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Trading Ideas for Friday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Thursday found 42 winners and 8 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Trading Ideas for Thursday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Wednesday found 22 winners and 9 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Consumer Pulse via Apparel Companies
While reviewing the winners from Trading Ideas for Tuesday, I saw some big names in the retail-apparel industry on the list.
There has been much talk about the health of the consumer. The economy is slowing down and the back to school season is in full force. Let’s take a closer look at what the price action and the financial media has been saying of late.
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL)
Foot Locker Q2 profit beats Street; shares jump
Athletic-shoe retailer Foot Locker Inc (FL) posted a second-quarter profit, soundly beating market estimates, as fewer discounts boosted margins, sending its shares up [...]
Trading Ideas for Wednesday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Tuesday found 6 winners and 50 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Trading Ideas for Tuesday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Monday found 16 winners and 26 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Portfolio Strategy for August 25
In case you missed it, the Canadian Retirement Portfolio is coming on September 2, 2008.
ACTION FOR THIS WEEK
The Strategic Performance and Ex-U.S. model portfolios should be adjusted as necessary at the open on Monday. The Conservative Retirement and Thrift Savings Plan model portfolios were re-allocated on August 1, 2008 and are not due for adjustment until September 2, 2008.
ALLOCATION FOR THE STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE PORTFOLIO
This portfolio should be adjusted at the open on August 25 to the following percentages:
16.88% VXF
14.18% EEM
9.92% GSG
28.13% FXF
30.89% TLT (Rounded down 0.01 to add up to 100%)
ALLOCATION FOR THE EX-U.S. PORTFOLIO
This [...]
InVivo Canadian Retirement Portfolio
You asked for a Canadian version of the conservative retirement portfolio, so we made one using five exchange traded funds by iShares, each one representing a core asset class:
iShares CDN Composite Index Fund (XIC)
iShares CDN S&P 500 Index Fund (XSP)
iShares CDN MSCI EAFE Index Fund (XIN)
iShares CDN Real Return Bond Index Fund (XRB)
iShares CDN Long Bond Index Fund (XLB)
The chart below gives you an idea of what the allocation looks like by taking the numbers from the July 1, 2008 adjustment:
The Canadian Retirement Portfolio will added to our Portfolio Strategy for Individual Investors on September 2, 2008.
Trading Ideas for Monday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Friday found 47 winners and 6 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Decoupling: Another Myth Busted
The hot story talked about by all the experts last year was the ‘decoupling theory’, that the world will be able to move on and grow stronger with a weaker US economy/stock markets. I guess something has changed.
The following are stories from the financial media related to decoupling theory from the past year.
Fed’s Kroszner Says U.S. Economy Not ‘Decoupled’ September 2008
In a largely academic speech that avoided the topics of inflation and interest rates, Kroszner described several of the ways the U.S. economy is connected to others around the world. He started with a discussion of the way in [...]
Trading Ideas for Friday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Thursday found 22 winners and 32 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Trading Ideas for Thursday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Wednesday found 29 winners and 16 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
Trading Ideas for Tuesday
The stock scan conducted after the close on Monday found 42 winners and 66 losers: [VIEW SPREADSHEET]
The entire list was then ranked and sorted relative to performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes. Click File > Export to save the spreadsheet to your own computer.
The scan is designed to find stocks that are current “in play”; criteria includes price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average volume of 1.5 million shares). Please refer to the podcast for background information.
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