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 […]
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Author: Mark Holder Model: Opportunistic Arbitrage Model Disclosure: Long X, WFT, FCX, IBN, CCIH, RDWR, ANR, MEE, CEPH March was another volatile month. The month ended on a solid note with the Opportunistic Arbitrage (levered) model ending with a 2.3% gain compared to a slight loss for the S&P500. Considering […]
Author: Mark Holder Covestor model: Opportunistic Arbitrage Disclosure: Long FCX, IBN, CCIH, RDWR, ATW, SHLD, PUDA, CEPH, MEE, ANR *See important disclosures After a disappointing January, February was a welcome return to outperforming the market. The model returned approximately 3% greater than the S&P500. The market remained strong even in […]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the trade deficit dropped 13 percent–from $44.6 billion in September to $38.7 billion in October. The report (which you can view here) illustrates this increase in demand for U.S. goods, but also shows that the gap between imported goods and exported goods is still […]
The Labor Department’s Weekly Claims Report for initial unemployment claims showed that claims decreased by 17,000 last week. This was an encouraging development given all the concern about employment—or the lack thereof—during recent weeks after the unemployment rate was raised to 9.8 percent and initial jobless claims rose last week. […]
As of September 27th, 2010, manager Mark Holder’s Opportunistic Arbitrage model has enjoyed a 22.56 percent return since its inception in February 2010. Holder uses a variety of strategies to achieve this return, including investing in IPOs and beaten down sectors. We talked to him this week to get some […]
Author: Ben Dickey, BSG&L Financial Ben’s Covestor Growth Plus Model owns CAT, FCX, LINE, EPD, KMP, MSB, SDRL and BUCY as of August 1, 2010. August 1, 2010: Over the last two months, I have discussed how the markets need clarity on many issues to move ahead (https://interactiveadvisors.com/bsgl/pure-growth). Several of […]
Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Freeport McMoran Cop-Gold (FCX) $67.97 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=fcx) Current Positive factors are: Lower interest costs/sales(inverted) Higher income taxes to sales Lower SGA costs to sales(inverted) Lower shareholders capital(inverted) Lower inventory turnover(inverted) Higher net […]
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 […]