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In this piece, I highlight the performance of my annual portfolio project: Nick's Picks. This project dates back to 2016. Coming into 2020, I was 4/4 competing against the S&P 500. Unfortunately, in 2020, Nick's Picks only generated a return of 11.3%, which underperformed the ...
In a typical quarter, year-over-year (YoY) growth expectations decline by an average of 3.6 percentage points (ppts) from the start of the quarter to the start of earnings season. However, 20Q4 YoY earnings have increased by 1.5 ppts over this period to -10.3% by Jan. 1, 2021. Con...
HTBK has a dividend yield of above 5%, pays out consistent dividends on a quarterly basis, and maintained a slight growth in dividends despite the pandemic. Good risk management, with good capital ratio and limited exposure to hospitality and retail segments. Earnings stand to ben...
After years as an index fund evangelist at top ETF firms like BlackRock and SSgA, Dodd Kittsley did a 180 of sorts, becoming Director of active manager Davis Advisors. Still opposed to the “closet indexing” that marks many active managers, he was drawn to Davis’ u...
This Bespoke Asset Class Performance Matrix (ACPM) shows that as of 1/8/21, Emerging Markets have started the year with decent returns. Oakmark International is particularly appealing given it's 3-year return (just barely positive) and its percentile rank in the high 90s for the 3-yea...
After years as an index fund evangelist at top ETF firms like BlackRock and SSgA, Dodd Kittsley did a 180 of sorts, becoming Director of active manager Davis Advisors. Still opposed to the “closet indexing” that marks many active managers, he was drawn to Davis’ u...
With plenty of positive news about potential COVID-19 vaccines in November, financial stocks in general have outpaced the S&P 500 in the past month, with consumer finance (red line in chart below), in particular turning in the best performance.Nasdaq U.S. Small Cap Banks Index (green), th...
As a percentage of the S&P 500's market cap, the Financial sector fell to below 10% to 9.9% of the S&P 500's market cap this summer, down from a 20% just prior to the real estate sector being spun out of the index as its own sector in September 2016. As of last Friday, Novembe...
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced stock splits for eleven iShares funds as part of an ongoing process to periodically review its product line-up. The stock splits, for the ETFs listed below, will go into effect for shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dece...
This fourth article on depressed bank valuations is not intended to be political commentary but a factual, data-driven analysis of the risk of a Democrat sweep on November 3. The first article noted that valuations are near record lows, yet insiders are not buying, and Buffett is a ne...
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2024-06-01 01:42:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-04-12 16:16:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-01-20 00:34:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...