On Thursday, Despegar.com (NYSE: DESP) announced fourth-quarter results. The results were strong, easily beating both revenue and EPS expectations ($144 million and $0.167 vs. $136 million and $0.141, respectively). As of noon Friday, the stock has jumped 10% from Wednesday’s closing price. The underlying metrics indicate strong momentum. On a… Read More
Scott Chan moved from China to the U.S. with family at the age of ten. He passed the rigorous entrance exam and attended the merit-based Stuyvesant High School, widely held to be best public school in New York City. He earned undergraduate degrees from New York University followed by an MBA degree from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.
Shortly thereafter Scott partnered with Dr. Stephen Leeb on numerous financial publications. Today, he serves as the lead analyst for Real World Investing and The Complete Investor.
Mr. Chan is an avid baseball fan and enjoys outdoor activities in his spare time. A multicultural person, he reads Chinese and speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese.
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Trading options can be risky, but there's a way to use options to generate income while limiting risk. Done correctly, the strategy can meaningfully boost a portfolio's return. Read More
On Thursday, President Trump announced he will sign an order to levy a 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum despite protests from Republican lawmakers and members of his cabinet. The announcement sparked market fears of a trade war because U.S. trade partners will likely retaliate against American exports. Read More
Last week, we followed the lead of Marcato Capital Management and added Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) to our portfolio. Today we will provide an overview and analysis of the company to see why it makes sense as an investment. Itron is an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) specialist. It sells hardware… Read More
Institutional managers have just released their latest 13Fs, which contain information on changes in their holdings during the preceding quarter. Here is a summary of what our reference funds did with their holdings of the Brain Trust Profits stocks in the fourth quarter. Net Increases: BlackRock, AngioDynamics (NASDAQ:… Read More
Buy Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI). Today we add a second holding from Marcato Capital: Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI), with a market cap of just $2.6 billion. Marcato has just reported that it more than doubled its position in ITRI in the fourth quarter, making the stock vault all the way up… Read More
At times like this, it's important to distinguish between noise, which won't matter in the long run, and fundamental changes, which could have a lasting meaningful impact. Read More
This has been a very rough week. Monday in particular saw the worst one-day percentage drop for the S&P 500 since 2011 when the euro zone debt crisis rattled markets. Compared to the general lack of volatility in recent times, the week feels especially jarring. Last Friday’s monthly jobs report… Read More
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were created by law in 1960 in order to give regular folks a way to own real estate. REITs pool together investors’ money to invest in real estate properties. By owning shares in a REIT, an individual investor owns a small piece of the real… Read More
Real estate investment trusts were created to give Americans an affordable way of investing in real estate. They are a reliable source of income and offer investors some protection against inflation. Read More