Author: Gary Harloff Harloff to the Fed: We Need Mo Money Disclaimer: Gary Harloff does not own VMW, AZO, HWK or BIN in this Opportunistic ETF model. August 30, 2010: The big picture is that the Fed is promoting low interest rates and low money supply. The former is to […]
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Author: Ben Dickey Disclaimer: Ben Dickey owns LINE, KMP, CAT, BUCY, UTX in his Covestor Growth Plus Model and LINE and UTX in his Covestor Pure Growth Model. August 30, 2010: This summer has been troublesome for investors. Healthcare Reform, Financial Regulation, and other government requirements have stymied the economy […]
Author: Amin Khakiani Disclaimer: Amin Khakiani does not own SPY, KBE, OIH, LQD or JNK in his Covestor Quantitative Hedging Model August 30, 2010: After a strong July, August was a choppy month for the equity markets. Our models performed in line with choppy market environment. Our technical indicators led […]
Author: Carter LeCraw, CFP Disclaimer: American Values does not hold SYY, TSN or ANDE in its Covestor American Heroes Model. “A hero is a man who does what he can” -Romain Rolland August 30, 2010: When Gustus Bozarth was captured on video he captured the hearts of Americans. Gustus is […]
This week, Focal Point Management added SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (FEZ) to their Quantitative Hedging model. This model invests in many different sectors and takes an adaptive, rotational approach to choosing investments. FEZ attempts to mirror the performance of the EURO STOXX 50 index, a Blue Chip index for […]
Today we are going to look at the new positions added by just one Covestor model manager, Michael Arold, who bought two new positions in his Technical Swing model this week. One of the positions is ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000 ETF (TWM), which seeks to provide results that match 200% […]
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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 […]
In July, we introduced you to manager Focal Point Management and their Quantitative Hedging model. This week, Focal Point Management added PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQQ) to their quantitative model. Since this buy, 100% of the model is invested in QQQQ, a UIT meant to replicate the performance of […]
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 […]
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 […]