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March 3, 20160Comments

David Trainer On Why Valeant Phamaceuticals 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: Danger Zone: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX).
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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March 3, 20160Comments

March’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Members Today

Gold Members and higher can access March's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of Thursday, March 3.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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March 3, 20160Comments

March’s Most Dangerous Stocks Available to Members Today

Gold Members and higher can access March's 32 Most Dangerous Stocks as of Thursday, March 3.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 29, 20164Comments

Danger Zone: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX)

We’ve been highlighting the dangers of Valeant for over two years and we do not see them abating. As long as management is incentivized to destroy shareholder value, Valeant is in the Danger Zone.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 26, 20160Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Style Mutual Funds 1Q16

The large number of mutual funds has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst mutual funds.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 26, 20160Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Style ETFs 1Q16

Why are there so many ETFs? ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best interests. Here are three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 26, 20160Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector Mutual Funds 1Q16

The large number of mutual funds has little to do with serving your best interests. Here are three red flags you can use to avoid the worst mutual funds
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 26, 20160Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs 1Q16

Why are there so many ETFs? ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best interests. Below are three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs:
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 26, 20160Comments

How To Boost Oracle’s Value By $65 Billion Webinar

In case you missed it, or in case you wanted to watch it again, here is our live webinar from this week. David Trainer will discuss how undervalued Oracle is relative to real cash flows and ROIC and more.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
New Constructs
February 24, 20160Comments

How EV/EBITDA Misses The Point On Valuation

In reality, EV/EBITDA can actually be significantly worse than P/E or P/B ratios because EBITDA ignores certain real costs of doing business like taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Put simply, EBITDA is even farther removed from the real cash flows of the business than EPS or net income.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 24, 20160Comments

How To Find The Best Style Mutual Funds 1Q16

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 24, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Style ETFs 1Q16

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 24, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Sector Mutual Funds 1Q16

Finding the best sector mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 24, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Sector ETFs 1Q16

Finding the best sector ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Cheap Funds Dupe Investors
February 23, 20160Comments

Cheap Funds Dupe Investors – 1Q16

Fund holdings affect fund performance more than fees or past performance. A cheap fund is not necessarily a good fund. A fund that has done well in the past is not likely to do well in the future. 1Q16.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 23, 20161Comments

Why Investors Need Independent Research

Some of the best research in the world comes from Wall Street. It has long been a leader in providing investors with ideas and strategies for investing. At the same time, it is important not to paint all Wall Street research with the same brush. Not all of Wall Street is the same, and some of the research it produces poses certain risks.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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February 22, 20160Comments

1Q16 Style Ratings Recap

1Q16 comprehensive review of equity ETFs and mutual funds by style.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 19, 20160Comments

Danger Zone Performance Worth Noting

The market awards the most value to the companies that give the most back. It punishes those that do not create value. Figure 1 shows how well our Danger Zone picks have done.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
February 18, 20160Comments

Open Letter to Larry Ellison: How To Boost Oracle’s Value By $65 Billion

Thesis: Management can boost the market value of ORCL in the amounts provided by aligning the firm’s strategy and performance compensation with real cash flows or what we call return on invested capital.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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February 18, 20160Comments

New Stocks on Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Lists: February 2016

Our Most Attractive Stocks (-4.4%) underperformed the S&P 500 (-2.6%) last month. Our Most Dangerous Stocks (-6.4%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-2.6%) last month.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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