Nicholas Vardy
A New Algorithm Pick, Booking Triple-Digit Percentage Gains and Making a Pair of Option Trades
This is a busy week for the Alpha Algorithm. First, here’s the Alpha Algorithm’s top pick for the week. Founded in 1955 and based in Columbus, Georgia, Aflac Incorporated (AFL) provides supplemental insurance for individuals and groups to help pay benefits that major medical insurance doesn’t cover. Aflac underwrites a wide range of insurance policies, but […]
Reasons to Be Bullish as the Market Consolidates
U.S. stock markets consolidated their recent gains over the past week, with the Dow Jones down 0.48%, the S&P 500 falling 0.17% and the NASDAQ tumbling 0.06%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index also fell 2.51%. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included Market Vectors Biotech ETF (BBH), which climbed 4.80%, Illumina Inc. (ILMN), […]
Small Cap Performance Beats All Stock Market Sectors
Small cap stocks beat every other stock market sector not just over the last ten years, but over a lifetime. Emerging markets, REITs, nothing else compares.
Delivering the Dough
Markets resumed their upward march, with the Dow Jones up 1.58%, the S&P 500 rising 1.81% and the NASDAQ gaining 2.95%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index also rose 2.37%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio included the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM), which moved 2.37% higher, and the iShares MSCI Ireland Capped (EIRL), […]
Doubling Up on the Automotive Sector
This week, the Alpha Algorithm churned out another stock in the booming U.S. automotive sector — similar to your current recommendation in Autozone (AZO). And much like AZO, this stock has also attracted the attention of six different algorithm-based strategies. OReilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY), together with its subsidiaries, retails aftermarket auto parts, tools, supplies, equipment and […]
U.S. Markets Stay Flat Even as Global Stock Markets Recover
The holiday-shortened week was broadly flat across global stock markets, with the Dow Jones up 0.29%, the S&P 500 rising 0.25% and the NASDAQ rising 0.52%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index pulled back 0.26%. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), rising 1.99%, and the Vanguard Russell 2000 Index […]