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 […]
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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, […]
Covestor manager Jesse Barkasy has traded his own accounts for 24 years and has worked as a professional trader for 13 years. He uses technical analysis and looks for breakouts. Barkasy manages Covestor’s Trend Following model, which “uses trend following and chart reading techniques. The model will take big risks investing large […]
Michael Wagner knows risk. An airline pilot by profession, he has a deep respect for the riskiness of a situation, which he brings to his investment philosophy. He manages the Covestor Small-Cap Swing Trader model, which focuses on small and micro-cap stocks, which tend to be riskier due to their […]
Keshav Agrawal is a CPA with a background in accounting and finance. He has more than a decade of experience in trading stocks and derivatives for his personal account. Keshav believes that “the market always offers opportunities,” and in search of this he follows various industries and companies depending on current domestic […]
Covestor manager Targex Capital uses proprietary computer algorithms designed to own ten to twenty stocks. Its system only trades in high volume NASDAQ stocks that have met all requirements of technical indicators. Targex has a very short hold time, typically within 1 to 15 days. Targex was established in 2009 by […]
Covestor model manager Yinglan Tan is the author of the book The Way of the VC – Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board and he is currently an Adjunct Professor living in Singapore. For serious money, Yinglan believes that certain Asian venture-backed equities are solid investment vehicles to leverage on […]
Author: Tom Konrad Model: Alt Energy Stocks Disclosure: no holding in ABB Power and automation giant ABB, Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) was named Cleantech Corporation of the Year at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. The company has been focused on acquiring start ups in the cleantech space for the last couple of […]
Author: Mark Holder Covestor Model: Opportunistic Arbitrage Disclosure: Long FCX In the financial world these days, information is loosely passed around as fact whether correct or not. That makes the following table interesting, because a lot of people talk about copper and investing in the sector, but this has to […]