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David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Founder & CEO

David Trainer, Found & CEO of New Constructs

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November 19, 20120Comments

The Danger Zone Pick: 11/19/12

SBUX bulls are blind to the competition SBUX faces on many fronts, one of the most important of which is MCD.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
November 13, 20120Comments

Time To Dig In To McDonalds (MCD)

When McDonalds (MCD) made my Most Attractive Stocks list this month, I must admit I let out a small cheer. This company is one of the better-run businesses in the world. I have long eyed the stock in hopes that it would get cheap enough to dig into and now it has.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
New Constructs
November 12, 20120Comments

The Danger Zone Pick: 11/12/12

JPMorgan Trust II: JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund (OLGAX) is in the Danger Zone this week.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
wacc formula
November 8, 20120Comments

WACC: Definition And Formula For The Weighed-Average Cost Of Capital

Weighted-Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the average of debt and equity capital costs that all publicly traded companies with debt and equity stakeholders incur as a cost of operating.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
invested capital
November 8, 201211Comments

Invested Capital: Definition And Formulae

Invested capital equals the sum of all cash that has been invested in a company over its life without regard to financing form or accounting name.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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
New Constructs
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
New Constructs
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
New Constructs
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
New Constructs
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
New Constructs
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
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