April 6, 20180Comments

ICYMI: The (Alarming) Math on SPOT, 3 Quick Picks, Model Portfolio Updates, The Shift to Fundamental Research, & 2Q18 Sector Ratings

Here's what happened at New Constructs this past week.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

April 5, 20180Comments

Focus List Stocks: Short – Update 4/5/18

We’ve added the following stock to our Focus List – Short Model Portfolio as of April 5, 2018.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

April 5, 20180Comments

Position Close Update: Snyder’s-Lance Inc. (LNCE)

Due to an acquisition, we have closed this position and removed it from our Focus List – Short Model Portfolio.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

November 1, 20170Comments

Transitioning Business Model Coupled with a Competitive Advantage

While transitioning from a commodity based business to a consumer facing and branded product business, this firm has consistently grown profits, improved margins, and properly incentivized executives to create shareholder value.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

February 22, 20170Comments

Danger Zone: SunOpta (STKL)

Significant competition, lagging margins, and an overvalued stock price make it hard to justify any bull case involving this week's Danger Zone.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

February 19, 20160Comments

Danger Zone Performance Worth Noting

The market awards the most value to the companies that give the most back. It punishes those that do not create value. Figure 1 shows how well our Danger Zone picks have done.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

September 24, 20150Comments

David Trainer Discusses The Problems With Snyder’s-Lance

CEO David Trainer sat down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life and MarketWatch.com to talk about our Danger Zone pick this past week: Snyder's-Lance (LNCE)

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

September 21, 20150Comments

Healthy Food Won’t Make Snyder’s-Lance A Healthy Business

Companies often use hollow acquisition-driven growth to mask deterioration in the underlying business, i.e. efficiency. This week’s Danger Zone stock fits this description to a tee. Add in extremely high profit growth expectations and it’s easy to see why Snyder’s-Lance (LNCE) is in the Danger Zone.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

July 11, 20130Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds July 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 aggregation of ratings of 9 ETFs and 9 mutual funds in the Consumer Staples sector as of July 8, 2013.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

October 9, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds October 2012: 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. It gets my Attractive rating, which is based on an aggregation of the ratings of 9 ETFs and 9 mutual funds in the Consumer Staples sector as of October 9, 2012. Reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector and style are here.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO

April 17, 20120Comments

Best & Worst ETFs & Mutual Funds: Consumer Staples Sector

The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector roadmap. It gets my Attractive rating, which is based on the aggregation of my ratings for 10 Consumer Staples ETFs and 9 Consumer Staples mutual funds as of April 12, 2012. Reports on the best & worst ETFs and mutual funds in every sector and style are on my blog and MarketWatch’s Trading Deck.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO