Oceanic Capital manager Tom Yorke shares his macro trend insights and how they relate to stocks of Wal-Mart, The Gap and McDonalds.
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Author: Peter Kurata Covestor model: CANSLIM Disclosure: None In a first ever post-Fed meeting press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said QE II will continue to be supported after June. This news helped sparked the NASDAQ to move to a new new 10-year high, giving the March 29th rally new […]
Author: Peter Kurata Covestor Model: CANSLIM Disclosure: None In a first ever post-Fed meeting press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said QE II will continue to be supported after June. This news helped sparked the market to move to a new highs. Inflation continues to creep in, and the Fed’s position […]
Robert Freedland has over 40 years of investment experience and is a full-time optical surgeon. He uses his expertise in the medical field to help select healthcare stocks. In investing, Robert utilizes two divergent strategies for identifying new names for inclusion. In strong market environments, he searches for companies with […]
According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, new residential construction rose 3.9 percent in November. Unfortunately, this was not enough to help us compete with November 2009 levels which we are still 5.8 percent below. Building permits for private homes were also increased, a total of 4 percent […]
September was a good month for the market as well as a good month for my own account. Seemingly climbing a wall of worry about renewed real estate foreclosures and concerns about the implementation of healthcare reform, and seemingly endless government red ink, the market found the S&P opening up at 1049 on September 1st and closing at 1,141 by the end of trading on September 30th. This marked the best September in over 50 years for stocks.
Creating a model that outperforms the S&P 500 requires vision, discipline and the ability to recognize positions that will and won’t support the goal. This week we spoke with William DeShurko of 401 Advisor about his Value Plus model which has been outperforming the S&P since May. Covestor Live: In […]
It was a mixed bag of economic news today as McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) announced a 7 percent increase in global sales in company restaurants that had been open for at least 13 months. Analysts expected growth of 5 percent, so this cheered investors and McDonald’s stock rose 1.78 percent. […]
Author: Robert Freedland Disclaimer: Robert owns ECL, CHD, MCD, MMM, SYY, T and TJX in his Covestor Buy and Hold Value Model. July continued the recent pattern of volatility, but the bias has been to the upside as the S&P which opened near 1,000 at the beginning of the month […]