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Financial Statements sans Creative Accounting

Creative accounting is no match for Epic Advisors’ model Bottom Up Analysis. This portfolio takes away the unbridled optimism offered by creative accounting and looks deeper into the financial statements of each company to assess its value. Then, using a proprietary system, Bottom Up Analysis determines the best price at […]

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Financial Statements sans Creative Accounting

by Interactive Advisors
Published June 21, 2010
Dow Starts Strong, Ends in Downward Slide

Stocks seemed determined to soar today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 100 points from Friday’s close just minutes into the session. The Dow maintained a portion of its early morning gain most of the day but unfortunately, ominous mortgage news may have spooked investors resulting in an […]

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Dow Starts Strong, Ends in Downward Slide

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 21, 2010
European Economic Concerns Subside and the Dow Rises

The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to maintain its delicate forward momentum to close at 10,450.64 today, an increase of 16.47 points. This combined with $7.65 billion in sales of HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America bonds have shown an increase in overall investor confidence. HSBC’s bond sales were […]

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European Economic Concerns Subside and the Dow Rises

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 21, 2010
New Positions on Covestor

company operating in the ocean marine, other liability, aircraft and inland marine/fire sectors) improved and showed increased stockholder equity and net

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New Positions on Covestor

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 17, 2010
Dow Pulls a Gain Out of a Down Day

A canceled BP Plc (NYSE: BP) dividend, bad news on jobs and manufacturing reports and possibility that BP might be attempting to secure a line of credit weren’t enough to keep the Dow Jones Industrial Average down on Thursday. It closed at 10,434.17 up 24.56 points from Wednesday. BP itself […]

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Dow Pulls a Gain Out of a Down Day

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 17, 2010
Three New Performance Metrics

As part of the site upgrade we have updated three important performance measures, to make it easier to understand what the managers are doing, and how Investments are performing for their subscribers. They should help you to better interpret what is happening in your account: Average Subscriber Performance (Avg. Sub): […]

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Three New Performance Metrics

by Interactive Advisors
Published June 17, 2010
Dow Manages Gain despite Bad Housing News

According to a report released by Fitch Research today, as many as 75% of the homeowners who modified their home loans through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and other loan modification programs will be in default again within the next 12 months. While this may have been anticipated by […]

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Dow Manages Gain despite Bad Housing News

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 16, 2010
Patrick Clark: Non-Emotional, Systematic Trading

Model manager Patrick Clark focuses on the current purchasing power of the dollar in his portfolio because he thinks that we are facing a period of inflation. He attempts to take all emotional decision making out of the equation when choosing stocks and attempts to be market-neutral. If you’ve ever […]

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Patrick Clark: Non-Emotional, Systematic Trading

by Interactive Advisors
Published June 15, 2010
Dow Rallies Big and the S&P 500 Beats its 200-Day Moving Average

U.S. investors seemed to feel more and more confident that the European debt crisis has more bark than bite on Tuesday. This attitude was evidenced by the significant rally of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it rose up 213.5 points to close at 10,404.39. European and Asian markets also […]

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Dow Rallies Big and the S&P 500 Beats its 200-Day …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 15, 2010
Covestor Has Changed

 We are excited to announce a number of changes to Covestor, that make it easier for you to find and follow successful investors. We have merged the Track Record functionality of the old Covestor.com with the automatic mirroring capability of cv.im to create the world’s largest online platform for Investment […]

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Covestor Has Changed

by Interactive Advisors
Published June 15, 2010
Fundamental Analysis and Irrational Price Movements

Harsh Nahar uses a fundamental approach to analyzing positions for his portfolio. He focuses on financials of the companies and their adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) before determining whether or not he will buy. Nahar also likes to watch for irrational price drops as they can be the most […]

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Fundamental Analysis and Irrational Price Movements

by Interactive Advisors
Published June 14, 2010
Stocks Seemed Bound for Rebound, but Fell Before Close

Moody’s reclassification of Greek bonds to junk bond status through a Ba1 rating seemed to dampen investor’s spirits on Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sunk in the last few minutes before closing. The Dow dropped 20.18 points to close at 10,190.89 after spending most of the day with […]

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Stocks Seemed Bound for Rebound, but Fell Before Close

by Yolander Prinzel
Published June 14, 2010

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