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David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Found & CEO of New Constructs

June 18, 20240Comments

Not Buying Tom Brady’s HOF Speech

I like to believe in a world based on reciprocity and karma: you get what you deserve; what goes around comes around.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 28, 20240Comments

Perfect Example of Wall Street Robbery By a Zombie Stock

What would you think if I told you the CEO of a business that had to secure a $1 billion loan to stave off bankruptcy got paid over $100 million dollars?
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 20, 20240Comments

“It is the sovereign privilege of a free citizen”

The meme stock frenzy highlights the lack of reliable fundamental research, which creates a vacuum for mis-information.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 13, 20240Comments

Seeing is Believing

Every client deserves proof of the value proposition for which they pay.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 3, 20240Comments

That Which We Obtain Too Easily…

We are witnessing a world where more people are throwing themselves into confirmation traps than anything I’ve seen since the tech bubble.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 19, 20240Comments

It’s Getting Ugly Out There

If you’re investing based on a narrative without understanding fundamentals, you’re playing a very dangerous game.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 15, 20240Comments

Don’t Believe the Hype

I think you’d be hard pressed to find a single investor who thinks the market is undervalued.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 9, 20240Comments

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Do you ever get the feeling that a decision you’re making in the moment might change your life forever?
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
March 7, 20240Comments

The Magnitude of the Problem

If everyone is relying on bad research, then does it do an investor any good to use better research? 
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
March 7, 20240Comments

The Mental Edge Matters Most

A mental run through in what it takes and then a break down of a classic mistake that we caught ahead of time.  
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Overstated Earnings
November 15, 20230Comments

Equity Model Adjustments For Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Companies

This report explains the differences in our models for real estate investment trust (REIT) companies compared to standard industrial company models.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
August 29, 20230Comments

Equity Model Adjustments for Financial vs. Non-Financial Companies

This report explains why certain calculations in our company valuation models are different for financial companies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
August 21, 20230Comments

Improving our Total Debt Calculation and Credit Rating

We are improving the Total Debt calculation used in our Credit Ratings for all companies under coverage.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
July 25, 20230Comments

Improving our Models and our Credit Ratings

We have made an improvement to our models for the Total Debt metric used in our Credit Ratings for Financial and REIT companies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
December 16, 20229Comments

Changes to Gold, Platinum, and (old) Pro Memberships

We are moving access to all of our Model Portfolios and ad-hoc research to the new Professional membership (previously known as Unlimited).
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
March 31, 20220Comments

Get to Know Our Core Values

At New Constructs, the following values guide everything we do.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
September 13, 20210Comments

Novel Alpha from Truth Stocks & Earnings Distortion: AltHub

To enable managers to easily monetize our new factor, we worked with AltHub to develop three initial strategies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
September 13, 20210Comments

Novel Alpha from Earnings Distortion: CloudQuant

To enable managers to easily monetize our new factor, we worked with CloudQuant to develop two initial strategies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
August 20, 20210Comments

Earnings Distortion: The New Value Factor

To enable managers to easily monetize our new factor, we present a long/short market-neutral strategy that generates impressive performance.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
March 23, 20210Comments

Credit Ratings Are On the Refinitiv Research Distribution Platforms

Our Credit Ratings for 2,800+ companies are now available on Refinitiv’s real-time and aftermarket research distribution platforms
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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