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Earnings Surprises 7/20/10

VisitGlobal Equity Analytics and Research Services(GEARS) on Covestor Positive surprises continue to outnumber negative ones by a wide margin. Maybe that should not be such a surprise when during 1Q2010 over 80% of companies showed a rising sales growth rate and nearly 70% recorded a profit margin improvement (according to […]

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Earnings Surprises 7/20/10

by Robert Gay
Published July 21, 2010
Increased Building Permits and Reduced TALF Credit Protection Bring Dow Up

In the first 10 minutes of trading this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost as many as 146 points after IBM showed lower-than-expected quarterly revenues. But the extension of jobless benefits and a reported increase in building permits issued (an increase of more than 2%) helped investors get back […]

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Increased Building Permits and Reduced TALF Credit Protection Bring Dow …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published July 20, 2010
Sparrow Capital July Monthly Investment Report (MO, HSY, BRK.B, GWR)

Second Quarter Review for Investment Clients of Sparrow Capital Management (Ending June 30, 2010) If you view the price change for the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the prior 90 days you may become disappointed. On the surface, the second quarter of 2010 was not good for investors. However, when […]

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Sparrow Capital July Monthly Investment Report (MO, HSY, BRK.B, GWR)

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 20, 2010
Dow Manages Gain after Shaky Day (HAS, HAL, DAL)

Although bad economic news seemed to dominate the headlines today, U.S. markets managed to make some gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 57.74 points today closing at 10,155.64. The Nasdaq was up 19.18 points to close at 2,198.23 and the S&P 500 gained 6.49 points to close at […]

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Dow Manages Gain after Shaky Day (HAS, HAL, DAL)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published July 19, 2010
Funds with a Goal of Capital Appreciation (SDS, IDU, IYK, KO, F, CL, DDM, IYR, HST, PSA)

Schenley Park and their Covestor Model Capital Appreciation Plus looks for positions that will appreciate in value while offering activity that is not as volatile as the S&P 500. Let’s look at five of the funds that dominate this model. ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 ETF (SDS) is a bearish fund […]

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Funds with a Goal of Capital Appreciation (SDS, IDU, IYK, …

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 19, 2010
Consider the Other Disaster Stock (MEE, BP)

Covestor Model Manager Mark Holder gives his take on the BP oil spill and Massey Energy (MEE). With all the focus on BP, everybody has forgotten the damage done to the stock of Massey Energy (MEE) after the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine (UBB) in early April. MEE […]

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Consider the Other Disaster Stock (MEE, BP)

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 19, 2010
Daily International Briefing from Global Investing (IBN, PT, GSK, VVUS, FCO, BNS, WSH, SLB, RIG, TS)

Covestor model manager Vivian Lewis offers her daily international briefing. Note that not all companies are held in the International Yield Covestor Model. Rather, some are just International Companies that Vivian tracks. Market Update for Tuesday July 19th, 2010 US data is actually expected to be woeful. Especially existing home […]

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Daily International Briefing from Global Investing (IBN, PT, GSK, VVUS, …

by Vivian Lewis
Published July 19, 2010
Upcoming Earnings Announcements, Global Equity Analytics and Research Services

Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor The first week of earnings season was underway last week with positive surprises outnumbering negative 8 to 1. Still the market dropped, and broadly. Last week, 86% of stocks were down. It seems that the market focus has shifted from […]

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Upcoming Earnings Announcements, Global Equity Analytics and Research Services

by Robert Gay
Published July 19, 2010
Goldman Sachs Preferred Stock Floaters in the Taxable Income Model (GS, GS-A GS-D)

Regarding Goldman Sachs (GS), I today added to my positions in the Preferred Stock Floaters in the Taxable Income Model: GS PRA (as traded on IB) is GS.PA on Seeking Alpha (where I've written on it) and GS-A on Google Finance GS PRD (as traded on IB) is GS.PD on […]

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Goldman Sachs Preferred Stock Floaters in the Taxable Income Model …

by Dan Plettner
Published July 16, 2010
New Positions on Covestor (IJS, PCLN, DPS)

model this week. This model has an ETF allocation strategy with no more than 20% invested in fixed income. D’Amico uses computer models for analysis to decide

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New Positions on Covestor (IJS, PCLN, DPS)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published July 16, 2010
U.S. Economic Growth Slows and the Dow Falls Slightly

The new Wall Street reform bill passed the senate today and is waiting for the President’s signature to make it law. In the bill is a ban on liar’s loans, the development of a new oversight panel of financial regulators charged with the task of keeping watch for problems within […]

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U.S. Economic Growth Slows and the Dow Falls Slightly

by Yolander Prinzel
Published July 15, 2010
Is BP a Buy or a Sell?

Next week marks three months since the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, which, in addition to its impact on wildlife, the local fishing industry, and regional tourism, has severely depressed BP's stock price. During the first 2 months following the disaster, BP's stock price decreased sharply, though in recent weeks it has […]

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Is BP a Buy or a Sell?

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 15, 2010

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