Covestor model manager Czar Reyes developed Only the Best with the goal of creating a model filled with excellent businesses purchased at fair prices. He uses a value approach and his goal for the model is to own shares of between 11 and 20 businesses. Let’s take a look at two of […]
It was a mixed bag of economic news today as McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) announced a 7 percent increase in global sales in company restaurants that had been open for at least 13 months. Analysts expected growth of 5 percent, so this cheered investors and McDonald’s stock rose 1.78 percent. […]
Disclaimers: Dan owns OSM, BAC PRE, GS PRA and GS PRD in his Covestor Taxable Income 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 […]
Disclaimers: Dan Plettner owns IIC in his Covestor Tax Advantaged 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 own real time trading […]
Disclaimers: Conrad Leifur owns SYK, CAH, GPS, HNZ, HAL, BHI, CVX, CSCO and FITB in his S&P Best of Breed Model August 2, 2010: Since the model is always fully invested with sector weights that match the S&P 500, outperformance or underperformance relative to the benchmark is driven by how […]
The U.S. Department of Labor released a statement today that the unemployment rate in July remained at 9.5%. This means that though the private sector reported an increase in jobs, it was not enough to combat the 131,000 jobs lost in July and create a reduction in the unemployment rate. […]
Walter Lu, manager of the Covestor model Flexible Value, added the gaming company GigaMedia Ltd (NASDAQ:GIGM) to his value focused model. The company’s gross profit and operating income declined in 2009 as did their total assets and stockholder equity. During the beginning of July the company announced that it would […]
Disclaimer: Andy Schornack owns LXP, NYB and KKR in his Covestor Financial Services model. August 3, 2010: The month of July was a great month in the overall market. Stocks across the board saw significant gains (Yahoo Finance). The portfolio finished behind the benchmarks, XLF, VNQ, and S&P 500, but […]
Yesterday, ADP’s National Employment report gave investors good news when it announced that the private sector had added 42,000 jobs between June and July. Today’s unemployment claims press release issued by the Department of Labor negated the good news by offering an adjusted figure for initial unemployment claims during the […]
Disclaimers: Dan Plettner owns GCS and VXX in his Covestor Core 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 own real time […]
Disclaimer: John Rodgers owns RRC and MSB in his Covestor Resource and Commodity model. July 30, 2010: As the summer drags on, I continue to become more pessimistic with regard to the short-term. July seemed to represent a technical bounce from oversold levels and anticipation of positive earnings. The end […]
Disclaimer: John Mooney owns GOOG in his Covestor Under-Capitalized Sectors model. August 4, 2010: T. Rowe Price (the investor, not the firm he founded) isn’t mentioned much today, but in the mid-twentieth century he was well-known as one of the first modern proponents of growth stocks. He had clear criteria […]