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October 9, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds October 2013: Consumer Staples Sector

The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Attractive rating, which is based on an aggregation of ratings of eight ETFs and eight mutual funds in the Consumer Staples sector as of October 3, 2013. Prior reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector are here.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 8, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds October 2013: Consumer Discretionary Sector

The Consumer Discretionary sector ranks third 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 17 ETFs and 21 mutual funds in the Consumer Discretionary sector as of October 4th, 2013. Prior reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector are here.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 8, 20130Comments

Rating Breakdown: Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds by Sector (October 2013)

This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds for October 2013. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 7, 20130Comments

Sector Rankings For ETFs & Mutual Funds: October 2013

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2013, only the Consumer Staples sector earns an Attractive rating. My sector ratings are based on the aggregation of my fund ratings for every ETF and mutual fund in each sector.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 11, 20130Comments

September’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to the Public Today

New Constructs released September’s Most Dangerous Stocks report to the public today.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 11, 20130Comments

September’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to the Public Today

New Constructs released September’s Most Attractive Stocks report to the public today.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 11, 20130Comments

New Stocks For Most Attractive/Dangerous Lists

September sees 16 new stocks make our Most Attractive list and 14 new stocks fall into the Most Dangerous category. Our Most Attractive stocks have high and rising return on invested capital (ROIC) and low price to economic book value ratios. Most Dangerous stocks have misleading earnings and long growth appreciation periods implied in their market valuations.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 5, 20130Comments

September’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access September's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names to sell or short and 20 small cap names in this monthly newsletter.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 5, 20130Comments

September’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access September's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names and 20 small cap names to buy in this monthly newsletter.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 9, 20130Comments

August’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to the Public Today

Most Dangerous Stocks have misleading earnings, which means reported earnings are rising while true economic earnings are declining.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 9, 20130Comments

August’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to the Public Today

The Most Attractive Stocks portfolio (+5.8%) outperformed the S&P 500 (+4.4%) last month. There are 16 new stocks in the Most Attractive portfolio for this month.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 6, 20130Comments

How to Avoid the Worst Style Mutual Funds

Why are there so many mutual funds? The answer is because mutual fund providers are making lots of money selling them. The number of mutual funds has little to do with serving investors’ best interests.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 5, 20130Comments

How to Avoid the Worst Sector Mutual Funds

Picking from the multitude of sector mutual funds is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 234 different mutual funds, and there are at least 632 mutual funds across all sectors.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 2, 20130Comments

August’s Most DANGEROUS Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access August's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names to sell or short and 20 small cap names in this monthly newsletter.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 2, 20130Comments

August’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Subscribers Today

Paying customers can access August’s 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of midnight last night. We provide 20 large/mid cap names and 20 small cap names to buy in this monthly newsletter.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

August 1, 20130Comments

How To Find the Best Sector Mutual Funds

There are at least 146 different Information Technology mutual funds and at least 632 mutual funds across all sectors. Do investors need that many choices? How different can the mutual funds be?

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 31, 20130Comments

How to Find the Best Style Mutual Funds

There are at least 6100 mutual funds across all styles. Do investors need that many choices? How different can these thousands of mutual funds be?

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 31, 20130Comments

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

July 29, 20130Comments

How to Avoid the Worst Style ETFs

Picking from the multitude of style ETFs is a daunting task. There are as many as 42 in any given style and at least 223 ETFs across all styles.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

July 26, 20130Comments

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

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