Covestor model manager Robert Gay of Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) runs his Bluenose model as a Canadian dollar model. He invests in Canadian companies that are listed on exchanges in the U.S. He then looks at the individual stocks in terms of their longevity and recent improvement […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained mostly stable today alternating gaining and losing small amounts throughout the day. Ultimately, the Dow settled with an 18.24 point gain closing at 10,216.27. Quarterly earnings reports that indicate how the economy may or may not be rebounding are due out soon, and that […]
In June, international markets recovered some of the ground they had lost during May. South America was not an exception, and neither was this model. The upturn was driven by the partial recovery of the general market, although some positions deserve special mention. Banco Santander Chile (SAN), which we enlarged […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained up today closing at 10,197.72 points, an increase of 58.73 points from Thursday. Between the early announcement of State Street Corporation’s positive earnings per share, the Institute for Supply Management’s report showing growth in June of non-manufacturing economic activity, and the International Monetary Fund’s […]
Today we are going to look at some of the new positions added to the two models managed by Dan Plettner. It is interesting to see these two different models at work. Trading at a small discount to net asset value (NAV), SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund Inc (FGF) makes […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report today that acknowledged the financial recovery for the first part of this year had been stronger than expected. They balanced this good news with the very real concern that an unstable European economy could spread and cause further economic upheaval. The upshot? […]
Covestor model manager Craig Steury bought Sturm Ruger & Co Inc (NYSE:RGR) this week in his Algorithmic Trading portfolio. In this portfolio, Steury holds computer executed positions for anywhere from 2 to 6 days and basis his computerized buys on an algorithm that analyzes Nasdaq issues. In 2009, Sturm Ruger’s […]
June 2010 proved to be a typical summer month in the stock market as volume was typically light. There were a few days of volatility, but generally stocks stayed in a trading range. I usually do not like the summer months as trading is light and unusual events can occur […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was rejuvenated today as investors pounced on State Street Corporation’s (NYSE:STT) announcement that their earnings for Quarter 2 were right on track with analysts’ expectations and their earnings per share had exceeded the expectations of analysts. State Street, an investment management and research firm, is […]
The Suncoast Equity Management (SEM) model examines the workings of individual companies to determine whether or not they would be good fits for the portfolio. They examine cash flows, debt and more before deciding whether or not to invest in a particular equity. One position they’ve deemed appropriate for their […]
The holiday weekend in the U.S. didn’t actually help improve the economy at all, but it did seem to improve the outlook of U.S. investors this morning as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as many as 165 points just 45 minutes after the market opened. Helping to push the […]
Monthly Investment Report for July 2010 from Capital Ideas on Covestor. While June may have been a good base building period for US equities we think it could have been a topping period for the US dollar. That is why we continued to build core ETF positions in foreign markets […]