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January 18, 20170Comments

Energy Sector 1Q17: Best and Worst

The Energy sector ranks last out of the ten sectors as detailed in our 1Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 18, 20170Comments

Consumer Staples Sector 1Q17: Best and Worst

The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in our 1Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 18, 20170Comments

Consumer Discretionary Sector 1Q17: Best and Worst

The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks fifth out of the ten sectors as detailed in our 1Q17 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 16, 20170Comments

The Truth Behind The Push To Delay The Fiduciary Rule

The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule is under fire again. Essentially, those opposing the rule are saying that fulfilling a fiduciary standard—acting in the best interests of their clients—is too costly to work with their business model.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 16, 20171Comments

Danger Zone: Bottomline Technologies (EPAY)

Red flags appear when a firm sacrifices profitability to join the cloud and transitions to a business model with negative margins. Add in significant competition and an overvalued stock price and investors should be running for the hills.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 13, 20170Comments

ICYMI: New Long Idea, Top Stock Picks and Special Offer Inside

New Long Idea, Top Stock Picks and Special Offer Inside
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 13, 20170Comments

Exec Comp Aligned With ROIC Model Portfolio: January 2017

Platinum Members and higher can access January’s Executive Compensation Aligned With ROIC Model Portfolio as of Friday, January 13.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 12, 20170Comments

“It’s a perfect metric that ignores all the costs of acquisitions”

On Thursday (01/12/17), Michael Rapoport of The Wall Street Journal interviewed CEO David Trainer regarding the metrics investors should be looking for during earnings season and which metrics are deceiving.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 11, 20170Comments

The Real Earnings Season Doesn’t Start Until February

Monday marked the unofficial start of “earnings season.” Then, once all the craziness has died down, the real earnings season—10-K filing season—will begin.
by Sam McBride
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January 11, 20170Comments

Podcast: Danger Zone Highlights & Lowlights from 2016

Our Danger Zone reports aim to identify those firms that, when looking below the surface, have struggling businesses and highly overvalued stock prices. However, the thesis does not always play out as we expect.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 11, 20170Comments

1-Click Custom Reports on Demand

In addition to our Dynamic Data Screener, clients also get direct access to our database via our 1-Click Report offering. See how it all works in this video.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 11, 20170Comments

This Media Giant Should Continue Its Dominance in 2017

Warren Buffet’s advice to “be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful,” presents an interesting conundrum
by Sam McBride
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January 11, 20170Comments

New Stocks on Most Attractive/Most Dangerous: January 2017

Our Most Attractive Stocks (+5.5%) outperformed the S&P 500 (+2.2%) last month. 13 out of the 40 Most Dangerous stocks outperformed the S&P 500 in December.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 10, 20172Comments

Top Stocks & Model Portfolios From 2016

Our Long Idea reports aim to identify those firms that the market has overlooked and that when analyzed beyond standard metrics, are significantly undervalued. In addition to individual Long Ideas, we provide Model Portfolios that provide well-screened lists of companies based on specific criteria
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
January 9, 20170Comments

Danger Zone: Highlights & Lowlights of 2016

Our Danger Zone reports aim to identify those firms that, when looking below the surface, have struggling businesses and highly overvalued stock prices. However, the thesis does not always play out as we expect and, at times, the stock continues garnering investor interest and only grows more overvalued.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 6, 20170Comments

ICYMI: New Year, New Features

New Year, New Features. Stock Faceoff: Giants of Retail, Model Portfolio Updates, and much more
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 6, 20170Comments

Direct Access To Our Database: Dynamic Data Screener

This video shows how clients can directly access our database of analytics from our 5,000+ company valuation models in a matter of seconds with just a few clicks.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 6, 20170Comments

See Exactly How Our Valuation Models Work

We are 100% transparent about our models because we want our clients to know how much rigor and integrity are behind our research.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Best & Worst Sector Rankings
January 4, 20170Comments

Sector Ratings For ETFs & Mutual Funds: 1Q17

At the beginning of the first quarter of 2017, only the Consumer Staples sector earns an Attractive-or-better rating. Our sector ratings are based on the aggregation of our fund ratings for every ETF and mutual fund in each sector.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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January 4, 20170Comments

Most Attractive Stocks Model Portfolio: January 2017

Gold Members and higher can access January's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of Wednesday, January 4.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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