Nicholas Vardy
Taking an Indirect Fracking Play and Preparing for a Clinton Presidency
It was a broadly flat week for stock markets across the globe. The Dow Jones rose 0.04%, the S&P 500 gained 0.38% and the NASDAQ eked out a 0.83% gain. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose a more solid 1.95%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio included Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), which popped […]
The Alpha Algorithm Targets a Surprising Gaming Name
Founded in 2008, Santa Monica, California-based Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) is an American interactive gaming and entertainment company. Its titles have broken a number of release records. “Call of Duty: Black Ops III” grossed $550 million in worldwide sales during its opening weekend in 2015, making it the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The […]
Raising Stops and Reporting Harvard’s Stock-Picking Woes
Global markets traded in a narrow range over the past week, with Dow Jones up 0.18%, the S&P 500 gaining 0.13% and the NASDAQ down 0.06%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index eked out a 0.73% gain. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included Illumina Inc. (ILMN), which recovered 4.48%; BYD Company, Ltd. (BYDDF), […]
Investing with the ‘Wisdom of Crowds’
Investment expert Nicholas Vardy analyzes many common investing approaches and shares his secret – the Alpha Algorithm strategy – to help you make the right decisions.
Betting on a Cloud Computer Company Leader
Last week was a negative one for global stock markets, with Dow Jones down 0.56%, the S&P 500 falling 0.96% and the NASDAQ tumbling 1.48%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index also pulled back 2.15%. There was, however, some better news in your Bull Market Alert portfolio. The iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) […]
The Alpha Algorithm Picks a Fellow Alpha
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) is the parent of Google, as well as Google’s other internet interests. The Google segment includes principal internet products, such as Search, Ads, Commerce, Maps, YouTube, Apps, Cloud, Android, Chrome and Google Play, as well as technical infrastructure and newer efforts, such as […]