June 1, 20152Comments

No Hashtag Needed: Twitter’s Issues Worsen

Twitter went public in late 2013 touting excellent customer growth, equally impressive revenue growth, and the potential to be the “next big thing.” The stock has much farther to fall and earns a place in the Danger Zone this week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

May 26, 20150Comments

Why One Investment Style Falls Below the Rest

This week, ETFs and mutual funds in the Small Cap Blend investment style are in the Danger Zone. The Small Cap Blend style ranks last out of the 12 styles as detailed in our 2Q15 Style Ratings report.

by Andre Rouillard

May 18, 20150Comments

Why You Can’t Judge a Fund by its Cover

This week we’re putting RidgeWorth Mid Cap Value Fund (SAMVX), which has $4.6 billion in assets under management, in the Danger Zone for the number of ways in which it misleads investors.

by Andre Rouillard

May 13, 20150Comments

Why Intersil is the Bottom of the Barrel of Chipmaker Stocks

Intersil designs and develops power management and precision analog integrated circuits. The industry continues to grow rapidly and there are new uses emerging for these products on an almost daily basis. But not all semiconductor stocks are the same. This week we’re focusing on a company that is struggling to survive in this competitive industry

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

May 11, 20150Comments

A Company Stuck at the Bottom of its Industry

The semiconductor industry continues to grow rapidly and there are new uses emerging for these products on an almost daily basis. But not all semiconductor stocks are the same. This week we’re focusing on a company that is struggling to survive in this competitive industry.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

May 8, 20150Comments

Netflix Upgrade Draws Analyst Ridicule

David Trainer discusses his thoughts regarding a recent article published about Netflix, comments by an analyst at Wedbush Securities, as well as the entire sell-side analyst's upside down view on risk.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

May 4, 20150Comments

Don’t Bet on Rising Auto Sales With This Stock

Investors may be tempted to follow in Buffett’s footsteps by making a similar bet on the United States’ rebounding auto sales and low gas prices — but we don’t think the famous “rising tide lifts all boats” analogy applies here.

by Andre Rouillard

April 27, 20151Comments

How Can an Industry’s Leading Company Also Be Its Worst Stock?

While investors have been busy paying attention to this company’s EPS, they have been ignoring two realities: that this company has become significantly less profitable as its stock price has risen, and that the company’s management team has failed consistently on several counts.

by Andre Rouillard

April 27, 20150Comments

Netflix Remains a Risky Investment

New Constructs CEO David Trainer discusses his valuation of Netflix and the concept of risk versus market expectations.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

April 22, 20150Comments

Why We’re Cautious About the Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks dead last out of all 10 sectors in our most recent 2Q15 sector ratings report. This is because 67% of Energy ETFs and mutual funds earn our Dangerous or Very Dangerous ratings.

by Andre Rouillard

April 20, 20151Comments

What’s Wrong With Energy Sector Funds?

While energy prices look to have bottomed out at this point and it may be tempting to bet on a broad turnaround in the sector, the funds in the Energy sector simply do not provide compelling investments.

by Andre Rouillard

April 14, 20150Comments

How Can an ETF be Risky?

In this podcast, David Trainer will reveal a few of our riskiest ETF picks and talk about how an ETF, which usually tracks an index, can be risky.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

April 13, 20150Comments

This Cloud Stock’s Bubble Could be About to Pop

It’s hard to short cloud stocks in this environment, and we’ve been burned before. However, there are a few tailwinds that this stock has been benefitting from that have disappeared, making this stock’s short prospects even better.

by Andre Rouillard

April 10, 20150Comments

Why Investors Should Beware Recent Tech IPOs

In this podcast, CEO David Trainer sits down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life and MarketWatch.com to talk about why we put recent Technology IPOs in the Danger Zone.

by Andre Rouillard

April 6, 20150Comments

Beware These Three Letters

Thanks to these three letters, investors have lost billions of dollars this year, and could stand to lose even more.

by Andre Rouillard

March 30, 20151Comments

This Stock is Another Sign We’re in a Tech Bubble

This stock reminds us of Box (BOX) in many ways. This company went public in October in an IPO that was largely overshadowed by the Alibaba (BABA) IPO. We think that little more than speculation is propping up this company’s crazy valuation.

by Andre Rouillard

March 30, 20150Comments

Investing is Not Like March Madness

March Madness is like investing, however, investing is not like March Madness.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

March 24, 20150Comments

Hedge Fund Holdings That May Surprise You

In this podcast, CEO David Trainer will give further thoughts on these 10 companies including their valuation in the current market.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

March 23, 20150Comments

Is This Restaurant the Next Chipotle?

We believe that investors who think this restaurant is going to become the next Chipotle are willfully ignoring the company’s history and its current growth track.

by Andre Rouillard

March 20, 20150Comments

Important Items You’re Probably Leaving Out of Your Stock Valuations

Recently, we published a special report on the 10 companies with the biggest adjustments to their valuations across all of the adjustments we make to each company. In this podcast, CEO David Trainer will explain some of these adjustments using the companies that we talked about in our report.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

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