Author: Patrick Clark Disclaimer: Patrick Clark does not own UUP or IYR in his Covestor Market Neutral Growth Model. August 30, 2010: The overall market continues to look bearish technically. As the market moves lower, my trading rules have reduced my long bias which currently stands at 25%. I expect […]
Author: Gary Harloff Harloff to the Fed: We Need Mo Money Disclaimer: Gary Harloff does not own VMW, AZO, HWK or BIN in this Opportunistic ETF model. August 30, 2010: The big picture is that the Fed is promoting low interest rates and low money supply. The former is to […]
Author: Ben Dickey Disclaimer: Ben Dickey owns LINE, KMP, CAT, BUCY, UTX in his Covestor Growth Plus Model and LINE and UTX in his Covestor Pure Growth Model. August 30, 2010: This summer has been troublesome for investors. Healthcare Reform, Financial Regulation, and other government requirements have stymied the economy […]
Author: Amin Khakiani Disclaimer: Amin Khakiani does not own SPY, KBE, OIH, LQD or JNK in his Covestor Quantitative Hedging Model August 30, 2010: After a strong July, August was a choppy month for the equity markets. Our models performed in line with choppy market environment. Our technical indicators led […]
Author: Carter LeCraw, CFP Disclaimer: American Values does not hold SYY, TSN or ANDE in its Covestor American Heroes Model. “A hero is a man who does what he can” -Romain Rolland August 30, 2010: When Gustus Bozarth was captured on video he captured the hearts of Americans. Gustus is […]
The Institute for Supply Management released their August 2010 manufacturing report today, and the report shows that 11 of 18 total manufacturing industries grew in August. Additionally, PMI (the Purchasing Managers Index) rose to 56.3 in August. PMI is considered an important economic indicator because its number can indicate the […]
This week, Focal Point Management added SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (FEZ) to their Quantitative Hedging model. This model invests in many different sectors and takes an adaptive, rotational approach to choosing investments. FEZ attempts to mirror the performance of the EURO STOXX 50 index, a Blue Chip index for […]
Covestor model manager Harsh Nahar takes a bottom up approach to identifying appropriate investments for his Bottom Up Concentrated model. He also looks for positions with price movements created by short-term irrationalities. The top holding in this model is Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C). In 2009, C’s net revenues increased to […]
As always, we’ve got a great list of new Covestor model managers for you to check out. Below you’ll get an overview of their background, model goals and objectives, subscription minimums and top holdings. Be sure to click the links for more detailed information. Raymond Stoudt is a retired Air […]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released the results of its second quarter survey of the national banking system today. The report (which you can read in its entirety here) has some good news, including the fact that quarterly earnings at banks are the highest they’ve been in almost three […]
Today we are going to look at the new positions added by just one Covestor model manager, Michael Arold, who bought two new positions in his Technical Swing model this week. One of the positions is ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000 ETF (TWM), which seeks to provide results that match 200% […]
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