By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Virco Mfg. Corp (VIRC) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered and incorporated in Torrance, California in 1950 with 800 employees. The company’s main business produces, designs and sells its wide array of furniture in the United States, including specialty chairs and stools, rockers, stacked chairs and ergonomic seats. Moreover, it [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Currently, out of the 3,278 ETFs available, just over 800 are actively managed, while the rest are passively managed. However, the assets under management (AUM) for the latter make up only 6% of all ETF assets. The availability of actively managed ETFs didn't occur until a handful of them [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA LuxUrban Hotels Inc. (LUXH) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered in Miami, Florida, with a short lifespan, as it came to market as an IPO on August 12, 2022. LuxUrban caught my eye on October 4 while I was checking out the Stock Viewer, as it was the top-ranked stock [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Last week’s Part 1 September 30 article provided background on Fidelity’s select sector mutual fund since its 1981 inception, as well as State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) ETF sector funds introduction in 1998. The listing of Fidelity and SSgA sectors with their tickers were provided. This article will cover [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Brady Corporation (BRC), a NYSE firm incorporated in 1914, is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Currently, the company employs 5,600 individuals and has 44 million shares outstanding. BRC has reported revenues totaling $1.32 billion and annual sales of $1.33 billion. BRC’s market capitalization stands at $2.5 billion, and it pays [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Sector rotation is the practice of ascertaining and purchasing market sectors that hopefully will produce market-beating returns. The problem is sectors fall in and out of favor, similar to the changing cycles in small-caps, mid-caps, and large-caps where their dominance ebbs and flows, for months or years at a [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO) stock price has doubled to $90.81 since its low of $45.62 on October 13, 2022, with an average trading volume. However, since hitting a recent low of $78.39 on August 18th, it has surged to $93.18, marking a 19% increase in just 22 trading [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA The powerful VectorVest UniSearch tool provides subscribers with over 200 pre-set (default) searches (e.g., strategies) to identify stocks/ETFs that meet specific screening criteria. The four variables in the UniSearch screen have the following descriptions: Date/Time, Parameter, Operator, and Value. Each criterion in the search requires that each of these [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Lifeway Foods (LWAY) stock price has surged 91% since August 11 and 16.8% this past week on exploding volume. This highly-rated stock should be placed on investor watchlists for a possible continuation of its price momentum going forward. But be cautious in the recent 10-day downtrending market. Lifeway Foods, [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA My September 9th blog article on ETF investment strategies covered the basics for investors. This article focuses on ETF trading strategies, which is much more challenging than simple investing, as they may involve entering and exiting positions over minutes, hours, days or weeks, depending on the type of trading [...]
