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Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Telecom Services Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Telecom Services sector ranks first out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Very Attractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Technology Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Technology sector ranks eighth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Real Estate Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Real Estate sector ranks eleventh out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Very Unattractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Industrials Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Industrials sector ranks ninth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Unattractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Healthcare Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Healthcare sector ranks sixth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Financials Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Financials sector ranks third out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Attractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Energy Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Energy sector ranks fourth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Consumer Non-cyclicals Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Consumer Non-cyclicals sector ranks second out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Attractive rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Consumer Cyclicals Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Consumer Cyclicals sector ranks fifth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Funds
January 15, 20200Comments

Basic Materials Sector 1Q20: Best and Worst

The Basic Materials sector ranks seventh out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 1Q20 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 15, 20200Comments

On Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep to Reveal Earnings Distortion Scores for Three Large Cap Stocks

We joined Benzinga's PreMarket Prep on January 15, 2020 to discuss earnings distortion and its impact on reported earnings.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Model Portfolio
January 15, 20200Comments

Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio: January 2020

Platinum Members and higher can access January's Executive Compensation Aligned With ROIC Model Portfolio as of Wednesday, January 15.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 14, 20200Comments

Position Close Update: Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC)

The recent decline in profitability means KLIC now earns our Neutral rating, so we are closing this position.
by Sam McBride
Economic Earnings vs. GAAP Earnings
January 13, 20200Comments

How We Calculate Earnings Distortion Scores

Our Earnings Distortion Scores empower investors to combat management efforts to obfuscate financial performance.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 13, 20200Comments

Core Earnings & Earnings Distortion: Explanation & Examples

Our “novel dataset” of footnotes disclosures enables analysts to strip out the unusual items that distort core earnings measures from traditional sources.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Rankings
January 13, 20200Comments

Sector Ratings for ETFs & Mutual Funds: 1Q20

At the beginning of the first quarter of 2020, only the Telecom Services, Consumer Non-cyclicals, and Financials sectors earn Attractive-or-better ratings.
by Matt Shuler, Investment Analyst II
Danger Zone
January 13, 20200Comments

Don’t Chase Momentum in These 3 Danger Zone Picks

We’re starting out the year by looking at where we went wrong and what we can learn from our worst-performing Danger Zone picks.
by Sam McBride
Danger Zone Podcast
January 13, 20200Comments

Podcast: Why Three Underperforming Shorts Are Back in the Danger Zone

CEO David Trainer sat down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life to talk about our Danger Zone pick this week: Don’t Chase Momentum in These 3 Danger Zone Picks.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 13, 20200Comments

On the Investor’s Podcast Network: Disney, Return on Invested Capital, Core Earnings, & More

We spoke with Stig Broderson and Preston Pysh on the We Study Billionaires podcast.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 13, 20200Comments

Earnings Distortion Scorecard: Week of 1/20/20-1/24/20

For the week of 1/20/20-1/24/20, we focus on the Earnings Distortion scores for 55 companies.
by Sam McBride
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