Four tips for finding and tracking economic moats

Is value investing set to come back into fashion? That seems to be one of the findings in the November 2019 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Fund Manager Survey.
More than half of respondents to the survey (52%) said that equities will be the best…

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Ways to Beat the Stock Market? [PREMIUM]

Who beats the stock market and why? In his October 2019 paper entitled “The Five Investor Camps That Try to Beat the Stock Market”, William Ziemba discusses how different categories of investors succeed. For investors pursuing active strate…

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Small Cap Value Report (Tue 3 Dec 2019) – RFX

Good morning, these are on the menu today (list might change):Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)GYM (LON:GYM)Boohoo (LON:BOO)Block Commodities (OFEX:BLCC)Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)Share price:No. of shares:Market cap:

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Small Cap Value Report (Tue 3 Dec 2019) – RFX, GYM

Good morning, these are on the menu today (list might change):
Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)GYM (LON:GYM)Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC)Boohoo (LON:BOO)Block Commodities (OFEX:BLCC)Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)
Share price: 202p (+1%)No. of shares…

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Small Cap Value Report (Tue 3 Dec 2019) – RFX, GYM, MERC

Good morning, these are on the menu today (list might change):
Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)GYM (LON:GYM)Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC)Boohoo (LON:BOO)Block Commodities (OFEX:BLCC)Timings: on a later shift today, I aim for completion around 4pm….

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Small Cap Value Report (Tue 3 Dec 2019) – RFX, GYM, MERC, BOO, BLCC

Good morning, these are on the menu today:
Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)GYM (LON:GYM)Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC)Boohoo (LON:BOO)Block Commodities (OFEX:BLCC)Finished at 4.55pm.
Ramsdens Holdings (LON:RFX)
Share price: 202p (+1%)No. of shares…

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Using P/E10 Thresholds to Time the U.S. Stock Market [PREMIUM]

A subscriber requested verification of a fundamental U.S. stock market timing strategy with annual rebalancing/reallocation of a stocks-bonds portfolio based on Shiller cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (P/E10 or CAPE) thresholds, as follow: …

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Small Cap Value Report (Mon 2 Dec 2019) – TED, BMY

Good morning! Today we have:
Ted Baker (LON:TED) – inventory was overstatedBloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) – enters domestic Chinese market600 (LON:SIXH) – half year reportLSL Property Services (LON:LSL) – trading updateTed Baker (LON:TED)
Share p…

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Small Cap Value Report (Mon 2 Dec 2019) – TED, BMY, SIXH

Good morning! Today we have:
Ted Baker (LON:TED) – inventory was overstatedBloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) – enters domestic Chinese market600 (LON:SIXH) – half year reportLSL Property Services (LON:LSL) – trading updatePelatro (LON:PTRO)Ted Baker…

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Small Cap Value Report (Mon 2 Dec 2019) – TED

Good morning! Today we have:Ted Baker (LON:TED) – inventory was overstatedBloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) – enters domestic Chinese market600 (LON:SIXH) – half year reportLSL Property Services (LON:LSL) – trading updateTed Baker (LON:TED)Share pri…

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SACEMS, SACEVS and Trading Calendar Updates

We have updated monthly allocations and performance data for the Simple Asset Class ETF Momentum Strategy (SACEMS) and the Simple Asset Class ETF Value Strategy (SACEVS). We have also updated performance data for the Combined Value-Momentum Strategy. W…

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Weekly Summary of Research Findings: 11/25/19 – 11/29/19 [PREMIUM]

Below is a weekly summary of our research findings for 11/25/19 through 11/29/19. These summaries give you a quick snapshot of our content the past week so that you can quickly decide what’s relevant to your investing needs. Subscribers: To recei…

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10 stocks for investors looking for growth and income

When it comes to investment strategies, there are various reasons why “fast growth” and “dividend income” are often considered to be polar opposites.
After all, rapidly growing firms generally channel cash into expansion rather than paying it back to …

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Preliminary SACEMS and SACEVS Allocation Updates

The home page, Simple Asset Class ETF Momentum Strategy (SACEMS) and Simple Asset Class ETF Value Strategy (SACEVS) now show preliminary positions for December 2019. For SACEMS, the top four positions are in close competition, so the top three may chan…

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Small Cap Value Report (Fri 29 Nov 2019) – IGP, placeholder

Good morning, it’s Paul here with the last report for this week, Friday’s placeholder.
Yesterday was a bit of a rush, because I had to write the usual SCVR here, and then go into the City for a meeting with the management of Intercede (LON:IGP) . Sod’…

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Small Cap Value Report (Fri 29 Nov 2019) – IGP, RCH, REDD, NTG, AMPH

Good morning, it’s Paul here with the last report for this week.Today’s report is now finished.
Yesterday was a bit of a rush, because I had to write the usual SCVR here, and then go into the City for a meeting with the management of Intercede (LON:IG…

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What makes Dart Group fly?

It’s curious how companies change. Dart (LON:DTG) – the multi-billion pound operator of the bright and bubbly Jet2 leisure travel business – started life in the 1970s as a transporter of flagrant flowers from Guernsey to the UK. Now it is perhaps bett…

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Small Cap Value Report (Thu 28 Nov 2019) – MLVN, MOTR, LTHM, CTO, MNZS

Good morning, it’s Paul here with Thursday’s placeholder.
Estimated timings – early start, and needs to be finished by noon, because I have to head into the City for a 1 pm meeting with Intercede (LON:IGP) management (in which I have a long position)….

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Small Cap Value Report (Thu 28 Nov 2019) – MLVN, MOTR, LTHM, VTC, CTO

Good morning, it’s Paul here with Thursday’s placeholder.
Estimated timings – early start, and needs to be finished by noon, because I have to head into the City for a 1 pm meeting with Intercede (LON:IGP) management (in which I have a long position)….

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Small Cap Value Report (Thu 28 Nov 2019) – placeholder

Good morning, it’s Paul here with Thursday’s placeholder.Estimated timings – early start, and needs to be finished by noon, because I have to head into the City for a 1 pm meeting with Intercede (LON:IGP) management (in which I have a long position). …

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Misleading Mutual Fund Classifications? [PREMIUM]

Are Morningstar mutual fund profiles accurate? In their October 2019 paper entitled “Don’t Take Their Word For It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds”, Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun examine whether aggregate credit risks…

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Small Cap Value Report (Wed 27 Nov 2019) – SOS, SCS, ABDP, OTB, WATR

Good morning, it’s Paul here.
Early on, I’ll be focusing on the interim results from Sosandar (LON:SOS) (in which I hold a long position).  I’ve got a telecon booked in with mgt early on. I’m expecting to see a big increase in marketing spend, fuelled…

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7 European stock markets that beat the Samp;amp;P 500 this year

The Samp;P 500 index of America’s leading shares has risen by 25 percent in 2019, marking another impressive year for an index that’s been on a blistering 10-year bull run. US shares and markets have mesmerised investors over the past decade – and they…

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How to find companies with moats that are worth investigating

Seeing the conversations that have been stimulated by our recent stock research pieces, I thought it might be helpful to make this post as a forum to discuss promising companies that display moat-like characteristics. The scope can be international. An…

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Hold Stocks Only After All-time Market Highs? [PREMIUM]

A subscriber asked for verification of the finding in “Is Buying Stocks at an All-Time High a Good Idea?” that it is not only a good idea, but a great one, including comparison to a moving average crossover rule. To investigate, we use the …

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