Author: John King, Quacera Covestor model: QPM Radar Disclosure: none The regulators are doing nothing if not causing conflict. Ben Bernanke last week opined that the reason QE1 and 2 are not moving things along as advertised is because loans are not being made. That’s not technically correct but insofar […]
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Author: William Smith Models: Price Volatility Volume and Core Price Volatility Volume In the midst of the recent market volatility and account drawdown, I’ve received a few questions about my trading strategy. I’m happy to answer these questions any time, and of course they seem to be far more frequent during an equity […]
Manager: Patrick McFadden, M2 Global Model: M2 Global Disclosure: Long NBG, MNKD The current macro environment leads us to look for investments that we can hold with limited down side, while participating in upside both on an alpha and beta basis. Mannkind (NASDQ: MNKD) we view as Alpha and National […]
Author: Peter Kurata Covestor Model: CANSLIM Disclosure: None In a first ever post-Fed meeting press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said QE II will continue to be supported after June. This news helped sparked the market to move to a new highs. Inflation continues to creep in, and the Fed’s position […]
Author: Michael Arold Model: Technical Swing Disclosure: Long UDN When it comes to the US Dollar, I can see analysts in two camps: one group is calling for an immediate rally to work off oversold conditions. After that, they expect further declines. The second camp is looking for further declines […]
Author: Michael Arold Model: Technical Swing Disclosure: Long UDN, IBM, COST I wrote in my last month’s review that “after the strong March rebound, market participants are likely to buy minor pullbacks in order to get back into the markets.” That’s exactly what happened in April: the S&P 500 declined […]
Covestor model manager Bob Gay of Global Equity Analytics and Research Services LLC (GEARS) was recently a guest on Steve Pomeranz’ On The Money! Radio. In the interview embedded below (hit the play button to listen), Gay discusses the importance of focusing on the advancement of shareholder wealth in companies, […]
Author: Brendan Ruchert-Dixon Model: Alpha Trapper Disclosure: Short AGQ, ZSL April turned out to be a good month for the stock market. Alpha Trapper caught some of the gains but came under pressure late in the month because of rising commodity prices, including those for silver, oil, and natural gas. The […]
Author: Tom Konrad Model: Alt Energy Stocks Disclosure: No positions The US Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the US Army Corps of Engineers are quietly laying the groundwork for a renewable energy boom that you might not expect. What they’ve done is to announce a memorandum […]
Author: John King, Quacera Covestor model: QPM Radar Disclosure: none Let’s begin with a few statistics. Hyperinflation is generally defined as occurring when the inflation rate hits 50% in one month. This definition comes from the work of American economist Philip Cagan in his 1956 study of monetary systems and from […]
For his Performance with Protection portfolio, Covestor model manager Leif Eriksen takes a top-down fundamental approach that favors large- and mid-cap companies. His goal is to outperform the market over the long run while protecting capital. Eriksen recently purchased Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) for the portfolio. Loews is a holding […]
Author: Tom Konrad Model: Alt Energy Stocks Disclosure: No positions in stocks mentioned Sinovel’s recent refusal to accept shipments from American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) may be due to more than just a slowdown in the Chinese wind market. Many of my best ideas come from readers. When American Superconductor announced that their largest customer, […]