WePay pored over some academic papers, Consumer Reports, and trade group publications to produce a helpful infographic on the behavioral economics of holiday gift giving. It’s interesting that an unused AMC Theaters gift card has a higher secondary market value (just 20% down) than one from 1-800 Flowers (30% off) – […]
Ginu Thomas manages the Discount to Intrinsic Value model with a value-based approach to investing. He looks for undervalued positions that are not likely to have significant declines in value in future years. Once undervalued positions reach intrinsic value, they will be sold. The top holding in the model is […]
The Management Access model, managed by Douglas Estadt, is a day trading model. When choosing new positions for the model, Estadt evaluates management pitches and company conference calls to look for growth stories that are credible. This month, he has added several new positions to the model including National Beverage […]
Once again, the Federal Open Market Committee decided not to raise the federal funds rate from 0-1/4 percent. In their November FOMC meeting minutes (which you can read here), they discuss the slow recovery and unemployment rate. As expected, they also decided to continue with their quantitative easing efforts in […]
Today was a big day in housing news. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage loan application volume decreased 18.6 percent last week. The Refinance Index also decreased. To get full details, see the press release here. Then there was the good news on the housing front, as the National […]
One interesting way to find out what is going on in the minds of investors is to look at Google and Yahoo trending topics. Today, Unemployment Rate was one of the trending topics on Yahoo. On Google, the hot trending search was Obamacare. These two topics are both sources of […]
A number of companies released positive earnings reports today. Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) reported that their quarterly sales for quarter four surpassed $1 billion, for the first time ever. Jabil Circuit Incorporated (NYSE: JBL) announced a net revenue of $4.1 billion in quarter one 2011, a $1 billion increase […]
In the Performance with Protection model, manager Leif Eriksen takes a top-down, fundamental approach and favors large and mid cap companies. The goal of the model is to protect capital while outperforming the market. This month, Eriksen added Medtronic Inc (NYSE: MDT) to the model. MDT’s net revenues have been […]
During the month of December, model managers Ascendere Associates added several new financial stocks to their Systematic Long-Only model. In this model, the goal is to find stocks and ADRs that illustrate the potential for growth at a reasonable price with a market cap of more than $2.5 billion. Ascendere […]
Graphic artist Cameron Zotter picked up discarded receipts over a 48 hour period and mapped out how far they had traveled from the point of purchase. See the huge version on Flickr or click below: