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If you are looking for the best growth stocks to buy now, this list of stodgy stalwarts from top sectors is worth checking. First, all of them have strong near-term growth prospects. Second, some of them provide meaty dividends as well.
This post presents the 1y, 3y, and 5y returns of the AlphaProfit Core & Focus model portfolios as of Dec. 31, 2022. It also shows the 2022 stock recommendation results.
Buy and hold or “don’t buy a stock if you don’t want to own it for the next 10 years” are commonly mentioned as worthwhile maxims to live by to succeed as an investor. While those maxims hold, translating them to “buy and forget about it” commonly becomes a recipe for disaster. The performance of supermarket stocks aptly… Read More »
The third quarter was a good one for investors. The S&P 500 gained 15% as stock price volatility declined, risk appetite rose, and confidence in financial markets seemingly improved – a milieu in which online stock trading companies should normally thrive. However, earnings reports from leading online trading brokers Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), and E*Trade Financial… Read More »
In a trend that represents a reversal from the excessive capital spending that characterized the late 1990s, many corporations have quietly been accumulating cash on their balance sheets over the past few years. In August CFO Magazine reported that cash and marketable securities made up about 15% of total capital employed at the end of 2003, up from… 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 »
Operating metrics for wireless companies are improving as pricing has firmed as pricing has firmed and customer churn has moderated. Stocks in the wireless group have been on a tear. Is it time for investors to bail out of this group? During the go-go days of the late 90s, capital was cheap and wireless service providers invested heavily… 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 »
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 »
The largest U. S. online brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) has cut commission rates on stock trades. Retail investors will pay $8.95 per online stock or non-Schwab exchange-traded fund (ETF) trade. The new rate represents a $4 per trade discount to the previous rate or savings of 31%. The lower rate hitherto available only to active, high… Read More »
The Fidelity and ETF Core and Focus model portfolios have gained at annualized rates of 14.4% and 17.4%, respectively since 1994. The model portfolios will be repositioned with new mutual fund and ETF recommendations on Friday, September 29.
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Model Portfolio Annualized Returns
DEC. 1993 to DEC. 2022
Fidelity Agg. Growth
17.5%
Fidelity Growth
14.4%
ETF Agg. Growth
17.4%
ETF Growth
14.2%
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10.7%
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9.6%
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DEC. 2013 to DEC. 2022
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91%
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2.6 months
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12.6%
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DR. SAM SUBRAMANIAN
Sam Subramanian PhD, MBA has credentials that are the envy of most investment advisers. He combines strong quantitative skills with deep financial expertise and insights on inner workings of Wall Street and corporations. His creativity has helped him win 16 U. S. patents.
Prior to founding AlphaProfit Investments, LLC, Sam worked in positions of increasing responsibility in Finance and Corporate Strategy for McKinsey & Company, Exxon Corporation, and Unocal Corporation. His work centered on Acquisitions and Divestitures, Asset Valuation, Trading, Bankruptcies, and Risk Management.
Well aware of the dismal returns produced by money managers, he was determined to take charge of his own investments. He created a low cost, low effort but high return investing system and rigorously tested it for over two decades using his own money.
This high-performance system helped Sam to quickly become financially independent. Sam still invests his money, using the now award-winning system he created. He shares the unbiased, crystal-clear recommendations and market moves with his subscribers.