In Kevin Stewart’s Top Internationals model, Stewart looks for top performing, international companies with strong balance sheets, sales growth and earnings with low debt-to-equity ratios. This week, he added Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS) to the model. HANS is a natural beverage company that focuses on producing natural juices, sodas […]
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The following trades were made in Covestor Model Manager accounts on September 22nd: Covestor Model Manager Craig Steury traded ICON in their Model Algorithmic Trading Covestor Model Manager Rebound Trading traded LQD in their Model Rebound ETF Covestor Model Manager Timothy Sykes traded REDF in their Model Contra Hype Covestor […]
This week, Amin Khakiani added ProShares Short Real Estate (REK) to his Quantitative Hedging model. In the model, Khakiani mixes long and short-term holdings and invests in many different sectors. REK attempts to provide results that are the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate index. This is the […]
Model Manager trade activity, September 20th 2010 Covestor Model Manager Rebound Trading traded PFF in their Model Rebound ETF Covestor Model Manager Rebound
billion. Fortunately, their total liabilities also fell—dropping from $3.3 billion in 2008 to $3 billion in 2009. Their shareholder equity grew from $702.2
In Richard Moore’s Market Comparables model, Moore searches for hidden value and companies with the potential for future earnings growth while conducting initial screenings based on stock price movement and valuation over time. This week, Moore added ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (SH) to the model. SH replicates the inverse […]
This week Michael Arold added some new positions to his Technical Swing model. In this model Arold uses many different technical indicators as well as market movement and fundamental analysis to choose positions to add. This is a short-term model that looks to take advantage of short-term price movement. One […]
Today we have three very different models with new positions added to their holdings. To begin, let’s take a look at the Quantitative Hedging model, managed by Amin Khakiani, which is invested in different markets using a rotational, adaptive approach. This week, Khakiani added ProShares Short Real Estate ProShares (REK) […]
On the evening of September 15th, Cohen & Steers announced adopting a level rate distribution policy, and declared third quarter distributions for its affected Closed-End Funds.
On the evening of September 15th, Cohen & Steers announced adopting a level rate distribution policy, and declared third quarter distributions for its affected Closed-End Funds.
On the evening September 13, SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund (FGF) and SunAmerica Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund (FGI) each announced the intention to conduct tender offers. In reaction to the news, FGF’s market price rose 2.5% from the prior day close of $14.82 to $15.20 on Tuesday, September 15, 2010. FGI’s rose 0.5% from $13.92 to $13.99. The Dow and S&P declined slightly on the day.
I recently shorted Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund (CAF) which trades near parity with its Net Asset Value (“NAV”). CAF issued transferable rights to its stockholders of record August 18th, which enable the issuance of 5,440,904 at a price as low as 90% of NAV.