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Investors beware: Angie's List may be on the rise but the bounce is nothing more than a dead cat. Quantitative Analytics Analyst, David Trainer, highlights Angie's Lists flawed business model, weak growth projections and the fact that insiders keep selling shares. Analysts might see "value" in the company but research shows that growth is slowing, and such growth as there is, is misleading with Customer feedback disappearing behind advertisers' payments. As new competitors move fast into the market, Analysts warn that Patricia Arquette's portrayal of the NGO's inspiring founder shouldn't blind investors to the harsh realities of Angie's List's poor business performance.
Specialty chemicals producer Ashland Inc. (ASH) is in the Danger Zone this week. Those that consider ASH a “value” stock are mistaken. The stock is cheap by traditional metrics such as price to earnings, but a closer look reveals the value to be an illusion.
No fund style earns better than my Neutral rating going into 1Q14. My style ratings are based on the aggregation of my fund ratings for every ETF and mutual fund in each style.
Each quarter, we provide the most comprehensive review of equity ETFs and mutual funds available. We review the Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds by sector and style.
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The Materials sector ranks seventh out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 15 mutual funds in the Materials sector as of January 22nd, 2014.
The Information Technology sector ranks second out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 27 ETFs and 130 mutual funds in the Information Technology sector as of January 20, 2013.
The Industrials sector ranks fifth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 17 ETFs and 18 mutual funds in the Industrials sector as of January 16, 2014.
Apple cannot have pricing power and market share at the same time. No one can for an extended period of time. The problem with AAPL is that it is priced for the company to achieve market share penetration and growth at high prices. The reality is that the quality of Apple products versus competitors is declining. Prices will have to come down just to maintain market share.
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The Health Care sector ranks sixth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 22 ETFs and 72 mutual funds in the Health Care sector as of January 15th, 2014.
The Financials sector ranks ninth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based
The Energy sector ranks eighth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based
Check out my sector overview on Reuters Insider here.
The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds
Check out my sector overview on Reuters Insider here.
The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks third out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds
This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector.
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