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Two Semiconductor Stocks More Attractive Than National Semiconductor
The following is an excerpt taken from a model portfolio strategy update issued to clients April 4, 2011 at 6pm. For more information about our institutional equity research products and soft dollar arrangements please contact us directly. “Texas Instruments Incorporated … Continue reading
Number of High-Quality Stocks vs S&P 500 Price Action
We’ve noticed over time that the number of “high-quality” stocks in our model portfolios tend to roughly change with the price levels of major indices. Below we compare the number of stocks in our theoretical Opportunistic Long Only model with … Continue reading
Headline Risk Looks Sure to Rise
It seems even more clear by now that there will be ongoing and perhaps rising headline risk. Whether oil flows or not will be irrelevant as citizens take a “now or never” approach to seeking ways to leverage revolutionary momentum … Continue reading
A Completely Wild Guess — Market Will Close Up 1 Percent On March 1, 2011
We would not be surprised if somewhere out there there is a hedge fund pitch book that contains a table that looks very similar to this:
Current Euphoria Will Lift Stocks for a Few Days Though Pessimism Will Likely Return
After reviewing our backtests and reviewing the pros and cons, we have decided that the Feb 22-24 market sell-off has presented us with a short-term buying opportunity, perhaps to be followed by another sustained downturn. We think we are at … Continue reading
Avoiding Risk is Not the Same as Calling a Top
We have noted in our Weekly Ranking Update that our models are increasingly supporting the theory that technology stocks, particularly semiconductors, may be big movers this year as the number of “high-quality” tech stocks as we define them have exploded … Continue reading
Emerson Electric Workforce Growth Plans if Repeated Across Corporate America Could Portend an Incredibly Positive Scenario for Both Markets and Unemployment
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) a well run $45b market cap Industrial sector company, announced today it would increase its workforce by 7000 to 137,000 people worldwide by the end of the year. To us, this is another positive anecdotal piece … Continue reading
S&P 500 Gains in First Day of the Month Trading Averaging 0.95%
During 2010, the S&P 500 finished up the first day of any month 9 out of 12 times, and this continued in January 2011 for an average gain of 0.95%. The cumulative first-day-of-the-month gain in the S&P 500 in 2010 … Continue reading
A Record of How in a Single Day We Created More Actionable and Valuable Stock Research than 20 Sell Side Analyst Teams Over a Month
Model Portfolio Daily Update: January 31, 2011 Subscribers log in for the full report: [emember_protected] http://scr.bi/h3xUhw [/emember_protected] New Actions Required: None Of Note: Our 25-stock theoretical long portfolio issued to clients on December 31 presaged 45 major positive upgrades by … Continue reading
T. Rowe Price Demonstrating Impressive Fundamental Momentum
Model Portfolio Daily Update: January 28, 2011 Subscribers log in for the full report: [emember_protected] http://scr.bi/eh0IYu [/emember_protected] New Actions Required: [emember_protected] A model short position in Cemex S.A.B. (CX) reached its stock price target and will be assumed closed at … Continue reading
