Leif Eriksen’s Performance with Protection model was designed with the goal of outperforming the market over the long run. But there’s more to the model than just that; Eriksen also attempts to protect capital by taking a top-down, fundamental approach and investing in high quality companies that have products or […]
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We talked about Braver Wealth’s Diversified model here, with its focus on ETFs and preserving capital. This week, Braver Wealth added iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT). TLT invests up to 90 percent of its assets in the index whose performance it’s trying to replicate—the Barclays Capital U.S. […]
Sunday, 15 August 2010 Author: Robert Freedland In the difficult market that we find ourselves, I also find it difficult to highlight new stocks that I find appropriate to include in this blog and possibly in my own portfolio. Picking up an old copy of “100 Best Stocks to own […]
Author: Paul MacNamara, Strategic Investment Partners Disclaimer: Paul MacNamara owns SSO in his Covestor Capital Appreciation ETF model. August 12, 2010: July marked our sixth consecutive month of outperforming the market and six out of seven months since inception under CV. The market made a dramatic rebound in July even […]
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Author: Dan Plettner Disclaimer: Dan shorts ( AOD ) in his Covestor Long/Short Opportunistic Model. The below text is licensed to Covestor Ltd. (“Covestor”), by Dan Plettner. Such text may be disseminated only by Covestor. Dan Plettner invests and receives income for securities research, including “buy-side” research. Dan licenses his […]
The below text is licensed to Covestor Ltd. (“Covestor”), by Dan Plettner. Such text may be disseminated only by Covestor. Dan Plettner invests and receives income for securities research, including “buy-side” research. Dan licenses his own real time trading data to Covestor Ltd. (“Covestor”). Covestor is a Registered Investment Advisor […]
Braver Wealth’s model, Diversified, uses ETFs in its allocation strategy. The fund’s objectives include preserving capital. This week, Braver Wealth added iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund (IWN) to the model. IWN was designed to mimic the performance of the Russell 2000 Value index and does so by investing 90 […]
This week we introduced you to Kevin Stewart’s Top Internationals model. He may be a new manager to Covestor but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy. Stewart added Wynn Resorts Ltd (NASDAQ: WYNN) to his model this week. WYNN has resorts in both Las Vegas and China. On their […]
Last month we talked about Jonathan Tunney’s MergerArb model here. This week, he made another change to the model by adding Playboy Enterprises Inc (NYSE: PLA), right on the heels of a buyout offer from Friend Finder Networks, Inc. the parent company of Penthouse magazine. PLA founder Hugh Hefner has […]
In his Mid-Cap Fundamentals model, John Ballard focuses on small and mid-sized companies with high return on capital and strong balance sheets. This week, Ballard added Dynamic Materials Corp (NASDAQ: BOOM) to his model. BOOM provides explosion-welded clad metal plates and other metal fabrications to industrial projects. BOOM’s balance sheet […]
This week, in his Suncoast Equity model, Donald Jowdy added Visa Inc (NYSE: V). Jowdy focuses on things like cash flow when deciding what to add and V’s net cash flow has been increasing steadily since 2006. In quarter two of 2010, their net cash flow hit $1.2 billion, up […]