August 30, 2011 – 2:44 pm
I take great pleasure in recommending investors buy Clorox (CLX) – an attractive-rated stock, not just because of its strong profitability and cheap valuation but also because of the unusually high quality and integrity of its financial reporting.
By David Trainer
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Posted in Financial Reg Reform, Stock Picks and Pans
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Tagged Ameritrade, AMTD, C, Citigroup, Clorox, CLX, corporate disclosure transgressions, deferred tax asset, DVY, E*Trade, Eastman Kodak, economic profit, EFTC, EK, Guggenheim Ocean Tomo Growth Index ET, iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund, Larry Summers, OTR, pension accounting, RHS, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF, SEC, Senate Banking Committee, underfunded pension liabilities
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August 26, 2011 – 9:49 am
Great interview this am with Dagan McDowell and Ashley Webster about my recent article: “The Fed’s Bazooka: Revealed As Final Policy Firepower in Jackson Hole”.
August 23, 2011 – 9:27 am
No more Mr. Nice Guy. It is time for Mr. Bernanke to break out the big guns in Jackson Hole this Friday.
By David Trainer
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Posted in General Market Comments
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Tagged bailout, C, Chairman Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, federal reserve, Glass-Steagal, Larry Summers, monetary policy, Morgan Stanley, MS, New Constructs, the Fed's Bazooka, too big to fail, Treasury, Wall Street, White House
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August 18, 2011 – 12:30 pm
Too much of the rhetoric surrounding S&P’s downgrade of US debt misses the largest and most important point made by S&P’s bold move: the U.S. financial situation is very bad and getting worse with no reconciliation in sight.
It is difficult to deny the poor credit quality of an entity that grossly overspends its revenues, has a mountain of debt (most of which matures within the next few years) and has taken no meaningful steps toward remedying the situation?
By quibbling over S&P’s procedures and calculations, the Treasury and White House reveal that they have no solid rationale for disagreeing with the downgrade.
August 16, 2011 – 10:19 am
The financial sector is one of four sectors to earn our “dangerous” rating and is the worst-ranked sector in the our 3Q11 Sector Roadmap report according to my methodology at New Constructs.
By David Trainer
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Posted in ETF Research, Stock Picks and Pans
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Tagged AFL, Aflac, C, Citigroup, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares, FAS, FFL, Financial Select Sector SPDR, First Trust Financials AlphaDEX, First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund, Focus Morningstar Financial Services Index ETF, FXO, IAI, IAK, IAT, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Insurance Index Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund, iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index Fund, IYF, IYG, KBE, KBWP, KCE, KIE, KME, KRE, KRU, Morgan Stanley, MS, PFI, PIC, PJB, PowerShares Dynamic Banking, PowerShares Dynamic Financial, PowerShares Dynamic Insurance, PowerShares KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Portfolio, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Financials Portfolio, predicitive ETF ratings, ProShares Ultra Financials, ProShares Ultra KBW Regional Banking, PSCF, QABA, REM, RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund, RWW, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Financial ETF, RYF, SPDR KBW Bank ETF, SPDR KBW Capital Markets ETF, SPDR KBW Insurance ETF, SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF, SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF, The Travellers, TRV, UYG, Vanguard Financials ETF, VFH, XLF
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August 11, 2011 – 1:34 pm
Here is a free copy of our report on RIMM for readers of Ask Matt.
The valuation of RIMM’s stock implies the company’s after-tax cash flow (NOPAT) will permanently decline by nearly 75%.
August 10, 2011 – 9:00 am
The paramount innovation in the Federal Reserve’s statement yesterday was that it will keep interest rates low until at least the middle of 2013.
Did anyone really expect the Fed to announce it would raise rates anytime in the near future?
August 9, 2011 – 11:46 am
The market decline experienced thus far is closer to its beginning rather then its end. Today’s refreshing market rise is likely just a flash in the pan.
The market needs to go down again before it can sustain any future rise.
By David Trainer
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Posted in General Market Comments
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Tagged AAPL, Apple, China, congress, federal reserve, fiscal policy, GDP, GOOG, Google, income, interest rates, long-term economic health, Microsoft, monetary oolicy, MSFT, wages, wealth creation, wealth destruction
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I recommend investors avoid all energy sector ETFs. There are no ETFs in the energy sector with an attractive-or-better rating from my methodology at New Constructs. None of the ETFs rank better than the S&P500.
Investors should sell all dangerous-rated energy sector ETFs. The five ETFs below are the worst-rated of all energy sector ETFs:
By David Trainer
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Posted in ETF Research
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Tagged attractive Rating, Chevron, CVX, Dangerous Rating, DIG, Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares, energy sector rating, Energy Select Sector SPDR, ERX, Exxon, FEG, First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund, First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund, Focus Morningstar Energy Index ETF, FXN, IEO, IEZ, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index Fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services Index Fund, IYE, New Constructs predicitve ETF ratings, PowerShares Dynamic Energy, PowerShares Dynamic Energy E&P, PowerShares Dynamic Oil Services, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy Portfolio, predictive rating, ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas, PSCE, PXE, PXI, PXJ, QCLN, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Energy ETF, RYE, SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equip & Service, SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explor & Product, Vanguard Energy ETF, VDE, XES, XLE, XOM, XOP
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August 1, 2011 – 11:24 am
In Barron’s 1st Half of 2011 Survey: “Stumbling To the Halfway Mark”, performance of our Most Attractive stocks won the #2 ranking over the prior 3 years.