March 21, 20170Comments

How To Fulfill The Duty Of Care: Official Letter on DoL’s Website

New Constructs submits the following comments regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed rule entitled Definition of the Term “Fiduciary” - Delay of Applicability Date.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 20, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Week Of March 13–17

Last week, our analysts parsed 350 filings and collected 43,532 data points. Senior Analyst Lindsay Bohannon identified two significant hidden items that artificially depressed CODI’s reported GAAP net income in 2016.

by Sam McBride

March 20, 20170Comments

Danger Zone: LivePerson Inc. (LPSN)

This Danger Zone pick has seen its profitability decline as new competition has entered the scene. As the market commoditized, this firm’s negative margins and limited service offering undermined its ability to compete.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 20, 20170Comments

“GrubHub Shares Could Slide 25% as Competition Grows” – Barron’s

On Saturday (3/18/17), Barron’s featured our research for the first time in 2017 and 25th time since 2014.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 17, 20170Comments

ICYMI: Updated Model Portfolios & Key Filing Season Details

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

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 17, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Friday, March 17

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 64 10-K filings and collected 8,054 data points. In total, they made 1,318 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $55 billion. Analyst Allen L. Jackson found an unusual item yesterday in Alcoa’s (AA) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 16, 20172Comments

New Stocks on Exec Comp & ROIC Model Portfolio: March 2017

The best performing stock in the portfolio last month was Children’s Place (PLCE), which was up 13%. Get a look at one of the new stocks on March's Model Portfolio.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 16, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Thursday, March 16

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 48 10-K filings and collected 6,034 data points. In total, they made 964 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $135 billion. Analyst Lindsay Bohannon found an unusual item yesterday in OraSure Technologies’ (OSUR) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 16, 20170Comments

Podcast: Why Pandora Media 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: Pandora Media (P).

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 15, 20170Comments

10,000 Scottrade Users Sign-Up In Just 6 Months

Over 10,000 Scottrade clients have signed up for New Constructs and are enjoying the benefits of our robo-analyst technology.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

March 15, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Wednesday, March 15

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 51 10-K filings and collected 6,534 data points. In total, they made 1,064 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $37 billion. Analyst Lindsay Bohannon found an unusual item yesterday in Pzena Investment Management’s (PZN) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 15, 20170Comments

Fed Watching Can Be A Costly Distraction

Investors agonizing over the Fed should focus their efforts elsewhere. Instead of guessing where interest rates will go, read some of the thousands of annual 10-K reports that have come out in the past month.

by Sam McBride

March 15, 20172Comments

Exec Comp Aligned With ROIC Model Portfolio: March 2017

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

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 14, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Tuesday, March 14

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 94 10-K filings and collected 11,843 data points. In total, they made 1,961 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $79 billion. Analyst Cody Fincher found an unusual item yesterday in Acacia Research Corporation’s (ACTG) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 13, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Week Of March 4–10

Last week, our analysts parsed 452 filings and collected 58,771 data points. In total, they made 9,978 adjustments with a dollar value of $1.5 trillion. Analyst Hunter Gray made a number of adjustments to Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDS.A) 20-F that caused us to downgrade the stock from Dangerous to Very Dangerous.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 13, 20170Comments

Danger Zone: Pandora Media (P)

We think the ship has sailed on this business, but the stock is still pricing in huge improvements in profitability and market share. Pandora Media (P) is in the Danger Zone this week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 13, 20170Comments

Webinar: The Fiduciary Duty of Care: Turn Challenge Into Competitive Advantage

On Thursday, March 30, at 4:15pm EST, join David Trainer and WealthManagement.com’s editor-in-chief, David Armstrong, for a webinar on how to turn the new fiduciary rule to your competitive advantage.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 10, 20170Comments

ICYMI: Updated Model Portfolios and Valeant’s 10-K Red Flags

Here's what happened at New Constructs this week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

March 10, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Friday, March 10

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 42 10-K filings and collected 5,533 data points. In total they made 965 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $108 billion. Analyst Alec Estrada found an unusual item yesterday in Ascent Capital Group’s (ASCMA) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 9, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX)

Analyst Cody Fincher made a total of 44 adjustments to Valeant’s financial statements with a total value of $50 billion. Here are our four largest takeaways from Valeant’s 10-K.

by Sam McBride

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