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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 […]

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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 […]

Strategies

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.

Outlook

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
Finance portals: Yahoo Finance still dominates, while Bloomberg, AOL, MSN Money fight for third

Comscore numbers for December 2010 in the online finance vertical: Beet TV’s Andy Plesser published this chart comparing Bloomberg, AOL Money, MSN Money and CNN Money since last summer: And here’s an interview Plesser recently conducted with Bloomberg’s head of global Web properties, Kevin Krim, on the company’s ambitions for […]

Outlook

Finance portals: Yahoo Finance still dominates, while Bloomberg, AOL, MSN …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011
A telling chart on Americans dipping into savings

The Wall Street Journal reports (emphasis added): Over the two years ending September 2010, Americans withdrew a net $311 billion — or about 1.4% of their disposable income — from their savings and investment accounts, according to the Federal Reserve. That’s a sharp divergence from the previous 57 years, during […]

Outlook

A telling chart on Americans dipping into savings

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011
Wipeout! How the current economy resembles surfing

Here’s a great new Whiteboard from Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch, illustrating the danger of a double dip recession and where we now stand in the process: Double-dip recession from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Outlook

Wipeout! How the current economy resembles surfing

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011

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