ORCL - Covestor

Keep your focus when the markets inevitably gyrate

The market is unpredictable, but with the right strategy and a careful approach to investing you can temper the risk to a manageable level.

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Manager Commentary Taj McCree on 12 May 2012
Oracle's big miss is actually no reason to sell

The earnings announcement was discouraging, but there were some positive points.

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Manager Commentary Andy Djordjalian on 28 Dec 2011
Adding this high-yielding REIT and shorting Dell - Ben Wong (IVR, AGNC, FTR)

Author: Ben Wong Covestor model: Tactical and Opportunistic Disclosures: Long IVR, AGNC, FTR. Short DELL. It looks like the market took the end of QE2 and June with some optimism, as stocks rallied into the 4th of July holiday. At the end of June, I allocated 27% of the portfolio to Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc ... read more

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Manager Commentary Frank on 19 Jul 2011
Aiming to outperform the S&P 500 with lower risk - ASB's new Covestor model

ASB Investment Management is the equity and fixed income management division of ASB Capital Management. Offices are in Washington, D.C. and Chicago. With $6.3 billion under management as of January 2011, ASB Investment Management has a long record of managing equity and fixed income. ASB's new Covestor model, Large Cap Core Equity, was launched in ... read more

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Manager Spotlight Mick Weinstein on 23 Mar 2011
Large Cap Companies in One Model (LINTA, WFC, ORCL)

In their Large Cap model, manager Gator Capital Management invests in 30 large cap companies. They use fundamental research to determine which companies to add to the model and review earnings releases and conference calls to help narrow the choices down. They also talk to company managers to clarify any questions they have. If the ... read more

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Manager Spotlight Yolander Prinzel on 28 Dec 2010
U.S. Markets Rise despite Mixed Quarterly Financial Results (PFE, ADM, ARTG, ORCL, ERTS)

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE: ADM) released their quarterly financial results today. ADM reported net earnings of $345 million for the first quarter of 2011, down $151 million from the same quarter of 2010. Their reported earnings per share were $0.54, down from quarter one 2010’s EPS of $0.77. PFE ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 2 Nov 2010
U.S. Markets End the Week Higher on Positive Financial Results (ORCL, RIMM, HOG, MEE, IPG)

Yesterday, after the market closed, Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced their quarter one 2011 financial results, which were generally positive. Their GAAP total revenues were up 48 percent year-over-year and their GAAP net income was up 20 percent. Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ: RIMM) also released some positive financial results after the close yesterday, for ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 18 Sep 2010
U.S. and European Markets Edge Down on Eurozone Bank News (ORCL, HPQ, BCS)

Despite the good economic news investors enjoyed late last week, U.S. markets fell today, the first trading day after the Labor Day holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 106.86 points to 10,341.07 and the Nasdaq lost 24.86 points to close at 2,208.89. The S&P 500 closed at 1,091.85 losing 12.66 points. Much of ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 7 Sep 2010
U.S. Markets End the Week On a Positive Note (M, JCP, ME, ORCL)

The Department of Labor released August's employment numbers on Friday. Overall, August saw a gain of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, a number that exceeded expectations. Although the unemployment rate also increased to 9.6 percent, the news was not devastating because most of that increase was the result of the loss of over 100,000 ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 3 Sep 2010