Following our post last week looking for members happy to talk to journalists about the current markets, it was great to see two of our finest in yesterday’s Forbes article ‘Plan for Long Haul but Tweak Holdings’, through the Associated Press. The two members quoted are Robert Freedland (also a […]
This weeks Wall Street Transcript Interview is with Covestor member Peter Kurata, aka IBD Investor. Peter is a former Microsoft Manager and now a full time self-investor. He is a passionate follower of William O’Neil’s CANSLIM system, and reader of the Investors Business Daily newspaper. IBD called the market correction […]
Two new broker agents are now available for automatic import to Covestor- thinkorswim and E*Trade Canada. Both of these imports come with minor disclaimers when importing directly to Covestor. thinkorswim is a subsidiary of Investools Inc. and a fantastic broker, that provides services targeted at self-directed options traders and active […]
We are receiving a number of requests from journalists right now who are looking to give their readers guidance to navigate these uncertain times. With the movements in the markets making headlines daily we are being asked to pass on great self-directed investors, willing to share their perspectives. If you […]
This week’s interview is with Covestor member John Mooney, aka mooney. John is an avid personal investor and author of the popular stock blog The Gnome of Zurich Investor. John invests in a range of areas but tends to hold a core set of stocks he believes to be undervalued […]
We received an E*Trade marketing email on friday advertising a new fund. The subject line sounded sensible: "how to survive an up-down market". But looking closer, there was no great insight. The conlcusion was to diversify. Less likely to help you to survive the market, than to better correlate to […]
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After a short break for the holidays our weekly interviews with The Wall Street Transcript are back. This week’s interview is with Covestor member Mark Crennan, aka lycos14. As Mark says on his profile, he currently works as an analyst for a top 5 asset management firm, having invested […]
With very best wishes for the holiday season to our members, visitors, partners and friends from all of the team at Covestor!! (Not forgetting the newest member of our data team, born last wednesday 19th weighing in at an impressive 3.5kgs and already working hard on dividends…. )
This weeks interview is with Covestor member Andy Schornack, aka I3East. Andy currently works as an Associate Vice President at a community bank in the Minneapolis/St Paul area and invests in his spare time. Andy has a value focus – investing in small-mid cap stocks and in companies he understands. […]
An interesting round-table discussion was posted on 12.10 in Pensions and Investments (The Journal of International Money Management) about the changing face of value of investment management firms. It highlights how despite the credit crunch, there is continued client demand for alternative investments (i.e. hedge funds) which is driving both […]
The Interview this week is with popular stock blogger, and Covestor member, Lloyd Philip – aka Flatwallet. Lloyd is the author of the stock blog Get Rich or Blowout Tryin’. Lloyd’s focus is on short term day-trading opportunities arising from his technical analysis. He looks for unusual movements in particular […]