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Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days Perhaps appropriate given the unusually warm weather throughout many parts of the country, U.S. stocks have rallied this holiday-shortened week, albeit on typically light seasonal trading volume. With the… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days For the first time since late 2008, the federal funds rate no longer sits at rock-bottom levels. As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), chaired by Janet Yellen,… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will convene next week and on Wednesday afternoon will announce the next leg of its monetary policy. The burning question on the minds… Read More

The U.S. stock market finished strongly in an otherwise essentially breakeven week. Earlier in the week, hawkish comments by Fed officials as the next and final 2015 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) approaches, plus a disappointing expansion of quantitative easing in Europe, forced the market decidedly down. However, today’s good… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.4% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.0% Average Holding Period: 290 days This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported its monthly employment report for October. Following a lackluster August and September for job gains, October proved… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 30.0% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.2% Average Holding Period: 279 days The U.S. Federal Reserve held its latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week to determine the next leg of monetary policy. Although there was… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 30.0% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.2% Average Holding Period: 279 days This week we came across the third-quarter letter from David Einhorn to his clients that features several of his largest positions, including one of our own. Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days Micron (MU) has had quite a ride since joining our portfolio one month ago. Since sliding briefly under $14 at its nadir in late September, the… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this morning unveiled weak labor figures for September. The BLS said that total nonfarm payroll employment increased by… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days U.S. stocks booked their second consecutive weekly decline as they struggled to overcome global-growth concerns. The Federal Reserve’s decision to delay raising interest rates despite their… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days With China’s stock market closed since Wednesday in observance of its new national holiday to commemorate the end of WWII, U.S. investors have largely focused attention… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days In contrast to the range-bound characteristic of the market for most of this year, the last week has taken U.S. stocks on a wild ride. The… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days Earlier this week in accordance with our strategy of following the best of Wall Street, after we saw that Leon Cooperman had sold 14 percent of his position in Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI), we sold the long-time recommendation from our portfolio, booking a 62.3 percent return after a holding period of nearly 3 years. Read More

It’s been a volatile week for the stock market, mainly caused by the surprising People’s Bank of China (PBOC) move to devalue the yuan by 1.9 percent; that pushed the yuan to a three-year low against the dollar. Everyday, the PBOC sets a reference rate for the yuan and lets… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 30.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 21.3% Average Holding Period: 263 days Several of our recommendations reported this week. Let’s take a look. Read More