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The Real Earnings Season Begins Now

February 17, 2012 – 9:43 am

Nearly all of the investing world ignores 10-K season. 10-Ks contain the most important financial information that companies provide all year.

By David Trainer | Posted in Decoding Propaganda, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged 10-K, American Airlines, annual report, C, Citigroup, Eastman Kodak, Financial Footnotes, Inetl, Lam Research, LLY, LO, Lorillard, LRCX, Morgan Stanley, MS, PFG, Principal Financial Group, VHC, VirnetX Holdings, Wal-Mart, Wlu Lilly, WMT, Zumiez, ZUMZ | Comments (4)

Low Fund Fees Snare Investors

February 13, 2012 – 9:06 am

Investors are good at picking funds with low costs. They are not good at picking funds with good stocks. Both are required to maximize opportunity for success.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Mutual Fund Research, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged AAPL, Apple, Bridgeway Funds, BRLIX, EQR, Equity Residential, Fidelity Salem Street Trust: Spartan Real Estate Index Fund, FSRVX, HCP, HCP Inc, Inc: Blue-Chip 35 Index Fund, Intel, John Bogle, portfolio management rating, Predictive Fund Ratings | Comments (0)

Sector Roadmap For Best and Worst Funds

January 24, 2012 – 11:06 am

For those investors interested in rigorous research, I offer my roadmap to the best stocks and funds in the market by sector. The full sector roadmap is here.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Mutual Fund Research, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged ALL, AXP, best & worst funds, best & worst stocks, C, CCI, ERX, EVX, FBTAX, FSHOX, GASFX, GOOG, ICCCX, ICTEX, ITB, JPM, KBWP, LTL, ORCL, Predictive Fund Ratings, PRMTX, RHS, RYH, RYUIX, S, sector roadmap, SOAAX, WAG, WEGAX, WMT, WSTAX, XLB, XLI, XME | Comments (0)

Buy Intel: A Stock For All Seasons

January 17, 2012 – 11:06 am

In an increasingly challenging market, Intel [s: INTC] is one of the safest investments with compelling upside potential. That’s right, investors get to have their cake and eat it too – at least for now.

By David Trainer | Posted in Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged ACEHX, free fund screener, Intel, Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF, Predictive Fund Ratings, ProShares Ultra Semiconductors, Rydex Series Funds: Electronics Fund, RYSIX, SMH, USD, Van Kampen Exchange Fund | Comments (0)

ETFs vs Mutual Funds: The Winner Is…

November 22, 2011 – 2:08 pm

The radically higher number of US equity mutual funds (4,700+) versus ETFs (380+) is not indicative of better stock selection from active management. On the contrary, the vast majority of actively-managed funds do not justify the higher fees they charge. They do not, in terms of stock selection and expected returns, add value versus passively managed benchmarks.

By David Trainer | Posted in Mutual Fund Research, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged ALV, asset allocation rating, BKPIX, CPB, CRM Mutual Fund Trust: CRM All Cap Value Fund, CRMEX, DELL, DISH, DO, ETFs, FCX, FDSAX, Forum Funds: Payson Total Return Fund, FRX, GILD, GIS, GPS, Hennessy Funds Trust: Hennessy Cornerstone Large Growth Fund, HFLGX, Inc: Focused Dividend Strategy Portfolio, iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility dIndex Fund, LLY, LRCX, MSFT, mutual funds, NEM, PBFDX, PEOFX, Pioneer Equity Opportunity Fund, PKW, portfolio management rating, PowerShares Buyback Achievers, ProFunds: Banks UltraSector ProFund, Rydex Dynamic Funds: Russell 2000 2x Strategy Fund, Rydex Series Funds: Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund, RYMKX, RYRSX, stock ratings, SunAmerica Focused Series, total annual costs, TXN, UNH, USMV, WMT | Comments (0)

Tech Sector ETF Rankings for 3Q11

July 19, 2011 – 9:47 am

ProShares Ultra Semiconductors (USD) is our top pick among the 25 ETFs we analyzed for our 3Q11 update on the “Best & Worst Tech Sector ETFs”.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research | Also tagged AAPL, Apple, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares, Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares, FDN, First Trust DJ Internet Index Fund, First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund, First Trust Technology AlphaDEX, Focus Morningstar Technology Index ETF, FTQ, FXL, GOOG, Google, IGM, IGN, IGV, informtation technology sector, Intel, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund, iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund, iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund, iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking Index Fund, iShares S&P North American Technology-Software Index Fund, IYW, MTK, PNQI, PowerShares Dynamic Networking, PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors, PowerShares Dynamic Software, PowerShares Dynamic Technology, PowerShares Nasdaq Internet Portfolio, PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio, predictive ETF ratings, ProShares Ultra Semiconductors, ProShares Ultra Technology, PSCT, PSI, PSJ, PTF, PXQ, QTEC, ROM, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF, RYT, SanDisk, SKYY, SNDK, SOXL, SOXX, SPDR MS Technology, SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF, Technology Select Sector SPDR, TYH, USD, Vanguard Information Tech ETF, vgt, xlk, XSD | Comments (0)

Good, Bad and Ugly Tech Sector ETFs

April 26, 2011 – 8:38 am

Our top picks for ETFs for the Information Technology sector are: Internet Architecture HOLDRS (IAH) and Semiconductor HOLDRS (SMH). We also rate the investment merit of the top-12 tech sector ETFs.

By David Trainer | Posted in ETF Research, Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged AAPL, Apple, B2B Internet HOLDRS, BHH, GOOG, Google, HHH, IAH, Information Technology sector ETF, Intel, Internet Architecture HOLDRS, Internet HOLDRS, iShares Dow Jones US Technology, iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund, IYW, Morgan Stanley Technology ETF, MTK, Rydex S&P Equal Weight Technology, RYT, SanDisk, Select Sector SPDR-Technology, Semiconductor HOLDRS, SMH, SNDK, Software HOLDRS, SOXX, SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF, SWH, Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund, vgt, xlk, XSD | Comments (2)

Back Up the Truck: Intel Is Too Cheap To Pass Up…Again

March 15, 2011 – 8:26 am

Recent weakness in Intel (INTC)‘s stock presents an excellent buying opportunity for investors. As one of March’s most attractive, INTC offers the rare combination of strong cash flow growth with a remarkably cheap valuation.

By David Trainer | Posted in Stock Picks and Pans | Also tagged Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, Intel Corp, NOPAT, ROIC, Very Attractive Rating | Comments (1)

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