings forecast that came in below analysts’ expectations. But even with […]

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Higher coffee prices hit Starbucks’ bottom line; Green Mountain, Peet’s …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 27, 2011
What cute kittens teach you about the stock market

In 1936, economist John Maynard Keynes likened investor behavior in the stock market to a beauty contest gone awry: It is not a case of choosing those [faces] that, to the best of one’s judgment, are really the prettiest, nor even those that average opinion genuinely thinks the prettiest. We […]

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What cute kittens teach you about the stock market

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 26, 2011
What Covestor managers are buying: Renasant and Lorillard (RNST, LO)

*See important disclosures Shares of Renasant (NASDAQ: RNST) were added to Andy Schornack’s Financial Services model last week. In the model, Schornack uses a bottom-up approach while looking for companies with stable dividends. In November 2010, RNST was mentioned favorably in the article “The Smart Money’s Top 8 Banking Stocks” […]

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What Covestor managers are buying: Renasant and Lorillard (RNST, LO)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 26, 2011
Google and AOL plan for 2011 hiring, while Yahoo downsizes (GOOG, AOL, YHOO)

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) revealed some positive information on the company’s 2011 employment front today. On the company’s blog, Alan Eustace, the SVP of Engineering and Research states: I love Google because of our people. It’s inspiring to be part of the team. And that’s why I am excited about 2011—because […]

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Google and AOL plan for 2011 hiring, while Yahoo downsizes …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 26, 2011
This new Covestor model targets short-term movement (PDE, ARUN, CSTR, NFLX, TQQQ)

New Covestor model manager Steve Beamer uses a fundamental and technical approach to investing. He made his first stock purchase back in the 1980s and for the past decade has mostly focused on options trading. On his website, Trading for Yourself, Steve addresses his history with investing, I have been […]

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This new Covestor model targets short-term movement (PDE, ARUN, CSTR, …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 26, 2011
Correlation between Google searches and stock price?

A new paper from the American Finance Association finds (from the abstract): An increase in SVI [Google search frequency] predicts higher stock prices in the next two weeks and an eventual price reversal within the year. It also contributes to the large first-day return and long-run underperformance of IPO stocks. […]

Outlook

Correlation between Google searches and stock price?

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 25, 2011
Rent or buy? An incredibly helpful graphic to help you decide

A common rule of thumb is that it’s better to rent a home when the cost of buying is at least 20 times higher, and it’s smarter to buy when that ratio falls to 15 or lower. Real estate search company Trulia drew upon its wealth of data to produce […]

Outlook

Rent or buy? An incredibly helpful graphic to help you …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 25, 2011
Julian Day Steps Down as RadioShack CEO: Can the company bounce back? (RSH, SHLD, BBY, VZ)

Radioshack (NYSE: RSH) fell substantially today—from $17.61 to $15.62—on both the announcement of CEO Julian Day’s retirement and the pre-announcement of a reduced quarter four 2010 EPS that is lower than 2009 quarter four’s EPS and analysts’ estimates. RSH hired Day in 2006 after the company dealt with a disappointing […]

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Julian Day Steps Down as RadioShack CEO: Can the company …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 25, 2011
What Covestor managers are buying: Apple (AAPL)

*See important disclosures. John Ballard uses a long-term buy and hold strategy in his Mid-Cap Fundamentals model. A buy and hold strategy generally results in fewer instances of short-term capital gains tax penalties. But because little attention is paid to the short-term price movements of the equities in a buy […]

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What Covestor managers are buying: Apple (AAPL)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 25, 2011
Smart wallets get harder to open as your bank balance falls

MIT student John Kestner developed three prototype wallets that automatically connect to your bank account and physically change in response to your balance. One “un-abstracts” your digital spending based on vibration, one via resistance, and one by size. Kestner says a commercial version is in early development.

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Smart wallets get harder to open as your bank balance …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 24, 2011
The Road Train: How much time and money could this save?

Google’s self-driving car is a way off, so imagine we start simpler. You’re stuck in traffic on the way to work, as you are every morning. Glance around and even those responsible rides with multiple passengers have one frustrated driver just like you – tapping the gas, hitting the brake, […]

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The Road Train: How much time and money could this …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 24, 2011

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