MoneyMatters Blog

"In the investing blog, I seek to help you take sound investment decisions free from emotion by sharing my objective insights on markets, sectors, and companies."
Sam Subramanian PhD, MBA, Editor, AlphaProfit MoneyMatters

A new bull market is just beginning

The stock market continues to sizzle and pullbacks are modest even in the face of bad news. The ability to digest bad news raises our conviction that the market will add to recent gains in the months ahead. After six straight up weeks, the market has consolidated its gains over the past two weeks and is providing an… Read More »

Market Bottom Appears Enduring

The March 6 market bottom appears enduring. The credit market is easing; corporations have raised nearly $225 billion in debt during the first two months of 2009. Money supply is soaring at a 15.3% annual rate and cash should soon find its way to the stock market. Technical indicators like MACD and RSI on major indexes are demonstrating… Read More »

AlphaProfit Core Model Portfolio: The Right Choice for Rollover and SEP-IRA

The AlphaProfit Core model portfolio is a diversified portfolio, pursuing long-term capital growth. It is an alternative to investing in diversified mutual funds. The Core portfolio completed its fifth anniversary on September 30, 2008. As part of monitoring portfolio performance, we compare the performance of the Core portfolio with those of the five largest domestic funds and the… Read More »

AlphaProfit Focus Model Portfolio: Powerful Returns from Prudent Risk Taking

The AlphaProfit Focus model portfolio completed its fifth anniversary on September 30, 2008. As part of monitoring portfolio performance, we compare the Focus model portfolio’s performance with those of the 10 largest non-diversified domestic funds in the large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, and multi-cap categories. During the past five years, the AlphaProfit Focus model portfolio has outperformed all but one… Read More »

AlphaProfit Beats Popular Fidelity Funds – FLPSX FDGRX FEQIX and More

Subscribers tracking the AlphaProfit Core model portfolio since inception in September 2003 more than doubled their investment account this October. The Core model portfolio is an alternative to diversified domestic mutual funds for many subscribers. We compare its performance with that of the five largest no-load domestic mutual funds and Fidelity’s five largest domestic funds. AlphaProfit Core has… Read More »

New ETF and Mutual Fund Recommendations

ETF Mutual Fund Recommendations The Fidelity and ETF Core and Focus model portfolios have gained at annualized rates of 14.6% and 17.8%, respectively since 1994. The model portfolios will be repositioned with new mutual fund and ETF recommendations on Thursday, March 28. Learn more about AlphaProfit's Free and Premium Service investment newsletters.