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July 16, 20140Comments

AOL Just Lost Its Yahoo Bailout

Yahoo's (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer and its M&A chief Jackie Reses have both crushed speculation that Yahoo would buy AOL (AOL: ~$39/share) with its cash from the Alibaba IPO. Mayer reportedly told Re/code that an AOL acquisition would be "small, unexciting, uninspiring, and backward-looking."

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 16, 20140Comments

Update: Intel Earnings

In my most recent article, I said that modest growth over the next 15 years makes Intel worth ~$41 share today, and this earnings report strengthens my belief in that fair value estimate.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 16, 20140Comments

A Private Takeover Would Be Good For PetSmart

A privately held PetSmart could create more value than the present version of the company.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 16, 20140Comments

Consumer Discretionary Sector

The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks fourth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 16 ETFs and 21 mutual funds in the Consumer Discretionary sector as of July 9, 2014.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 14, 20140Comments

Rating Breakdown: Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds by Sector

This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 14, 20140Comments

Investing in the Kitchen

Figure 1 compares 10 companies that make common kitchen products on the basis of return on invested capital (ROIC) and price to economic book value (PEBV).

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 14, 20140Comments

Danger Zone 7/14/14

This week’s Danger Zone pick features a consumer goods company with inflated earnings growth and an unrealistic valuation. All New Constructs subscribers can download the full report here – after logging in at

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 10, 20140Comments

New Stocks Make Most Attractive/Dangerous Lists For July

5 new stocks make our Most Attractive list and 8 new stocks fall onto the Most Dangerous list this month.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 9, 20140Comments

Sector Rankings For ETFs & Mutual Funds

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2014, only the Consumer Staples sector earns an Attractive-or-better rating.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 8, 20140Comments

Proof is in Performance Through 2Q14

There are many ways to define the quality and merit of equity research. One measure stands tallest: performance of stock recommendations. And by that measure, New Constructs’ research is of very high quality.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 8, 20140Comments

A Message to Readers from David Trainer

A special message from David Trainer regarding changes to the New Constructs blog.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 7, 20140Comments

Danger Zone 7/7/14

This week's Danger Zone pick can be downloaded from the New Constructs website

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 7, 20140Comments

How are These 19th Century Companies Doing Today?

Trading stocks sometimes feels like a very modern phenomenon, so it’s easy to forget that some of the companies we’re investing in go back a century or more.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 3, 20140Comments

This Week’s Danger Zone: A Popular Valuation Metric

Every week, check back to find out our current pick for one of the riskiest stocks in the market.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 2, 20140Comments

Recovering PC Market Makes Intel Still A Buy

INTC is still a good stock for a value investor, but it’s not as great as it was eight months ago.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 2, 20140Comments

July’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access July's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of Wednesday, July 2.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 2, 20140Comments

July’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access July's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of Wednesday, July 2.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

June 30, 20142Comments

Cutting Through Valeant’s Story

Valeant has been guilty of some dubious assertions in its attempts to defend itself from claims that its business model is nothing more than a rollup scheme and that its stock is overvalued.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

June 30, 20140Comments

Danger Zone: Hawaiian Electric Company (HE)

Utilities are typically thought of as safe investments, but across the board we see Utilities as overvalued currently, and HE is one of the worst.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

June 26, 20140Comments

46 Barron’s Features on New Constructs Since March 2014

See recent articles from Barron's that feature our diligence on individual stocks.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

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