Tuesday’s statement by the FOMC that economic growth in the U.S. was slowing and their plan to buy long-term treasuries as a means to help the economy did little to settle investor’s nerves on Wednesday. Even further unsettling news was released in the Bureau of Economic Analysis report which showed […]
Model manager Sean Hannon added two new positions to his RIG), an offshore drilling contractor. The company’s quarter two results have shown weakened revenues, reduced income and a higher earnings per share than the previous quarter. The company has a low price to earnings ratio and its stock price seemed […]
Investors were nervous today as was evidenced by the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s drop of as many as 141.46 points before 10 AM. Anticipation of The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting notes and concern over the action the Fed would to take to help boost the economy […]
Disclaimer: Peter Kurata does not own any of the discussed securities in his Covestor CANSLIM model. August 2, 2010: July started off with the S&P 500 Index correcting down, between June 25, 2010 and July 2, 2010, then follow-thru’d (FTD) on July 13, but after the two 2 previously failed […]
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 […]