March 21, 20180Comments

Position Close Update: Skechers USA (SKX)

The fundamentals no longer look strong enough for us to continue recommending the stock as one of our top long ideas, so we are closing this position with respectable gains and outperformance.

by Sam McBride

March 21, 20180Comments

Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio: March 2018

Platinum Members and higher can access March's Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio as of Wednesday, March 21.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 20, 20180Comments

Filing Season Finds: Week of March 12-17

Last week, analysts parsed 243 10-K filings and collected 29,109 data points. In total, they made 4,701 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $1.3 trillion. Analyst Jacob McDonough found a significant red flag in the footnotes of Centrus Energy’s (LEU) 2017 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 19, 20180Comments

Don’t Buy What “Smart Money” Sells

Is the market hungry enough to justify the expected $7 billion valuation? Or, is this IPO how insiders sell stock and raise capital after the “smart money” (i.e. private equity, hedge funds, etc.) has dried up?

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 16, 20180Comments

ICYMI: New Long Idea, Model Portfolio Updates, Fiduciary Rule Will Stand, Tesla’s Alarming Defections & Red Flags from Last Week’s 10-Ks

Here's what happened at New Constructs this past week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 16, 20180Comments

Even Without the Law, Fiduciary Rule Awareness Remains

While a recent court ruling could end the Fiduciary Rule as law, it cannot erase the awareness the DoL raised nor can it stop market forces leading the business towards a more ethical place.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 16, 20182Comments

Time to Follow Tesla Executives and Run for the Hills?

More executive departures, more missed production projections, and competitors taking market share have left Tesla’s sky-high valuation with even more downside risk.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 15, 20181Comments

Doomsday Valuation Makes this Stock a Buy

Overblown concerns about balance sheet liabilities, macroeconomic headwinds, and technological disruption have the market projecting the company’s cash flows will be permanently cut in half, a scenario which seems unlikely.

by Sam McBride

March 15, 20180Comments

Featured Stocks in March’s Most Attractive/Most Dangerous Model Portfolios

Our Most Attractive Stocks outperformed the S&P 500 last month while our Most Dangerous Stocks underperformed the S&P 500 as a short portfolio. See two of the featured stocks from this month’s model portfolios.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 15, 20180Comments

Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio: March 2018

Platinum Members and higher can access March's Executive Compensation Aligned With ROIC Model Portfolio as of Thursday, March 15.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 15, 20180Comments

Podcast: Why Hertz is in the Danger Zone

CEO David Trainer sat down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life and MarketWatch.com to talk about our Danger Zone pick this past week: Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ).

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 12, 20180Comments

Filing Season Finds: Week of March 5-10

Last week, analysts parsed 409 10-K filings and collected 54,383 data points. In total, they made 8,989 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $1.3 trillion. Analyst Eric Roll identified two significant red flags in PacWest Bancorp’s (PACW) 2017 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 12, 20181Comments

No Light at the End of the Tunnel for This Stock

This firm's shrinking cash flows can’t cover its debt burden, its accounting is confusing and possibly unreliable, its industry faces technological disruption, and its valuation assumes implausibly high profit growth.

by Sam McBride

March 9, 20180Comments

ICYMI: Harvard Business School Features Our Robo-Analyst, New Long Idea, How AI Helps Advisors, More Red Flags from New 10-Ks & Model Portfolio Updates

Here's what happened at New Constructs this past week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 9, 20180Comments

Filing Season Finds: Friday, March 9

From yesterday's research, analysts parsed 46 10-K filings and collected 4,585 data points. In total, they made 985 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $358 billion. Senior Analyst Lindsay Bohannon found an unusual item yesterday in Crawford & Company’s (CRD.B) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 8, 20180Comments

Harvard Business School Features our Robo-Analyst Technology

In a new case study, “New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts”, Charles C.Y. Wang and Kyle Thomas highlight the power of our Robo-Analyst technology.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 8, 20180Comments

Filing Season Finds: Thursday, March 8

From yesterday's research, analysts parsed 49 10-K filings and collected 6,142 data points. In total, they made 1,001 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $99 billion. The Robo-Analyst found an unusual item yesterday in Zogenix’s (ZGNX) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 8, 20180Comments

Podcast: Why Zendesk is in the Danger Zone

CEO David Trainer sat down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life and MarketWatch.com to talk about our Danger Zone pick this past week: Zendesk Inc. (ZEN).

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 7, 20180Comments

Reported Profits May Scare Off Unknowing Investors

With a long history of dividend growth, a vertically integrated business model providing competitive advantages, and undervalued stock price, this firm earns a spot on this month’s Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio and is this week’s Long Idea.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 7, 20180Comments

Filing Season Finds: Wednesday, March 7

From yesterday's research, analysts parsed 129 10-K filings and collected 18,042 data points. In total, they made 2,644 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $153 billion. Analyst Peter Apockotos found an unusual item yesterday in CBIZ Inc.’s (CBZ) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

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