Corsair Capital Management is a value-driven investment manager that does heavy due diligence to try to gain an edge in identifying discrepancies between price and intrinsic value. The firm recently released its 1Q 2011 shareholder letter, where management discussed some of its recent investments. One of these was Globe Specialty […]
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Manager: Todd Feldman, BFI Advisors Model: Behavioral Global Macro For the Behavioral Global Macro model, manager Todd Feldman of BFI Advisors aims to pinpoint key inflection points within financial market cycles. Based on a variety of critical factors, the model framework varies risky asset allocations and determines the optimal amount of cash […]
Author: Tom Konrad Model: Alt Energy Stocks Disclosure: No positions A truly sustainable economy would produce no waste: everything would be recycled or reused for some productive purpose. We’re a long way from that ideal today, but the rising cost of commodities makes recovering used material through recycling increasingly economic. Further, […]
Manager: Ted Dumbauld, D5 Advisors Model: Oil and Gas Producers Disclosure: Short TNK For the Oil and Gas Producers model, manager Ted Dumbauld focuses on high dividend paying oil and gas producers while seeking to exploit the inefficiencies created when unsophisticated investors focus on dividend yields rather than fundamentals. Dumbauld recently […]
Suze Orman is a voice of financial reason for American women who struggle with overspending and debt. She’s become the Oprah of personal finance – and a force for good for American consumers – by insisting on a common-sense, brutally honest approach to money. When discussing investing, Orman has generally […]
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 […]
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, […]