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David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Found & CEO of New Constructs

November 8, 20126Comments

NOPAT: Definition And Formulae For Net Operating Profit After-Tax And NOPAT Margin

NOPAT is the after-tax operating cash generated by the business, excluding unusual losses and gains, financing costs, goodwill and other non-cash items.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
ROIC
November 8, 20120Comments

ROIC: Definition And Formulae for Return on Invested Capital

ROIC is the true measure of a company's cash on cash returns.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
November 7, 20120Comments

November’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Public Today

We released November’s Most Attractive Stocks report to the public today.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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November 7, 20120Comments

November’s Most Dangerous Stocks Available to Public Today

We released November’s Most Dangerous Stocks report to the public today.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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November 5, 20120Comments

The Danger Zone Pick: 11/5/12

Check out my latest Danger Zone interview with Chuck Jaffe of MarketWatch.com.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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November 2, 20120Comments

November’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access November's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names and 20 small cap names to sell or short in this monthly newsletter.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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November 2, 20120Comments

November’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access November's Most Attractive Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names and 20 small cap names to buy in this monthly newsletter.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
October 29, 20120Comments

The Danger Zone Pick: 10/29/12

Check out my latest Danger Zone interview with Chuck Jaffe of MarketWatch.com. This week all Small Cap funds are in the Danger Zone.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
October 26, 20120Comments

Predictive ETF Ratings: Real Diligence, Real Research

Research on holdings is necessary due diligence because an ETF's performance is only as good as its holdings' performance. No matter how cheap, if it holds bad stocks, the ETF's performance will be bad.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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October 26, 20120Comments

Our Partner, Benzinga, Is Premier Financial News Provider on Windows 8

Our long-time partner, Benzinga.com, was selected by Microsoft (MSFT) to be one of the PREMIER financial news providers on Windows 8.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
October 22, 20120Comments

The Danger Zone Pick: 10/22/12

Check out my latest Danger Zone interview with Chuck Jaffe of MarketWatch.com. This week, a former member of our Most Dangerous Stocks, is in the Danger Zone.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
October 22, 20122Comments

4Q Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds – by Style – Recap

This article provides quick access to all our 4Q reports on Style funds. I also provide a link to all of our 4Q sector reports.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 22, 20120Comments

Cheap Funds Dupe Investors – 4Q2012

Fund holdings affect fund performance more than fees or past performance. A cheap fund is not necessarily a good fund. Our research on fund holdings enables investors to find funds with high quality holdings - AND - low fees.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 22, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: Small-cap Value Style

The small-cap value style ranks last out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 13 ETFs and 263 mutual funds in the small-cap value style as of October 22, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 22, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: Small-cap Blend Style

The small-cap blend style ranks 11th out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 21 ETFs and 657 mutual funds in the small-cap blend style as of October 22, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 22, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: Mid-cap Value Style

The mid-cap value style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 12 ETFs and 176 mutual funds in the mid-cap value style as of October 22, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 22, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: Mid-cap Blend Style

The mid-cap blend style ranks ninth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 17 ETFs and 334 mutual funds in the mid-cap blend style as of October 22, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
October 22, 20120Comments

20% of CFOs Admit To Manipulating Earnings – WSJ

A recent Wall Street Journal article reveals that 20% of CFOs of US publicly-trade companies purposefully manipulate their earnings.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 19, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: Small-cap Growth Style

The small-cap growth style ranks eighth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 493 mutual funds in the small-cap growth style as of October 19, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
October 19, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds October 2012: All-cap Value Style

The all-cap value style ranks seventh out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of two ETFs and 266 mutual funds in the all-cap value style as of October 19, 2012.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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