This week’s initial jobless claims report from the Department of Labor (see the full report here) showed a total of 23,000 fewer claims for the week ending October 16th. This drop helped reduce the 4-week moving average by 4,250 claims. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index had a .3 percent […]
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Disclaimer: John Mooney owns GOOG in his Covestor Under-Capitalized Sectors model. August 4, 2010: T. Rowe Price (the investor, not the firm he founded) isn’t mentioned much today, but in the mid-twentieth century he was well-known as one of the first modern proponents of growth stocks. He had clear criteria […]
Today let’s look at two bearish additions in the form of a short sale and an ETF. In his Opportunistic Arbitrage model Mark Holder takes advantage of opportunities he sees in the market. This includes investing in sectors that have been beaten down. This week, Holder sold short shares of […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor The positive surprise pattern is traced in fundamental data. Companies with rising sales growth, higher gross profit margins, lower fixed costs to sales, lower financing cost, and rising profitability are more likely to announce a positive surprise. The Earnings Surprise Model […]
VisitGlobal Equity Analytics and Research Services(GEARS) on Covestor Positive surprises continue to outnumber negative ones by a wide margin. Maybe that should not be such a surprise when during 1Q2010 over 80% of companies showed a rising sales growth rate and nearly 70% recorded a profit margin improvement (according to […]