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Year 2009 has been tough for many investors. Investors who panicked in March and fled from equities to cash have watched their monies earn abysmally low returns while stock prices took off. The S&P 500 is now up 64% from its 2009 bottom, making it difficult for cash-laden investors to decide if it is right to return to… Read More »
Cash-Rich Sector Plays, I discussed how software companies, health-care providers, and apparel retailers stand out as high-cash play opportunities. What a firm is likely to do with excess cash depends on the company and its situation. Some may initiate or increase dividend payments and share buybacks, while others may use the cash for organic growth or acquisitions. The… Read More »
Earnings growth expectation is among the more important factors influencing the course of stock prices. With that in mind, here is how third quarter EPS growth expectations are currently lining up: Source: FactSet Research Analysts’ consensus third quarter EPS estimates imply 4.6% growth for S&P 500 companies in aggregate. Third quarter EPS in all sectors is predicted to… Read More »
Education Services and Online Colleges With the S&P 500 up 79% from the March 2009 bottom, one strategy to score home runs is to follow contrarian investors and look for best stocks in beaten down or out-of-favor sectors. In the first part of this two-part article, I outlined two ideas for contrarian investors: Medical devices with Medtronic (MDT)… Read More »
Comments on Federal Reserve’s policy made by Chairman Ben Bernanke at Jackson Hole, WY on August 27 have recently had a major influence on the course of stock and commodity prices. Bernanke acknowledged high unemployment levels, slow growth, and tight credit availability are restraining growth in household spending. He added that the Federal Reserve would engage in another… Read More »
Certain industries or groups, at times, get hit hard providing venturesome contrarian investors opportunities to earn outsized profits. Contrary investors with the courage and conviction to get into automotive and retailing shares at the depth of the Great Recession have made it out like a bandit. Fidelity Select Automotive Fund (FSAVX) and SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) are… Read More »
Investing Options, Asset Allocation, and more … Emerging markets ETFs and mutual funds declined 67% from their 2007 peak to their trough in 2008 and have recovered strongly since then. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM) needs to advance just 22% to scale back to its 2007 high. While developed foreign markets suffered slightly less than… Read More »
Uncle Sam responded to a ‘once-in-a-generation’ type of global economic crisis in 2008 with near-zero interest rates, rapid money supply expansion, and gargantuan fiscal stimulus. Now comes the harder part of timing the orderly removal of these measures. If the measures are withdrawn too soon, the recovery could be derailed and the economy can recede. If the measures… Read More »
With the stock markets taking a breather, calls that the worst for U. S. equities is yet to come are growing louder. Bearish calls usually cite the possibility of a collapsing dollar, rising inflation, or plunging commercial real estate values. In recent weeks, corporate takeover activity has intensified. Disney (DIS) will fork out $4 billion to purchase Marvel… Read More »
During the past month, world equity prices as measured by the MSCI World Index are up 10.1%. Markets in the developed nations have performed essentially comparably to those in emerging markets. From a regional perspective, equity prices in Eastern Europe have led the way while those in North America have lagged. In the U. S., small cap stocks… Read More »
The AlphaProfit no-load, no-transaction fee growth model portfolio is up 255% since the start of 2009 compared to the 188% gain for its benchmark. The model portfolio will be reconstituted with new recommendations on Monday, August 17. Learn more about AlphaProfit's Free and Premium Service investment newsletters.
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DEC. 1993 to DEC. 2019| Fidelity Agg. Growth | 18.2% |
| Fidelity Growth | 15.0% |
| ETF Agg. Growth | 18.3% |
| ETF Growth | 14.8% |
| No-Fee Growth (inc. 2009) | 12.2% |
| S&P 500 | 9.9% |
DEC. 2013 to DEC. 2019| Win Rate | 92% |
| Avg. Holding Period | 2.5 months |
| Avg. Gain | 12.2% |
