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May 13, 20140Comments

Ford (F) is Hitting on All Cylinders

As long as Ford’s strong profit growth and market share gains continue, this stock has a lot of upside.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 12, 20140Comments

Danger Zone: Rydex Funds

At best, Rydex offers a more expensive, lower quality portfolio than what investors can get from other ETFs or mutual funds. At worst, Rydex poses significant risk of diminishing investors’ wealth.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 12, 20140Comments

New Stocks Make Most Attractive/Dangerous Lists For May

Both VMI and CMRE might be classified as “safe” stocks that investors would turn to when the market is volatile as it has been recently. However, it’s important to distinguish a stock that is really safe from one that just looks safe.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 7, 20140Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector Mutual Funds

Picking from the multitude of sector mutual funds is a daunting task.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 7, 20140Comments

How To Find the Best Style Mutual Funds

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 6, 20140Comments

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

Here is my letter to my hedge fund investors for 1Q14. My outperformance continued in the first quarter of this year.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 6, 20140Comments

How To Find the Best Sector Mutual Funds

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 5, 20140Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Style ETFs

Picking from the multitude of style ETFs is a daunting task.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 5, 20140Comments

May’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access May's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of Monday, May 5.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 5, 20140Comments

May’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access May's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of Monday, May 5.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 5, 20140Comments

Danger Zone: Flagstar Bancorp (FBC)

This Midwestern savings and mortgage bank has been consistently unprofitable since the financial crisis, yet accounting distortions allowed the company to report a sizeable profit last year.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 2, 20140Comments

How To Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs

Picking from the multitude of sector ETFs is a daunting task.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
May 1, 20140Comments

How To Find the Best Style ETFs

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 30, 20140Comments

How To Find the Best Sector ETFs

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 30, 20140Comments

Cheap Funds Dupe Investors – 2Q2014

Fund holdings affect fund performance more than fees or past performance. A cheap fund is not necessarily a good fund.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 29, 20140Comments

2Q Best & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds — By Style — Recap

This article provides quick access to all our 4Q reports on Style funds.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 29, 20140Comments

Small Cap Value Style

The Small Cap Value style ranks twelfth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating,
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 28, 20140Comments

Buy Aflac: A Quality Stock With Potential Catalysts

Whenever an industry leader trades at a cheap valuation it should draw the attention of investors, and that’s exactly the situation we see with Aflac
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 28, 20140Comments

Small Cap Growth Style

The Small Cap Growth style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
April 28, 20140Comments

Danger Zone: Utility Funds

Utility sector ETFs and mutual funds are in the Danger Zone this week.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
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