May 20, 20150Comments

Getting Selective in the Mid Cap Growth Style

The Mid Cap Growth style ranks eighth out of the 12 fund styles as detailed in our 2Q15 Style Ratings report. It gets our Dangerous rating.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

January 23, 20150Comments

Make a Material Difference in Your Portfolio With These Stocks

The Materials sector ranks sixth out of the 10 sectors in the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Materials sector as a whole underperformed the S&P 500 in 2014 rising almost 6% to the S&P’s 12%.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

November 10, 20140Comments

Stock Picking Grades for Mid Cap Growth Style Fund Managers

This report shows how well Mid Cap Growth ETFs and mutual fund managers pick stocks.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

September 5, 20140Comments

Materials Sector

The Materials sector ranks seventh out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 24, 20140Comments

Materials Sector

The Materials sector ranks seventh out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 15 mutual funds in the Materials sector as of January 22nd, 2014.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

November 12, 20130Comments

New Stocks Make Most Attractive/Dangerous Lists For November

November sees 13 new stocks make our Most Attractive list and 19 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

October 15, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Energy Sector

The Energy sector ranks eighth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 18 ETFs and 70 mutual funds in the Energy sector as of October 10, 2013. Prior reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector are here.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

January 29, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Materials Sector

The Materials sector ranks sixth 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 10 ETFs and 15 mutual funds in the Materials sector as of January 25th, 2013.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 10, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Materials Sector

The Materials sector ranks sixth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 10 ETFs and 15 mutual funds in the Materials sector as of October 9, 2012.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO