In July, we introduced you to manager Focal Point Management and their Quantitative Hedging model. This week, Focal Point Management added PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQQ) to their quantitative model. Since this buy, 100% of the model is invested in QQQQ, a UIT meant to replicate the performance of […]
Capital Ideas has two successful models with Covestor—the Macro Plus Income model and the recently launched ETF Only model. Both have succeeded in beating the S&P 500 in recent months, so we thought we’d sit down with one of the founding principals to get some insight into their success. Covestor […]
The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the pace of GDP had slowed to 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2010, compared to the 3.7 percent it had grown the first quarter. This slowing pace of recovery brought about fresh concerns over a double dip recession. Federal Reserve […]
Leif Eriksen’s Performance with Protection model was designed with the goal of outperforming the market over the long run. But there’s more to the model than just that; Eriksen also attempts to protect capital by taking a top-down, fundamental approach and investing in high quality companies that have products or […]
The number of new unemployment claims fell by 31,000 last week according to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor. The reduction in claims was not substantial enough to indicate a strong improvement in the economy or job market, but it is good news nonetheless. The four-week moving average […]
As we mentioned yesterday, some bad news on the housing front knocked U.S. markets down a notch. Today, investors were either determined to find good deals or to play an active role in economic recovery. This activity sent The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 19.61 points to 10,060.06. The Nasdaq […]
Covestor model manager Navellier’s Allweather Premium model attempts to protect investors’ capital during down markets. They use alternative investment, large cap stocks, fixed income and ETFs to do so. This model tends to lag during up markets with returns of 20% or more. The top position in this model is […]
We talked about Braver Wealth’s Diversified model here, with its focus on ETFs and preserving capital. This week, Braver Wealth added iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT). TLT invests up to 90 percent of its assets in the index whose performance it’s trying to replicate—the Barclays Capital U.S. […]
Sunday, 15 August 2010 Author: Robert Freedland In the difficult market that we find ourselves, I also find it difficult to highlight new stocks that I find appropriate to include in this blog and possibly in my own portfolio. Picking up an old copy of “100 Best Stocks to own […]
Author: Paul MacNamara, Strategic Investment Partners Disclaimer: Paul MacNamara owns SSO in his Covestor Capital Appreciation ETF model. August 12, 2010: July marked our sixth consecutive month of outperforming the market and six out of seven months since inception under CV. The market made a dramatic rebound in July even […]
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Author: Dan Plettner Disclaimer: Dan shorts ( AOD ) in his Covestor Long/Short Opportunistic Model. The below text is licensed to Covestor Ltd. (“Covestor”), by Dan Plettner. Such text may be disseminated only by Covestor. Dan Plettner invests and receives income for securities research, including “buy-side” research. Dan licenses his […]